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County budget in trouble
By J.P.
Crumrine, Editor
The
Riverside County Board of Supervisors discussed and debated the
county’s 2010-11 budget at their session last week. Already, Executive
Officer Bill Luna is preparing the board to make decisions that
eliminates an estimated $71 million deficit.
While there is strong disagreement among the supervisors over whether
to employ early retirements to mitigate the number of potential
layoffs, possibly approaching 1,600 people, the board did concur with
Luna’s recommendation to cease using reserves to balance the budget.
The new budget will project a minimum 6-percent reserve. Over the past
two years, the county has used more than $220 million from a $360
million reserve to fund its operating costs.
HUSD
asks for 7 percent
By J.P.
Crumrine, Editor
The Hemet Unified
School District
(HUSD) has a projected fiscal 2010-11 (from July 1, 2010 through June
30, 2011) budget deficit of about $19.7 million. Last week, HUSD
negotiators said a 7-percent salary reduction across the board would
reduce the deficit more than half.
“For
teachers that amounts to about $5.8
million,” said Jerry Hall, president of the Hemet Teachers Association
(HTA).
District Superintendent Dr. Phil
Pendley’s communication also makes clear that whatever the employees
give up, the district’s management will top it. For example, if
employees agree to a 7-percent salary reduction, management will lose 8
percent. Management will accept one more furlough day than employees.
Pendley has already volunteered a five-day reduction and his cabinet
members are taking three-day reductions.
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ICRC seeks CSA 36
budget reserves
By J.P.
Crumrine, Editor
The Idyllwild Community Recreation
Council’s (ICRC) recreation budget for next fiscal year, from July 1,
2010 through June 30, 2011, was the focus of the most recent County
Service Area 36 (Idyllwild) meeting, on Thursday, Jan. 28.
Recreation Director Bob Lewis presented the budget to a lean CSA
Advisory Committee. With two vacancies, a quorum is 100 percent of the
current board of three.
Attending the meeting from the Riverside County Economic Development
Agency were Bill Brown, the CSA operations manager, who reacted
immediately to ICRC’s request to use some CSA’s reserves to fund its
recreational program next year.
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Also
in this week’s Town Crier:
Helping
Hemet: IFPD truck helps out during fire.
Dispatch
contract: IFPD and CalFire see different costs.
Happy New Year! Good
for all tigers except in Detroit.
Mind,
Body, Spirit: Our special section on the healing arts.
Click here for IRS Tax Preparer Report
Click here for Free Immunizations for
Children, Riverside County
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Riverside County Clinic Locations
Click here for 2009 Idyllwild 5K
& 10K Run & Fitness Walk results.
Riverside County
Department of Environmental Health "Third Quarter 2008 Groundwater
Monitoring and Sampling Report" Click here
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Grand Jury
Report: Idyllwild Fire Protection District
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Grand Jury Report: Pine Cove Fire Incident
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Idyllwild
Open Meeting Law seminar video, click here.
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