City Council Tuesday night passed a $136-million 2011-12 budget
by taking less than half of what officials had projected from
reserve funds.
Council Tuesday approves a $25,000-per-month no-bid contract for
a San Francisco-based firm to generate public-private partnership
deals at the park.
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Irvine Councilman Larry Agran refers to backup plans if the park
loses redevelopment funds. Yet no one else seems to know what those
plans are.
The Great Park Board of Directors Thursday approved a no-bid
contract with a $25,000-per-month consultant to do something that
its $100,000-per-month consultant is already being paid to do.
Council majority lukewarm to Republican Councilman Jeffrey
Lalloway’s proposal to mimic a county ordinance.
Councilman Jeff Lalloway wants the city to emulate a law the
Orange County Board of Supervisors passed last month for county
parks.
In a 3-2 vote cast along partisan lines, Council signed-off on
an ordinance that extends prevailing wages to all city
projects.
Council is set vote on an ordinance that would require city
projects to pay prevailing wages and the giveaway of 2,400 citrus
trees.
She replaces Larry Agran who said the politics of being chairman
wouldn’t allow him to focus on projects he’s interested in — like
a massive forestation effort at the park.
Republicans and Democrats are actually on speaking terms after
years of bitter acrimony. But will that dynamic last?
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