This week, Long Beach will witness an influx of 40 new police officers and 30 firefighters fresh out of their respective academies, the first major additions to both agencies after years of staff losses due to city-wide budget cuts.
The final and fourth part of City Auditor Laura Doud's fuel audit was released, discussing the possibility of consolidating fuel operations citywide given the "multiple fuel systems and the size and complexity of the fuel operations."
The Long Beach City Council unanimously supported a request that the City Attorney look into amending the Municipal Code regarding tobacco include e-cigarettes and vapor devices, as well as products which contain biologically active amounts of nicotine.
Long Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to appoint the City's former finance director, Lori Ann Farrell, to the Board of Harbor Commissioners, filling one of the body's two current vacancies.
A Long Beach City Council agenda item proposed for tonight's meeting seeks to restrict the way e-cigarette users use their vaporizers in public, as cities across the nation and world question the supposed benefits they provide chronic cigarette smokers in quitting and the possible adverse health affects they might have on the public.
City of Long Beach offices and services will adhere to the following schedule during the 2013 Thanksgiving Holiday:
Just shy of a week of dismissing Board of Harbor Commissioner President Thomas Fields and days after other Boardmember Nick Sramek resigned, Mayor Bob Foster has announced that will appoint current City of Huntington Beach Director of Finance Lori Ann Farrell to the board.
Long Beach City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday night to remove Harbor Commissioner Thomas Fields, a confirmation of a recommendation made by Mayor Bob Foster, with whom he has butted heads since taking the position four years ago.
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