Politics & Government
Tonight's Council Agenda and Thursday's Planning Meeting
Items of interest on the City Council agenda include seeing a budget proposal, finalizing redistricting and keeping police officers at high schools.
Mayor Bob Foster held a press conference earlier today to introduce his proposed 2012 fiscal budget (Patch story coming) that will also be discussed at tonight's Long Beach City Council meeting.
The Council will also vote to adopt the final redistricting plans from the July 5, 2011 meeting.
Also scheduled: The Long Beach Unified School District seeks to employ the Long Beach Police Department to position up to 5 School Resource Officers, or SROs, outside high school premises during school hours. Since 1999, in response to the Columbine shootings, the LBPD has participated in this program. LBUSD will shouder most the cost, though the City is asked to contribute about 17% of around $720,000.
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Other agenda items include approving the destruction of police documents, requiring newsstands in the city to have clearly marked contact information from the sellers and exploring ways to reduce negative environmental effects from airport exhaust.
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This week's Planning Commission meeting has only one item on the agenda, but "members of the public are invited to address the Planning Commission on items of interest to the public within the Commission's jurisdiction. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes unless that time is extended by the Chair."