Yorba Linda residents appointed to city, school and other panels; school district to pay more for employee pensions during the next two years

Topics meriting ink this week: appointments of Yorba Linda residents to city, school and other panels with decision-making authority and the increasing costs of school employee pensions.

--City Council appointments to commissions include renewed four-year terms for Robert Lyons and Robert Pease II on the Planning Commission, chosen from three applicants. The pair serve with J. Minton Brown, Karalee Darnell and Dan Mole, whose terms expire in 2018.

Three new members join the Parks and Recreation Commission: Realtor Tim Garvey, social media supervisor Janice Lim and Building Industry Association officer Carlos Rodriguez were chosen from six applicants to replace Tara Campbell, Stewart Rixson and Thomas Watts and join holdovers Doug Dickerson and Sandy McKinney.

The Traffic Commission has a new appointment, Caltrans official Shivinderjit Singh for a vacant slot, and a renewed appointment, Edward Camarena, from five applicants to join holdovers Nathaniel Behusa, Jerry Brakebill and Lynn Melton.

Reappointed Library Commissioners are Marilyn Adams, Cheri Hanson and Randi Noell, named from seven applicants to serve with holdovers Ryan Bent and Natalie Odebunmi.

--Yorba Linda High senior Adam Carrillo is the student representative on the Placentia-Yorba Linda school district board this semester, replacing Valencia High senior and last semester's rep Elizabeth Yin. The students report on activities and comment during board discussions.

--Councilwoman Tara Campbell was named the city's first-ever liaison to the school district, and Mayor Peggy Huang begins a second stint as secretary for the county Republican Cen-tral Committee, a party panel that makes endorsements in local, state and national elections.

--Eight Yorba Linda volunteers serving in the countywide Trauma Intervention Program were honored at a February council meeting: Melinda Chester, Debbie Collins, Paula DiLuigi, Kim Holt, Kathy Malone, Kelly Peterson, Denise Plascencia and Lisa Schaib.

TIP appointees respond to incidents at the request of police, fire and hospital personnel to support individuals who are emotionally traumatized.

--Payments the Placentia-Yorba Linda school district contributes to pensions for 2,600 full-time employees will increase the next two years, as noted in a portion of a financial report viewed by trustees at their March meeting.

The district now pays 12.58 percent of 1,288 certificated staff salaries to the State Teachers Retirement System, increasing to 14.43 percent next year and 16.28 percent the year after.

The cost is 13.888 percent of 1,319 classified staff salaries to the Public Employees Retirement System, rising to 15.8 percent next year and 18.7 percent the year after.