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The Arcadia City Council unanimously supports a 5% utility tax on interstate and international telephone calls. The proposed tax will cost about $.40 per person per month.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3336AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article traces history of telephone service in Arcadia. In 1903, when the city was incorporated, the directory listed two customers in the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Telephone

Item ID: 3335AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

With Arcadia's Foulger Ford now following Arcadia Suzuki out of town, Arcadia stands to lose about $230,000 in sales tax revenue per year, just short of 1% of the city's $23.699 million budget.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Foulger Ford

Item ID: 771AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bruce Low, general manager of Arcadia Datsun, isn't particularly happy with the city. Reason stems from an about-face by the City Council last winter when it decided in favor of retail commercial developments that would bring sales tax revenue to the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 13, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 13, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Datsun

Item ID: 737AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Santa Anita Park pays 38.5% of the overall tax revenue of the City of Arcadia. It pays the usual taxes plus a unique admission tax. Article outlines a history of the tax and the projects it has helped finance.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement

Date: October 16, 1980

Pages: p. 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune Special Supplement

Date: October 16, 1980

Pages: p. 8

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3328AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A Federal revenue-sharing budget of $132,000 and general fund budget of $12.5 million for 1983-84 were approved by Arcadia City Council.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 26, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 26, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 670AN

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

Within 18 months, Arcadia Nissan, the last of the city's 3 auto dealerships, will pack up and leave town. The departure of the 3 auto dealerships will result in a loss to the city of $450,000 a year in sales tax (about 2% of the yearly city budget).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 18, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 18, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Datsun

Item ID: 745AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 11, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1371AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A plan to reduce the size of the Arcadia Planning Commission from 7 to 5 members has been held over by the City Council. The Council has until July to think about the proposal.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Boards and Commissions

Item ID: 630AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Description of facilities at the Arcadia jail. It costs over $30 per day to keep a prisoner in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Prisons

Item ID: 2253AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Beginning July 1 water bills are increasing by 5.9%. For average homeowner, it will amount to only about 49 cents per month.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Water

Item ID: 3461AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council will consider doubling the city's business license fees in an effort to bolster the city's ailing general fund.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 2, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Business and Industry

Item ID: 729AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 16, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3330AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction of a new senior center in Arcadia will be funded in part through more than $200.000 allocated from federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the 1988-89 fiscal year, not through an exchange of money with another city that would have cost Arcadia about $75,000.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3164AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3332AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council is toying with the idea of major civic center construction that could eventually, if dreams come true, cost close to $19 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Civic Center

Item ID: 2272AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Roy Tynes, superintendent of Vehicle Maintenance for Arcadia, claims the city saves about $2000 a month using liquid propane fuel. Of the city's 280 vehicles, about 30 are powered on propane.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 16, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 16, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Municipal Services

Item ID: 1994AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia schools will spend about $90,000 for a new computer management system over the next 5 years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 2, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Schools

Item ID: 2616AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The Arcadia City Council unanimously supports a 5% utility tax on interstate and international telephone calls. The proposed tax will cost about $.40 per person per month.

Article traces history of telephone service in Arcadia. In 1903, when the city was incorporated, the directory listed two customers in the city.

With Arcadia's Foulger Ford now following Arcadia Suzuki out of town, Arcadia stands to lose about $230,000 in sales tax revenue per year, just short of 1% of the city's $23.699 million budget.

Bruce Low, general manager of Arcadia Datsun, isn't particularly happy with the city. Reason stems from an about-face by the City Council last winter when it decided in favor of retail commercial developments that would bring sales tax revenue to the city.

Santa Anita Park pays 38.5% of the overall tax revenue of the City of Arcadia. It pays the usual taxes plus a unique admission tax. Article outlines a history of the tax and the projects it has helped finance.

A Federal revenue-sharing budget of $132,000 and general fund budget of $12.5 million for 1983-84 were approved by Arcadia City Council.

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.

Within 18 months, Arcadia Nissan, the last of the city's 3 auto dealerships, will pack up and leave town. The departure of the 3 auto dealerships will result in a loss to the city of $450,000 a year in sales tax (about 2% of the yearly city budget).

One robbery was foiled at Arcadia's Southland Bank, but earlier the same day another man got away with just over $1,000 from the First Interstate Bank on South Baldwin Ave.

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

A plan to reduce the size of the Arcadia Planning Commission from 7 to 5 members has been held over by the City Council. The Council has until July to think about the proposal.

Description of facilities at the Arcadia jail. It costs over $30 per day to keep a prisoner in Arcadia.

Beginning July 1 water bills are increasing by 5.9%. For average homeowner, it will amount to only about 49 cents per month.

City Council will consider doubling the city's business license fees in an effort to bolster the city's ailing general fund.

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.

Construction of a new senior center in Arcadia will be funded in part through more than $200.000 allocated from federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the 1988-89 fiscal year, not through an exchange of money with another city that would have cost Arcadia about $75,000.

The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

Arcadia City Council is toying with the idea of major civic center construction that could eventually, if dreams come true, cost close to $19 million.

Roy Tynes, superintendent of Vehicle Maintenance for Arcadia, claims the city saves about $2000 a month using liquid propane fuel. Of the city's 280 vehicles, about 30 are powered on propane.

Arcadia schools will spend about $90,000 for a new computer management system over the next 5 years.