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VOLUME 20, NO. 25
Pasadena Budget Balanced City manager’s $786M budget expected to net positive income by GUS HERRERA gherrera@beaconmedianews.com
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t their latest regular meeting, the Pasadena City Council swiftly approved a $786 million budget for FY2018. After almost two months of meticulous deliberation, there was very little appetite for discussion. Everyone around the dais was eager to finally close the public hearing and conclude the prolonged fiscal talks. City Manager Steve Mermell originally submitted his recommended budget on May 8. Since then, five joint meetings were held with the finance committee where council members fastidiously posed questions and requests for additional information regarding this year’s fiscal strategy. According to city staff’s report, this year’s operating budget is “balanced and does not rely on [the] use of reserves.”
Furthermore, the city’s financial plan is also “expected to result in positive net income at the end of the fiscal year.” In addition to covering Pasadena’s projected operating revenues and expenses, the budget includes appropriations for the FY20182022 capital improvement plan (adopted on May 8) and the city’s affiliated agencies (i.e. the Rose Bowl Operating Company, Pasadena Center Operating Company, and Pasadena Community Access Corporation). Council’s actions this past Monday also adopted a resolution to transfer 10 percent of the light and power fund’s estimated gross revenues ($16.956 million) to the city’s general fund. The municipal code usually limits the maximum amount available for transfer in this manner, but council superseded these regulations by determining that the injection of a
Council praised City Manager Steve Mermell for his work – despite revenue streams lacking overall growth, the budget did not need to dig into the city’s reserves. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
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PASADENA COPS ARREST 4 Pasadena Man Found WHO LEAVE INFANTS IN Guilty of Domestic Violence ADULTS HOT CAR WHILE SHOPLIFTING Killing of Ex-Girlfriend by TERRY MILLER A jury found a man guilty Monday of killing the mother of his two children, whose body was discovered in 2015 inside her vehicle parked in Monrovia, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Fernanda Barreto said the jury deliberated for about eight hours before finding
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Jose Roberto Turner, 49, of Pasadena, guilty of one count of first-degree murder
On June 17, at about 2:16 p.m. Pasadena Police officers responded to a theft (shoplifting) in progress in the 700 block of East Colorado Blvd. Store security agents detained the suspects (two Female Adults & two Male Adults) and learned the individuals detained left an infant and
SEE PAGE 10 Jose Roberto Turner, 49, of Pasadena, was found guilty of one count of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon. - Courtesy photo
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small child in the car while committing the crime. PPD officers and store security located the car and noticed the windows were rolled up. The ambient air temperature was approximately 90 degrees when the infant and child were removed from the car. The suspects were arrested for child endangerment and shoplifting. PPD and area
When Alverno Heights Academy Head of School, Julia V. Fanara P’01, P’03, P’05, first approached the school’s Board of Trustees about updating the school library, she was hoping for new carpet, a fresh coat of
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