Furloughs, covert ops, conservation, campaigns
Five items to report this week:
--The economic downturn has resulted in furlough days—and lower salaries—for both city and Placentia-Yorba Linda school employees. In a “share-the-pain” action, school trustees reduced their own pay by a similar percentage starting last month.
School employees are taking up to five furlough days this year and up to seven next year, with trustees cutting their annual $9,000 stipend $195 for 2009-10 and $290 for 2010-11.
The city adopted 13 furlough days for 2009-10. City Council members are paid $6,720 yearly and are allowed up to $11,496 in annual retirement and/or health benefits. Last summer they cut business card, meeting-night meal and car allowance costs.
--Brea police are understandably reluctant to publicize ongoing undercover operations at the growing number of city massage businesses, but a Feb. 2 report to the council related covert visits to “two of the five massage parlors located in town.”
The report stated: a “detective, posing as a customer, did not discover violations at either facility. One of the massage parlors was the subject of a recent complaint from a resident who was disturbed by the parlor’s advertising practices.”
The account concluded: “It appeared the parlor utilizes scantily clad models in both their print and internet advertisements. However, the detective found that this particular parlor was very clean and abided by the regulations prescribed by law.”
--Reported violations of Yorba Linda Water District’s conservation regulations are down considerably from the warm summer months of July and August 2009, when restrictions, including limiting landscape watering to three times a week, took effect.
Eight violations were noted in February. In contrast, 291 “grace period” notices went out in July 2009 and 108 violations were tallied for August, dropping to 74 in September, 28 in October, 15 in November, four in December and seven in January.
Water use is down 14 percent, bettering the 10 percent goal, and four free conservation/ gardening classes at Fullerton Arboretum drew 139 customers. Next class is March 27.
--Kim Palmer’s appointment to the PYLUSD board to replace Judy Miller brings to four the number of trustees from Yorba Linda. Only Carol Downey, a former mayor, lives in Placentia.
Palmer will seek the two years left on Miller’s term, with four-year seats now held by Karin Freeman and Jan Wagner also on the Nov. 2 ballot.
--Former Councilman Ken Ryan, who left office in 2006, closed his campaign committee last month. The five incumbents and past candidates Mark Abramowitz, Doug Dickerson, Robert Potter, Ed Rakochy, John Taylor and Richard Wolfinger have open committees.
Ten committees list debts from loans the candidates made to past campaigns: Anderson $7,000, Horton $5,950, Rikel $19,500, Schwing $14,000, Winder $11,160, Abramowitz $29,050, Dickerson $13,100, Potter $1,392, Rakochy $11,150 and Taylor $20,693.
--The economic downturn has resulted in furlough days—and lower salaries—for both city and Placentia-Yorba Linda school employees. In a “share-the-pain” action, school trustees reduced their own pay by a similar percentage starting last month.
School employees are taking up to five furlough days this year and up to seven next year, with trustees cutting their annual $9,000 stipend $195 for 2009-10 and $290 for 2010-11.
The city adopted 13 furlough days for 2009-10. City Council members are paid $6,720 yearly and are allowed up to $11,496 in annual retirement and/or health benefits. Last summer they cut business card, meeting-night meal and car allowance costs.
--Brea police are understandably reluctant to publicize ongoing undercover operations at the growing number of city massage businesses, but a Feb. 2 report to the council related covert visits to “two of the five massage parlors located in town.”
The report stated: a “detective, posing as a customer, did not discover violations at either facility. One of the massage parlors was the subject of a recent complaint from a resident who was disturbed by the parlor’s advertising practices.”
The account concluded: “It appeared the parlor utilizes scantily clad models in both their print and internet advertisements. However, the detective found that this particular parlor was very clean and abided by the regulations prescribed by law.”
--Reported violations of Yorba Linda Water District’s conservation regulations are down considerably from the warm summer months of July and August 2009, when restrictions, including limiting landscape watering to three times a week, took effect.
Eight violations were noted in February. In contrast, 291 “grace period” notices went out in July 2009 and 108 violations were tallied for August, dropping to 74 in September, 28 in October, 15 in November, four in December and seven in January.
Water use is down 14 percent, bettering the 10 percent goal, and four free conservation/ gardening classes at Fullerton Arboretum drew 139 customers. Next class is March 27.
--Kim Palmer’s appointment to the PYLUSD board to replace Judy Miller brings to four the number of trustees from Yorba Linda. Only Carol Downey, a former mayor, lives in Placentia.
Palmer will seek the two years left on Miller’s term, with four-year seats now held by Karin Freeman and Jan Wagner also on the Nov. 2 ballot.
--Former Councilman Ken Ryan, who left office in 2006, closed his campaign committee last month. The five incumbents and past candidates Mark Abramowitz, Doug Dickerson, Robert Potter, Ed Rakochy, John Taylor and Richard Wolfinger have open committees.
Ten committees list debts from loans the candidates made to past campaigns: Anderson $7,000, Horton $5,950, Rikel $19,500, Schwing $14,000, Winder $11,160, Abramowitz $29,050, Dickerson $13,100, Potter $1,392, Rakochy $11,150 and Taylor $20,693.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 PM
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