LASALA GETS 5% RAISE AFTER FIRST YEAR ON JOB CITY MANAGER GETS RAISE AFTER 1ST YEAR.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - City Manager Bob LaSala is receiving a 5 percent raise after his first full year on the job. LaSala's salary is being bumped up from $205,000 to $215,250 a year. The raise was approved unanimously by the City Council at its meeting Tuesday night. ``I would say it was a vote of confidence from the council,'' said Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
LaSala was hired in November 2004 and spent the first few weeks working part time while he finished up consulting commitments to the city of Fresno. He came aboard full time in January 2005. ``I'm very appreciative,'' LaSala said of the council's vote. ``I'm enjoying the challenges and opportunities this position offers.'' Under LaSala, the city started a series of strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. efforts, including a five-year financial forecast and a six-year capital improvement plan to anticipate what the city must build to accommodate growth. Also started was a downtown specific plan for preserving the neighborhood and its businesses, a plan to address city maintenance of streets and other facilities, and the reworking of the city's general plan. A neighborhood preservation strategic plan, a parks master plan and a communications plan are also in the works. All of those planning efforts will have strong citizen involvement, LaSala said. In the first municipal adopted after his arrival, funding for law enforcement was increased by $1.6 million. Another $1.2 million was added during the mid-year budget review. The bolstering of law enforcement included funding additional community service officers, a fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been technician See PC technician and software technician. , adding a crime prevention/community relations officer and launching efforts aimed at reducing speeding. The city is also in the process of doubling its code enforcement Code Enforcement is the act of enforcing a set of s, principles, or laws (especially written ones) and insuring observance of a system of norms or customs. An authority usually enforces a civil code, a set of rules, or a body of laws and compel those subject to their authority to staff from four to eight officers, which will also aid crime fighting Crime Fighting See also Sleuthing. Batman devotes his life to fighting Gotham City’s criminals. [Comics: Berger, 160] Canadian Mounties , city officials said. LaSala said part of his first year was spent putting together a team in city hall, including hiring new directors of finance and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and hiring two assistant city managers. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) LaSALA |
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