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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly Monday, may 21 - MAy 27, 2012 Volume xVIi, No. XXI
San Gabriel Settles Pension Reform Deal with Labor Associations
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Edward Ahrens’ Most Memorable Moment Against Biola College May 9, l972
Former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Bobby Castillo and Ed Ahrens in 2006. -Courtesy Photo
Yet to be settled is the Police Officers Association’s lawsuit that was filed against members of the City Council on Mar. 8. The lawsuit alleges that city officials illegally spent $5.7 million in employee retirement funds. Denying the allegations, the city filed a response to the police association’s lawsuit that requests a trial by jury. -Photo by Terry Miller
by jim e. winburn San Gabriel announced that it has formed a tentative agreement with the city's police association and two other public employee groups after 13 months of tense labor negotiations.
El Monte City Council Approves Employee Bargaining Unit Concessions After reviewing recommendations from City Staff, the El Monte City Council Tuesday voted to approve new labor concessions that were made by the City’s four major bargaining units and negotiated by City Staff. Amendments to the Please see page 7
The City Council unanimously approved memorandums of understanding at Wednesday's meeting that outline salary, benefits and working conditions for the San Gabriel Police Officers Association, San Gabriel Firefighters Association, and
San Gabriel Fire Management Group. Assistant City Manager Marcella Marlowe reported at the meeting that the three labor associations all met and ratified the memorandums of understanding the first week of May. The last memoran-
dum of understanding expired on Jun. 30, 2011 for each labor association. The city yielded a tentative deal, suggested to them by the mediator, with the Police Officers Association and Please see page 5
Edward Ahrens was the starting second baseman on the first ever varsity baseball team in the history of Cal State Dominguez Hills University in l972. “The experience on the first baseball team was quite unique in many ways. Six members on the team were married, two men had recently returned from military service in Vietnam, one pitcher as a full time fireman and two other players worked the night shift at UPS,” explained Ahrens.
Dominguez Hills had a brutal schedule,didn’t have a home field and consequently played all games on the road. The ball team played Pepperdine four times, Chapman three, U.C. Irvine three, Cal State Fullerton twice, Loyola twice, U.C. Riverside twice and perennial N.A.I.A. contender Grand Canyon College from Arizona three times. “The schedule was extremely difficult especially Please see page 4
If You Want to Know About L.A. Sheriff ’s Department Relay the State of Rosemead Run Honors Deputies Killed Prepare to Cough-Up in the Line of Duty Some Greenbacks Hundreds of law enwere told categorically “Yes”. Everyone pays. This seems to be a little exclusionary when it is “open to the public.” We called the city clerk of Rosemead and asked a simple question: “Does everyone have to pay to hear about their city’s challenges from the Mayor?” The answer was ” Yes.” They were not sure, however about the require-
forcement officers as well as civilian support staff took part Friday in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s 34th annual Memorial Torch Relay Run honoring those who have died in the line of duty. The run began at 9 a.m. at department headquarters at 4700 W. Ramona Blvd. in Monterey Park and made a stop at Temple Station where Sheriff Lee Baca decided he needed a bit of a rest
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by terry miller
While just about every city in San Gabriel Valley offers its residents free State of the City information and updates on financial matters, the City of Rosemead wants you to cough up $15 or $20 for that privilege. You do, however, get lunch when you pay for the We asked the Chamber of Commerce if residents had to pay if they didn’t want lunch but wanted to hear about the State of their City. We
Runners from Temple Station take over from Sheriff lee Baca’s team as they arrived in Temple City around 11:30 Friday morning. -Photo by Terry Miller