Hawthorne Press Tribune Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - May 11, 2017 Aquatics Center Breaks Ground at Wiseburn High Site A groundbreaking ceremony last week marked the start of construction of the El Segundo Aquatics Center--with City of El Segundo and Wiseburn Unified School District officials, business community supporters and LA Kings mascot Bailey on-hand wielding shovels. City Council Approves 2017-2018 Budget, General Fund Continues to Grow By Derrick Deane citation. It was a concern that Vargas echoed in how they are funded over the last five to eight The Hawthorne City Council unanimously stating that the State of California shouldn’t be years have radically changed,” he said. “A decade approved the adoption of an annual budget for getting the majority of that citation money. Fager ago, we had a very strong ability to put in for a 2017-2018 during Tuesday night’s meeting. The explained that the process with how citation grant--it was a Hawthorne project, a Hawthorne budget will feature $69.9 million in revenue money is divvied up begins with Sacramento need and they would find a way to give us a against $67.3 million in expenses and will leave taking a large amount of it and ultimately, the piece of the pie. Those days are gone.” a $2.6 million budget surplus for 2017-2018. City seeing “less than 10 percent.” Fager noted that now grant funding focuses on Additionally, the general fund balance will “There’s something fundamentally wrong a handful of categories--a regional component, grow to $11.7 million by the end of June 2017, with that distribution,” Vargas said. “If there is something that involves the community, and an increase of more than $4 million from legislation that needs to be addressed with the something that is built around a theme that starts two years ago when the City of Hawthorne existing number of citations and the amounts, at a national or state level legislative desire. “As teetered on the verge of bankruptcy. “We were the City needs to get a bigger share.” a good example, 10 years ago if we needed struggling with a budget that was plummeting Fager added that the climate with grant something as fundamental as police cars, there toward bankruptcy in late 2015,” City Manager funding has also changed dramatically in the Arnie Shadbehr said in addressing the Council. recent years. “Grants and the philosophy in See City Council page 8 “You immediately exhibited your wisdom and diligence as responsible public servants. You showed your commitment to the city’s fiscal health to continue to provide its services to its residents.” When the City moved to refinance Free Digital Delivery its outstanding bonds, S&P acknowledged the Council for “being proactive and financially Herald Publications is now responsible.” “It was all about the City Council making offering to send you a link the right decisions and we have been frugal and to your favorite community it paid off,” Shadbehr continued in response newspaper every Thursday to Mayor Alex Vargas stating that it was a morning! The emails will also group effort. include a list of upcoming As with most city budgets, the bulk of revenue local events. will come from taxes. Hawthorne is expected to bring in $42.6 million in tax revenue for 2017- Just email us at: 2018. The biggest expenditure will be funding web@heraldpublications.com the police department, which will receive $37.8 and tell us which local community million in 2017-2018. The fire department will newspaper you’d like. receive $10.5 million, a 32 percent increase due to inflation. Simple as that and free!!! Councilwoman Angie Reyes English raised the question to Police Chief Robert Fager about the amount of money the City receives per Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............3 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 6-7 Pets........................................5 Sports....................................4 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 66˚/55˚ Saturday Sunny 68˚/55˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 67˚/54˚ The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne
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