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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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Newspaper Index
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The city budget passed unanimously on Tuesday night and included the elimination of 9 full-time employee positions, an increase in paramedics fees and a one-year, 1 percent utility tax increase.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 19, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Council, 1990-1999
Item ID
6066AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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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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Newspaper
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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Newspaper Index
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Public employees' retirement and pensions are costing cities up to 25% of the city budget. In March, CalPERS announced its stock portfolio had lost 39.8%. Costs for retirees are ballooning and El Monte and West Covina budgets have been hit hard from the recession. Arcadia, which had the fourth highest pension costs of the 24 cities surveyed, spent $6.7 million last year for its 357 current employees and retirees. The city's general fund budget is $46 million.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 18, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
City budgets
Pensions
Recession
Retirement benefits
Item ID
31665AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council approved a 12% pay increase for City Clerk June Alford. The raise comes just as city voters are considering changing the city clerk's office from an elected one to an employee position.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 1996
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 1996
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1996
Item ID
5648AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Manager Bill Kelly is skeptical about the way the State of California balanced this year's budget. The State promises to pay cities back for sales tax to be used to pay off $10.7 billion in loans. The maneuver, known as the "triple flip" will take half of the cities' sales tax revenue for the next five years, and pay it back out of property taxes now earmarked for schools. Arcadia will lose 25% of its vehicle license fee reimbursement, around $750,000. Arcadia is in good shape this year and next, primarily because of a healthy reserve fund. After 2004-2005, unless some solutions are in place, the city could face some hard times.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia City budget - 2003-2004
California state budget - 2003-2004
Item ID
31988AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city is asking residents to vote by mail by July 15 on a plan that would change the way the city splits the cost of street lighting. The city expects street lighting to cost about $1.15 million next year. Single-family homes on lighted streets would pay the most, $25.70 a year. Under the proposal, the assessments would no longer be tied to the value of a home but rather to the benefits that residents receive from street lights. If voters reject the plan, the current lighting assessment districts will expire in 2010. If that happens, the city will be responsible for paying the entire costs of street lighting.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 16
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 16
Subjects
Lighting assessment districts
Lighting districts
Street lighting
Street lights
Item ID
31202AN
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An application for state funds to help build a commuter or light rail station in the city has been approved by the City Council. The grant would pay 50% of construction costs, excluding the money needed to buy land.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1990
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Railroads
Item ID
2280AN
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Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia - City Employees Employee Newsletter

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Contents
City of Arcadia. City Employees-Employee Newsletter. 1992-
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Contents
City of Arcadia. City Employees-Employee Newsletter. 1992-
Subjects
City of Arcadia - City EmployeesEmployee Newsletter
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 79
Shelf Number
Shelf C5
Item ID
385AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Arcadia city is widening and improving three major downtown intersections, a $1 million project that has caused significant congestion in recent weeks. The work is taking place on Huntington Drive at intersections of Santa Anita Avenue, Santa Clara Avenue and Colorado Place. Sixty percent of the funding is by the City and forty percent by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The city is also replacing an older sewer with a new larger one on Baldwin Avenue, northbound between Huntington Drive and Duarte Road, and will repave the road. Cost about $413,000.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Street construction
Street repairs
Item ID
33338AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
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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Newspaper Index
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The City Council voted to fund 1/3 of the nearly $700,000 cost for the 1584-foot sound wall from 2nd to 5th Avenues. The state of California, following a 1991 senate measure, will pay the remaining 2/3.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
January 26, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
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Star Tribune
Date
January 26, 1993
Pages
p. A-3 photo
Subjects
Sound Walls
Item ID
270AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Los Angeles has filed a suit charging that revenue from unincorporated cities is insufficient to cover the costs of services to them. If the suite is successful, it will mean higher taxes for unincorporated areas.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 9, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3301AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Police Department's request for funds to provide traffic control for the Santa Anita racing season drew vigorous debate at city council meeting. The possibility of indexing (tieing the cost of traffic control to the amount the track pays the city) was considered.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3406AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3330AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Employees-Employee Newsletter (Current Year)

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Contents
Previous years filed in Arcadia History Box #79 No Table of Contents -- Peacock's Tale (insert with payroll checks)
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Previous years filed in Arcadia History Box #79
No Table of Contents -- Peacock's Tale (insert with payroll checks)
Subjects
City Employees-Employee Newsletter (Current Year)
Item ID
62AF
Collection
Subject Files
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The City Council asked Bill Woolard, 50, the City's Planning Director and Employee of the Year in 1993, to resign last month, then rehired him a week later as a temporary consultant.

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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
June 20, 1993
Pages
p. J-3
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Newspaper
Los Angeles Times, San Gabriel Valley Section
Date
June 20, 1993
Pages
p. J-3
Subjects
City Employees - Woolard, William "Bill"
Item ID
246AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Photograph of Mayor Don Pellegrino, Fire Chief Jerry Gardner, Arcadia Police Department Capt. Gordon Schneiders going over plans of new emergency dispatch and 9-1-1 communications center during groundbreaking ceremonies held last week.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 27, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 27, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Emergency Communication System
Item ID
1520AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park will pay tribute to Japanese culture at the 28th Annual Tokyo City Cup and Japan Family Day this Saturday and Sunday.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2023
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2023
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Newspaper Index
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