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		<title>Avalon renews planning contract</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council recently authorized the city manager to hire Sagecrest Planning and Environmental, LLC, for another year. The contract is to provide planning services. The cost: a maximum of $150,000. This was a Consent Calendar item on the Feb. 20 agenda. Consent items are voted on collectively, without discussion unless pulled for individual consideration. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Election results: Ponce, in second place, two votes ahead of Olsen.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder’s office updated the 2022 election results on Tuesday, June 21. The numbers changed, but the results did not. Mary Schickling and Michael Ponce appeared to be the top two council candidates, with two seats up for election. The mayor remains the mayor. Two proposed tax increases appear to have been rejected. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council OKs city manager contract</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[He starts job Feb. 1 of next year The new Avalon city manager will start Feb. 1, 2022. The City Council this week unanimously approved a contract with David Maistros of Ohio. The contract is for a three-year term at $125,000 a year plus a $5,000 relocation incentive, according to the staff report by City [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City staff working on budget</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 18:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Yellow Tier, the least restrictive in the state, could be good for business—and Avalon’s revenues Last week, Los Angeles County moved into the least restrictive of the state’s color-coded pandemic tiers. The Islander recently asked Avalon Finance Director Matthew Baker about the potential impact on the city’s budget. “The City has seen an increase [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council approves tight 2020-21 budget</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 20:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Avalon City Council unanimously approved the proposed budget for 2020-21 at the council’s Oct. 6 meeting. To oversimplify: the city is going to have to spend some of its reserves to pay its bills. “It’s going to be a long road back,” wrote Councilmember Michael Ponce in an email. “Thankfully we have some visitation [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lavelle, De La Rosa get elected to Avalon council</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ponce takes two-year term, while Marshall re-elected With the final votes counted, the Avalon City Council will have two new members, as Lisa Lavelle and Yesenia Sarahi De la Rosa have taken the two seats for the full-term city council position. Lavelle was the top vote getter, with 501 votes. The race was close, with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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