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.