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127 city employees have agreed to postpone their salary increases for 6 months to help close the city's projected $2.2 million shortfall. This action would save the city $466,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper215
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Employees
Item ID
215AN
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Arcadia police and firefighters have voted to defer a portion of their salaries and health benefits to help close the city's budget shortfall. In total, employee pay and benefit deferments will free up about $300,000. The city is trying to close a $600,000 deficit this fiscal year in its $48 million general fund budget.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31509
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Arcadia city budget
Arcadia city employees
Unions
Item ID
31705AN
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City clerks often earn six figure salaries. Pasadena has the highest paid clerk in the San Gabriel Valley with an annual salary of $143,006, and 10 cities have clerks that make more than $100,000. The City Clerk is responsible for all city records and for orchestrating city elections. Arcadia's city manager Don Penman said the role of city clerk as chief record keeper is essential and the pay is justified because of the level of responsibility the position demands. Arcadia's city clerk is paid $90,870 per year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32138
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
City employees--salaries
Item ID
32335AN
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The City Council voted 4-0 to rehire Bill Woolard as a consultant after asking him to resign last week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper254
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 1993
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p. A-6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 1993
Pages
p. A-6
Subjects
City Employees - Woolard, William "Bill"
Item ID
254AN
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City employees will receive a 3% pay raise after January 1, 1994. The last salary increase was given in June, 1992.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper525
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 1993
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p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 5, 1993
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Employees
Item ID
525AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Manager Donald Duckworth's surprise resignation came after a closed session of a City Council meeting. He said he was no longer able to carry out the council's policies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1866
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19 ,1994
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p. A-8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19 ,1994
Pages
p. A-8
Subjects
City Employees - Duckworth, Donald
Item ID
1865AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31422
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2009
Pages
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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The salaries of city managers in the area have come under scrutiny following the city of Bell's scandal involving overpaid city officials. Bell's now-ousted city manager Robert Rizzo was earning close to $800,000. Arcadia city manager Don Penman's salary of $214,032 is shown in a chart along with other nearby city managers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32125
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
City employees--salaries
Item ID
32322AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Employees
Item ID
11198AN
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Survival-of-the fittest strategies have swept City Hall, where employees fearful of looming budget cuts are waging campaigns against their colleagues and other departments in an effort to protect their jobs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10236
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21. 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 21. 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Employees
Budget
Item ID
10186AN
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Upland resident Rick Gomez, 41, has been appointed to the position of deputy City Manager and Development Services Director. Gomez has worked for 18 years in municipal government for Rancho Cucamonga, Lewis Homes of California and FORMA, a planning consulting firm.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4467
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Employees- Gomez, Rick
Item ID
4343AN
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Vendors and 2000 people attended the Southern California Utility Association's Information Fair. Arcadia's water department employee, Richard Reeley, raced to see how quickly he could change a water meter. The Fair was held at the Irwindale Speedway.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24529
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2002
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 20, 2002
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Water Department
City employees - Reeley, Richard
Southern California Utility Association
Item ID
24719AN
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William Kelly has been appointed Arcadia City Manager after holding the Acting City Manager position for 7 months following the resignation of Donald Duckworth. Kelly began working for the city as a community development director in November, 1993.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4093
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 4, 1994
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
City Employees - Kelly, William
Item ID
3969AN
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William Kelly, with 22 years of city government experience in Burbank, Brea, Baldwin Park and San Bruno, has been hired as Arcadia's first community development director and assistant to the city manager. This new position replaces the planning director job that had been vacant for several months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper526
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 1993
Pages
p. H-3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 1993
Pages
p. H-3
Subjects
City Employees - Kelly, William
Item ID
526AN
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William Woolard, 50, Arcadia Planning Director for 22 years, resigned at the recommendation of City Manager Don Duckworth and a 4-1 City Council vote, with Robert Harbicht opposed. Woolard was asked to leave because of departmental reorganization, Duckworth said.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper252
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 20, 1993
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
City Employees - Woolard, William " Bill"
Item ID
252AN
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Newspaper Index
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