The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Daily News on a Weekly Basis - Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - October 20, 2016 A Day at the Pumpkin Patch Aryanna and Samantha Ramos enjoy an autumn day at Shawn’s Pumpkin Patch in Inglewood. The girls spent the day looking at pumpkins and playing in the bounce houses. Photo by Eric Ramos Council Approves Paying Outstanding Invoices For Sound Insulation Services By Cristian Vasquez Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts and members of the city council agreed that the city will reimburse S&L Specialty Contracting’s outstanding invoice in the amount of $24,981.11 for their completion of construction work completed under the Residential Sound Insulation Program. In addition, the council adopted a resolution to amend the Residential Sound Insulation Department Fiscal Year 2016-2017 annual budget for 3261 and will include expenses in the amount of $24,981.11. The staff report presented indicates the City of Inglewood receives grant money from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Los Angeles World Airports in order to administer the Residential Sound Insulation projects. In September of 2014 the city became the recipient of FAA funds; by March of 2015 the LAWA funds were also made available to the city, both of which allowed the city to move forward with the Aircraft Noise Mitigation phase within the RSIP. “In December of 2015, the City’s RSI Program completed sound insulation on 2,075 units, under the guidelines and regulations of LAWA 4Q 1992 contour and FAA 2015 Alt D 65dB programs,” states the staff report signed by Residential Sound Insulation Director Bettye R. Griffith. “S & L Specialty Contracting conducted construction work for 776 dwelling units which assisted the RSI Program in meeting such an aggressive goal.” LAWA provided the city with $4,996.22 and the FAA granted a total of $19,984.89, which had to be used for noise mitigation, capital projects and construction management. All Residential Sound Insulation projects are carried out through construction contracts that are specific for residential structure groups. The original contract approved by the council with S & L Specialty Contracting, in the amount of $1,483,763, was approved June 23, 2015 and was set to expire exactly one year later. The City of Inglewood has been active in developing and adopting a plan with the goal of completing sound insulation, trough the Residential Sound Insulation Program. One plan included 1,000 homes during a 12-month period up until the program ends. Included in the project’s scheduled tasks and work is the replacement of existing windows and exterior doors with acoustic grade products, attic insulation, modifications of vents, baffles and other areas of transmission, as well as the installation of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. “RSI received a late invoice in July 2016 from S & L Specialty Contracting for inspection services, materials, subcontractor fees, and labor associated with sound insulation construction work which was completed in December 2015,” states the staff report. “The Noise Mitigation Fund account and revenue source is entirely grant funded through FAA and LAWA and does not require any use of general fund money.” Modifications To Terms, Conditions of Employment for Employees Represented by SEIU Approved The mayor and city council adopted a resolution that will affect modifications to the terms and conditions of employment for all employees that are represented by the Service Employees International Union [SEIU] Local 721. The Memorandum of Understanding with the SEIU was scheduled to expire on Sept. 30, 2016; hence, the city council agreed to allow the city’s negotiation team to open negotiations with SEIU representatives on the terms and conditions for a new MOU. “The City’s negotiation team initiated discussions with SEIU on June 22, 2016, and met with them for approximately three (3) months before reaching an agreement,” states the staff report signed by Human Resources Director Jose O. Cortes. “During this threemonth period, 10 meetings were held between the negotiation teams and several proposals were exchanged.” The back-and-forth between the two resulted SEIU representatives presenting three proposals while the city’s representatives created four proposals. The fourth proposal by the city was presented to the SEIU on Sept. 15 and was considered the best and final proposal. In the new MOU the city expressed willingness to authorize “reasonable salary increases” during the first and third years of a four-year-contract. The SEIU’s initial proposal asked for a five percent raise in salary every year, for three years; in addition to increases in workers’ Retiree Health Savings [RHS] stipend, Obnoxious Pay, Medical Insurance Waiver, as well as an additional floating holiday at a price tag of $1,577,889. “The City Council gave direction to the city’s negotiation team to make a counter-proposal to SEIU and after much discussion, SEIU agreed to the terms of the City’s proposal,” states the staff report. SEIU members ratified the agreement 113-54, which will be in force from Oct. 1, 2016-Sept. 30, 2020. • Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Finance..................................7 Food.......................................8 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................4, 6-7 Police Reports.....................3 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 83˚/61˚ Saturday Sunny 75˚/58˚ Sunday Sunny 73˚/61˚˚
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