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The City Council increased the bed tax, charged to customers staying in a hotel, from 8% to 10%. The increase will generate an estimated $140,000 a year, which would help to close the city's projected $2.2 million shortfall in the 1993-94 budget.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 6, 1993

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 6, 1993

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, etc.

Item ID: 214AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Shortly before the city cut $400,000 in salaries and programs to help close a nearly $1 million budget shortfall, the city's managers and supervisors asked the City Council to consider giving them what they termed long-overdue raises.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 12, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 12, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: City Employees

Item ID: 11198AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved a $25.7 million general fund budget after resolving a $418,000 projected shortfall and agreeing to the closure of City Hall on alternate Fridays.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 30, 1994

Pages: p. H-2 photos

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 30, 1994

Pages: p. H-2 photos

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 3576AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new City Council has several options to try to fill the projected $2.2 million general fund budget gap. Options include dipping into city reserves, raising taxes and fees, salary cuts and layoffs.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 19, 1994

Pages: p. H-3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: May 19, 1994

Pages: p. H-3

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 3527AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City officials expect a $764,000 shortfall for the fiscal year ending in June and nearly $1.7 million shortfall for 1997-98.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 24, 1997

Pages: p. A3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 24, 1997

Pages: p. A3

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 8706AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City expects a budget shortfall as high as $1.4 million by June.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 22, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: January 22, 1997

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 8708AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Among matters discussed at City Council meeting: new lighting systems for the tennis courts; salary increases for part-time employees; code enforcement.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Council 1980 - 1989

Item ID: 1009AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's City Council has agreed to float a $26 million bond for Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The refinancing could save the hospital $2.5 million during the next 23 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 23, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hospitals - Arcadia Methodist Hospital

Item ID: 1805AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City employees press council for stepped up salary talks. Representatives of the three employee groups told council that negotiations have bogged down.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 7, 1983

Pages: p. 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 7, 1983

Pages: p. 2

Subjects: City Employees

Item ID: 1137AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council approved a 6% hike in building fees, such as building permits, conditional use permits, and request for modifications. The increase, set for November 17, will be used to offset the 6% salary hike that city employees received in the 1989-90 budget.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1989

Pages: p A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 25, 1989

Pages: p A-1

Subjects: Building Fees

Item ID: 679AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Nine City Council candidates discuss the salaries of city employees who make over $100,000, the salary survey requested by citizens, and the hiring of Don Penman, Assistant City Manager.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 26, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 26, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Subjects: City Council Elections - 1998

Item ID: 26496AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The school board has begun studying the proposed $17.4 million budget. It does not include salary increases. The budget includes all eight elementary schools. Depending on the election, two schools may be closed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Budget

Item ID: 2638AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council agreed that private karaoke rooms, which have been associated with criminal activity in the area, should be barred from the city. The proposed ordinance, which will be considered August 3rd, would allow alcohol in restaurants with karaoke.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 21, 1993

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: July 21, 1993

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals; Karaoke clubs

Item ID: 183AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The city is expecting a 4.5 percent increase in its general fund budget. This does not include salary increases which are currently under negotiation.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 17, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 17, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 664AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City employees will receive a 3% pay raise after January 1, 1994. The last salary increase was given in June, 1992.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 5, 1993

Pages: p. A-3

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 5, 1993

Pages: p. A-3

Subjects: City Employees

Item ID: 525AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Vons Companies will close 11 supermarkets, lay off 250 employees, and dramatically cut executive salaries and benefits following a $20.9 million quarterly loss.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 10, 1993

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: November 10, 1993

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Vons Companies

Item ID: 622AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council agreed to extend a moratorium against commercial buildings with rear windows facing residential properties. Action followed earlier urgency ordinance ... passed at request of residents on Laurel Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 7, 1982

Pages: p. 1,2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 7, 1982

Pages: p. 1,2

Subjects: Business and Industry

Item ID: 722AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia-based Falcon Management Co. owner Robert Forsting agreed to a Star-Tribune interview concerning complaints from customers in Valley cities and Los Angeles. Mr. Forsting said he's had to fire employees who have made mistakes, and the Arcadia Police Department has taken the unusual step of advising those customers to file a class action lawsuit.

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Newspaper: Star Tribune

Date: January 22, 1993

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Star Tribune

Date: January 22, 1993

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Falcon Management Co.

Item ID: 268AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved an application for $9 million in state funds to build a new library. If the state awards the funds and the council accepts them, the city would have to contribute $7 million toward the new library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 13, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library 1961 -

Item ID: 1954AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

It appears residents will have an opportunity to vote in June on whether the city should help the school district with its financial problems. They are trying to reduce the budget by $1.2 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 8, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2922AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The City Council increased the bed tax, charged to customers staying in a hotel, from 8% to 10%. The increase will generate an estimated $140,000 a year, which would help to close the city's projected $2.2 million shortfall in the 1993-94 budget.

Shortly before the city cut $400,000 in salaries and programs to help close a nearly $1 million budget shortfall, the city's managers and supervisors asked the City Council to consider giving them what they termed long-overdue raises.

The City Council approved a $25.7 million general fund budget after resolving a $418,000 projected shortfall and agreeing to the closure of City Hall on alternate Fridays.

The new City Council has several options to try to fill the projected $2.2 million general fund budget gap. Options include dipping into city reserves, raising taxes and fees, salary cuts and layoffs.

City officials expect a $764,000 shortfall for the fiscal year ending in June and nearly $1.7 million shortfall for 1997-98.

The City expects a budget shortfall as high as $1.4 million by June.

Among matters discussed at City Council meeting: new lighting systems for the tennis courts; salary increases for part-time employees; code enforcement.

Arcadia's City Council has agreed to float a $26 million bond for Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The refinancing could save the hospital $2.5 million during the next 23 years.

City employees press council for stepped up salary talks. Representatives of the three employee groups told council that negotiations have bogged down.

The Arcadia City Council approved a 6% hike in building fees, such as building permits, conditional use permits, and request for modifications. The increase, set for November 17, will be used to offset the 6% salary hike that city employees received in the 1989-90 budget.

Nine City Council candidates discuss the salaries of city employees who make over $100,000, the salary survey requested by citizens, and the hiring of Don Penman, Assistant City Manager.

The school board has begun studying the proposed $17.4 million budget. It does not include salary increases. The budget includes all eight elementary schools. Depending on the election, two schools may be closed.

The City Council agreed that private karaoke rooms, which have been associated with criminal activity in the area, should be barred from the city. The proposed ordinance, which will be considered August 3rd, would allow alcohol in restaurants with karaoke.

The city is expecting a 4.5 percent increase in its general fund budget. This does not include salary increases which are currently under negotiation.

City employees will receive a 3% pay raise after January 1, 1994. The last salary increase was given in June, 1992.

Vons Companies will close 11 supermarkets, lay off 250 employees, and dramatically cut executive salaries and benefits following a $20.9 million quarterly loss.

Arcadia City Council agreed to extend a moratorium against commercial buildings with rear windows facing residential properties. Action followed earlier urgency ordinance ... passed at request of residents on Laurel Avenue.

The City Council approved an application for $9 million in state funds to build a new library. If the state awards the funds and the council accepts them, the city would have to contribute $7 million toward the new library.

It appears residents will have an opportunity to vote in June on whether the city should help the school district with its financial problems. They are trying to reduce the budget by $1.2 million.