WORKERS TO BE HIRED IN STORM CLEANUP EFFORT TEMPORARY WORKERS TO BE HIRED TO FIX STORM DAMAGE.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer GLENDALE - Nearly $1.2 million will be spent to hire temporary workers to help fix damage remaining in Burbank, Glendale and La Canada Flintridge from last winter's storms. The federal aid will be used to hire 75 to 80 temporary workers, preferably pref·er·a·ble adj. More desirable or worthy than another; preferred: Coffee is preferable to tea, I think. pref people who recently lost jobs, to clean debris basins, fix potholes, clear canyons and do associated clerical work. ``The debris basin cleaning effort is a pretty involved one,'' said Stephen Zurn, Glendale director of public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. . ``But we feel we have a good amount of work to keep a few people busy this summer.'' The federal Department of Labor is providing the funding. Glendale, which administers a work force development program for the three cities The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines. , will start hiring temporary workers on Aug. 10. Meanwhile, Glendale officials are awaiting word from the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical regarding the $25 million in disaster relief funding the city requested to fix winter storm damage to public property. ``That was our original estimate; we'll have to see what figure FEMA FEMA, n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. comes up with in terms of what they're willing to offer,'' Zurn said. The temporary workers hired to work on storm damage could work up to 1,040 hours each or up to a maximum of $12,000 in wages, whatever comes first, said Stewart Knox, work force development administrator. More money is also going to help the unemployed in the form of a $481,000 increase for the federally funded work force development program for Burbank, Glendale and La Canada Flintridge. That will bring the Workforce Investment Act funding for the three cities up to $2.3 million. The money will be used mainly to expand job training. Officials want to train more workers to be auto and airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. mechanics. ``What we don't want to do is train for people where there's no jobs or limited jobs,'' Knox said. ``So we're really trying to listen to the needs of the employers.'' The increased WIA WIA abbr. wounded in action funding for the area, which is distributed through the state, comes as a result of the state for the first time using the 2000 Census to assess need, instead of relying on a mix of that and the 1990 Census, Knox said. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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