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The City Council voted to cease city-sponsored athletics due to the rash of lawsuits brought against other agencies (city, county, and state) in cases of injuries.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1977

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1977

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: City Employees

Item ID: 1135AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Report on the case of Fire Department member Richard Defer, who was originally awarded a sum of $11,000 in Worker's Compensation benefits as the result of a softball game injury. The Worker's Compensation Appeals Board overturned the decision as it was not a city-sponsored game.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 30, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 30, 1977

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fire Department; Defer, Richard

Item ID: 1590AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A unanimous City Council adopted a "conservative" $42.5 million 1990-91 budget after fine-tuning some expenditures to the Chamber of Commerce and the workers' compensation program. The city has $33.8 million in reserves going into the 1990-91 fiscal year, and expects another $42.6 million in revenues.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Budget

Item ID: 676AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Unified School District employees voted to accept a 5% pay raise for 1978-79, retroactive to November 1, 1978.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 8, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2731AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to ban fireworks in Arcadia beginning July 5, 1987.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 12, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 12, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fireworks

Item ID: 1618AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A reduction of 4 or 5 teachers in the Arcadia schools has been proposed as a means of cutting next year's budget. The district hopes to achieve this by attrition.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 23, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2781AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia will not be voting on whether to have combined school board/city council elections next April. On a 3-2 vote, the City Council turned down the idea.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 20, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Elections - Local

Item ID: 1512AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Of the 69 teachers who were notified they would be laid off next year, 61 have asked for hearings before a state officer.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 29, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2748AN

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

The city council debated whether the city should attempt to regulate the use of noisy blowers used by gardeners in the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Noise Abatement

Item ID: 2023AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

111 City Hall employees may earn an extra $50-110 a month by walking, bicycling, carpooling, or using public transportation to work. The City Council approved the plan to satisfy South Coast Air Quality Management District regulations requiring worksites to provide incentives to employees who reduce vehicle trips to work.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 20, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Employees

Item ID: 1139AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council approved a recommendation to hire Glendale-based Charles Walton Associates to prepare a library building program. The proposal will cost between $50,000 and $55,000 and the new library will cost approximately $7 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 24, 1990

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library 1961 -

Item ID: 1953AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia teachers have moved closer to a walk-out, as 89% of the teachers at a general meeting voted to call a strike if necessary.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 17, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 17, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2797AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group of nine former mayors has denounced the City Council's recent decision to ask for City Manager George Watts' resignation.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 14, 1992

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Employees - Watts, George

Item ID: 78AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Correction of article of July 6, 1982: The Council actually voted to refer the ordinance back to the City Attorney to include the latest recommendations made by Fire Chief Jerry Gardner. He will return the amended ordinance to the Council at their next meeting.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 11, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fires and Fire Prevention

Item ID: 1600AN

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 School Board has voted to raise the daily wages of substitute teachers, seeking to head off an emergency caused by a shortage of personnel.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 25, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Employees

Item ID: 2806AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 24, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Junior High Schools

Item ID: 3031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

George Watts has been appointed acting city manager until the City Council names someone to replace Lyle Alberg who recently resigned. Watts, the city's assistant city manager, has served as acting city manager before. This time he has applied for the position.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 26, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 26, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Employees - Watts, George

Item ID: 1170AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Attorney J. William Phillips has submitted his resignation to the City Council, effective July 1, 1976.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 3, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 3, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Employees - Phillips, J. William

Item ID: 1166AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The City Council voted to cease city-sponsored athletics due to the rash of lawsuits brought against other agencies (city, county, and state) in cases of injuries.

Report on the case of Fire Department member Richard Defer, who was originally awarded a sum of $11,000 in Worker's Compensation benefits as the result of a softball game injury. The Worker's Compensation Appeals Board overturned the decision as it was not a city-sponsored game.

The Arcadia Unified School District employees voted to accept a 5% pay raise for 1978-79, retroactive to November 1, 1978.

The Arcadia City Council voted unanimously to ban fireworks in Arcadia beginning July 5, 1987.

A reduction of 4 or 5 teachers in the Arcadia schools has been proposed as a means of cutting next year's budget. The district hopes to achieve this by attrition.

Arcadia will not be voting on whether to have combined school board/city council elections next April. On a 3-2 vote, the City Council turned down the idea.

Of the 69 teachers who were notified they would be laid off next year, 61 have asked for hearings before a state officer.

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

The city council debated whether the city should attempt to regulate the use of noisy blowers used by gardeners in the city.

The City Council approved a recommendation to hire Glendale-based Charles Walton Associates to prepare a library building program. The proposal will cost between $50,000 and $55,000 and the new library will cost approximately $7 million.

Arcadia teachers have moved closer to a walk-out, as 89% of the teachers at a general meeting voted to call a strike if necessary.

A group of nine former mayors has denounced the City Council's recent decision to ask for City Manager George Watts' resignation.

Correction of article of July 6, 1982: The Council actually voted to refer the ordinance back to the City Attorney to include the latest recommendations made by Fire Chief Jerry Gardner. He will return the amended ordinance to the Council at their next meeting.

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

The School Board has voted to raise the daily wages of substitute teachers, seeking to head off an emergency caused by a shortage of personnel.

The Policeman on Campus program will be reinstated in the city's three junior high schools. The program has been inactive for two years due to Proposition 13 cutbacks The city will pay the entire cost of the program - approximately $53,000 for the school year.

George Watts has been appointed acting city manager until the City Council names someone to replace Lyle Alberg who recently resigned. Watts, the city's assistant city manager, has served as acting city manager before. This time he has applied for the position.

City Attorney J. William Phillips has submitted his resignation to the City Council, effective July 1, 1976.