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Local city governments in the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier are realizing the future costs of pensions and retirement benefits for their employees. The costs will be enormous and city governments need to save money for their future obligations. Arcadia's retiree medical cost is $375,062 this year and its unfunded health liabilities for current employees and retirees is $10.3 million. Unfunded health liability is the amount that would be needed to pay for all health obligations to current employees if they were to retire today, and for all retirees. Other cities' obligations are shown in a chart.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Employees
City governments
Local governments
Municipalities
Pensions
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31615AN
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Pension reform is happening with Arcadia city employees. Arcadia City Council approved an ordinance last week whereby police officers and firefighters hired by the city are now required to pay their full employee share, or 9 percent, of their pension costs--an amount previously covered by the city. In addition, tentative agreements are in place with 4 out of 5 employee unions, to have members pay their full share by the next 3 years. Annual increases in employee costs during that period would be offset by equivalent annual raises. Other San Gabriel cities may follow suit.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 7, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
City of Arcadia employees--benefits
Pensions
Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
Item ID
32676AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has approved a $46 million budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. The city made deep budget cuts across the board, including freezing positions and cutting employee travel. The budget includes roughly $2 million in cuts and concessions from all four city employees' unions, and projects about $45.1 million in estimated total revenues, $45.7 million in proposed expenditures, and $270,000 in employee compensation and benefit deferrals.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2009
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 18, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia city budget - 2009-2010
Item ID
31732AN
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Arcadia adopts comprehensive pension management plan, saving $85 million. It addresses the City's $154 million in unfunded pension liabilities. It focuses on: -use of reserves to prepay existing liabilities -refinancing existing debt to lower interest rates to free up cash flow -prepaying costs with surplus funds from voter-approved Measure A sales tax increase -financing long-term capital improvements -using pension obligation bonds to lower the overall costs of pensions -negotiating for more employee cost-sharing. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, February 27, 2020

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Mountain Views News
Date
February 29, 2020
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
February 29, 2020
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
City of Arcadia employees
Pensions
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A $46 million operating budget that includes cuts of $400,000 has been adopted by the City Council.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1991
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 27, 1991
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
678AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia ranks at the top among US cities with the highest-paid employees, yet charges its residents less for municipal services and receives less aid than most California cities of similar size. No other US city outside California with a population between 10,000 and 50,000 pays its employees more; the average city employee earns $32,767 per year.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 31, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Economic Conditions
Item ID
1501AN
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Newspaper Index
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With the passage of Governor Deukmejian's cost-cutting state budget, the Arcadia Board of Education will have to find more than $1 million to cut to get down to its estimated $24.2 million income and that, according to Superintendent Stephen Goldstone, probably means some employees will have to go.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2938AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council approved a $12 million general fund budget. The budget represents an increase of 13 percent over the 1980-81 budget and includes 9 percent pay raises for all employees (except police who have not completed negotiations).

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 28, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
665AN
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Living without power. Wind troubles linger. Residents frustrated; damage costs elusive. Southern California Edison's (SCE) hardest hit areas include Arcadia, Monrovia and Templa City, where more than 2,800, 1,600, and 1,700 residents, respectively, are still without power. Arcadia's City manager Don Penman said he wouldn't be surprised if the public costs for recovery efforts exceeded $2 million.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Disasters
Southern California Edison (SCE)--electricity utility
Trees
Weather
Wind and windstorms
Item ID
32962AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jim Helms chosen President of the Association of San Gabriel Valley Cities. Cities which have confirmed membership are: Alhambra, Arcadia, Covina, El Monte, Irwindale, La Puente, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Marino, South Pasadena, Temple City, and Walnut.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 21, 1975
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 21, 1975
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Association of San Gabriel Valley Cities
Item ID
543AN
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A dozen city management officials attended the California Specialized Training Institute's five-day course on earthquake preparedness. Plans call for all of the city's 46 management employees to complete the course by the end of the year.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 8, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Earthquake Preparedness
Item ID
1483AN
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Newspaper Index
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Discussion of where the city invests $46 million is presented.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 10, 1998
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 10, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Investments
Item ID
26605AN
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The Arcadia city budget of $35.8 million for the 2003-2004 fiscal year was unveiled and will be the subject of a public hearing June 14. City Manager Bill Kelly called the spending program "flat line," with only 1.5 new city jobs in the coming year. Kelly said Arcadia is protected from possible cuts to meet state budget uncertainties because of $6 million in reserves, which were earmarked but never spent in a previous budget. The city is safe for at least the next two budget years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 21
Subjects
Arcadia city budget - fiscal year 2003-2004
Item ID
31712AN
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Immediately after passing a balanced budget of $25.4 million, the Arcadia Board of Education eliminated another $265,854 worth of jobs from the district payroll to help provide pay hikes for district employees.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 23, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 23, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Budget
Item ID
2648AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council passed a rosy 1999-2000 budget, restoring numerous cuts and giving many city employees their first raises in six years.

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Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
June 23, 1999
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p. 1
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Pasadena Star News The Star
Date
June 23, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budget
Item ID
14486AN
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The new Senior Citizens' Center, scheduled for completion by December, will now cost more than $4 million. The original budget was for $2.58 million.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 9, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Senior Citizens Center
Item ID
3169AN
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The Arcadia City Council approved a $48.7 million budget Tuesday without the significant reductions many other cities are facing due to a downturn in the economy.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Budget
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80AN
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Facing controversy over pay for city staff, the City Council has called for a survey to compare employees' compensation with that in similar cities.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 11, 1997
December 25, 1997
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 11, 1997
December 25, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Compensation
City Council - 1990-1999
Salary Survey
Item ID
26121AN
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Arcadia Fire Department will lay off four employees due to budget cuts.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
January 22, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 1998
January 22, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Budget
Fire Department
Layoffs
Item ID
26134AN
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Newspaper Index
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The jobless rate in Los Angeles County jumped to 8.4% in October. Countywide, unemployment was up 33,000 in October to 415,000 people. Among San Gabriel Valley cities, Baldwin Park, El Monte and Montebello have the highest numbers of unemployed. A chart shows unemployment in other cities. Arcadia has 1,300, or 4.6% unemployed.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Jobless rates
Los Angeles County unemployment
Recession
Item ID
31496AN
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Newspaper Index
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