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Vol. 34 No. 25

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November 23, 2012

SERVING BIXBY KNOLLS, CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS, LOS CERRITOS, WRIGLEY AND THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL

Second job summit readies small businesses and potential hires for ‘industries of growth’

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LB Airport to work with USDA on program to prevent ‘wildlife strikes’

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Christina Jones, assistant director of the South Bay Wildlife Rehab, a nonprofit volunteer organization that cares for California-native wildlife, attempts to handle a hawk caught in a trap at the Long Beach Airport’s airfield. United States Department of Agriculture wildlife biologists will be assisting in banding and relocating birds as part of new federal requirements. Sean Belk/Signal Tribune

Dennis Rockway (second from left), community-benefits advocate, gives a short presentation during a panel discussion called “Dream, Plan, Achieve� during the “Getting Back to Work 2012� job and small-business summit. Also pictured, from left, are: President & CEO of FCI Management Consulting Group Patricia Watts; RMD Group COO Laura Gonzalez; 9th District Long Beach City Councilmember Steven Neal; and moderator Tonia Reyes Uranga. Sean Belk Staff Writer

Construction, healthcare and transportation industries are on the rise in Long Beach, positioning the city as a prime source of high-wage employment and economic growth in California,

according to government officials and business representatives who spoke during a job and small-business summit last Saturday, Nov. 17. More than 300 people and 80 small businesses attended the event called “Getting Back To Work 2012,� the second such

conference hosted by 9th District Long Beach City Councilmember Steven Neal. The event at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center’s seaside meeting rooms offered a chance for job seekers and business owners

ing) to continue the discussion until more information becomes available. At the Nov. 20 meeting, the Signal Hill City Council mulled over a staff recommendation for an ordinance that would exclude future councilmembers from CalPERS, (also known as the California Public Employees’ Retirement System). Enrollment in the CalPERS system offers Signal Hill employees, including councilmembers, retirement pensions and retiree

medical benefits. Deputy City Manager Charlie Honeycutt highlighted the potential savings for the City. “Based on our current costs,� Honeycutt told the Council, “we estimate that future savings can be as much as $11,600 per year, per [council]member, and then up to $10,620 in retiree health once a councilmember retires and if they qualify for retirement through the [CalPERS] system.�

Sean Belk Staff Writer

The Long Beach Airport has entered into a contract with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services Division to develop a “more formal� program of capturing and relocating wildlife,

particularly birds, from the airport. Such measures are taken to prevent collisions between birds and aircraft, incidents referred to as “wildlife strikes.� The Long Beach City Council at its Nov. 13 meeting unanimously approved a $40,000,

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SH Council debates cutting retirement benefits for future councilmembers

CJ Dablo Staff Writer

The proposal to cut off future councilmembers from their ability to receive retirement benefits is a citystaff recommended path to save Signal Hill some money, but the current sitting Signal Hill City Councilmembers declined to take that step at last Tuesday’s Council meeting. They voted 32 (Vice Mayor Michael Noll and Councilmember Ellen Ward dissent-

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