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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Free Medical and Dental Care for Women
I just received this announcement from the First Lady of California -- Maria Shriver. Please pass it along.
Free Medical and Dental Care for Women
Free Medical and Dental Care for Women
Sunday, October 10, 2010
City Management Explains Budget Impact on Fire Department
OCTOBER 2010
The City of Long Beach has released the following statement regarding our Fire Department:
Fire and Medical response times continue to meet the City’s response standards.
Our Fire Department’s response time standard, based on the national standard, is "To arrive on scene of an emergency call within 6 minutes 90% of the time." The department monitors system performance and makes changes based on this standard. Currently, our average response time is less than 5 minutes to emergency calls, an excellent response time for a large department.In order to offset the pay increase taken by the Firefighters’ Association (FFA), the new service model reduces one engine company per day, while managing responses with the City’s 17 other engines companies, four fire trucks, and eight paramedic/rescues.
The engine reduction is necessary in order to offset the pay increase taken by the firefighters. The engine reduction is managed by removing one engine from service each day from stations that have more than one response unit. This is not a station closure. This service model will ensure at least one unit is assigned at every station throughout the City, allowing the unit to respond from the station, while other units respond from surrounding stations, if needed. This practice is similar to how our Fire Department manages daily operations such as when units are at training, deployed to major fire events or otherwise out of service. For example, in the area surrounding downtown Engines 6, 2, 10, 20, 24 and 3 are all able to respond to fire incidents, if needed. While the engine company was not in service at Station 1 on October 7, Station 1 had a fully staffed Truck and a fully staffed Paramedic Rescue to respond to calls for service.These service reductions are not a result of a "budget cut;" rather, they are a result of pay increases to the FAA.
Our Fire Department’s budget has not decreased from last year; rather, this year, the City is obligated to pay an additional $2.3 million in firefighter salary increases. As there is no additional money to pay for those raises, service levels must change in order to maintain a responsibly balanced budget. The City tried to avoid the engine reduction by asking the FFA to fully offset the costs of these raises. Unfortunately, while our firefighters negotiated in good faith, an agreement could not be reached.The City is willing to accept a "dollar for dollar" FFA giveback to restore the engine.
The City continues to engage in discussions with the Firefighters’ Association. As the FFA was previously willing to give up $1.7 million in salary increases, the City will accept those givebacks (subject to negotiations) and "dollar for dollar" restore services.FIRE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR RESPONSE EVERY DAY
Library Hours Changed Due to Budget Cuts
Effective Monday, October 11, 2010, the Long Beach Public Library will implement standardized hours for FY 11 as follows:
Four Neighborhood Libraries will close on Mondays:
- El Dorado Library, 2900 Studebaker Road
- Bret Harte Library, 1595 W. Willow St.
- Mark Twain Library, 1401 E. Anaheim St.
- North Library, 5571 Orange Ave.
"Despite these reductions, Long Beach Public Library is committed to providing excellent customer service to our Long Beach community," said Library Director Glenda Williams. All libraries will now be open Tuesday - Saturday. Open hours are:
MAIN LIBRARY
Tuesday: 10 am – 8 pm
Wednesday: 10 am – 6 pm
Thursday: 10 am – 6 pm
Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm
Wednesday: 10 am – 6 pm
Thursday: 10 am – 6 pm
Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm
ALL NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES
Tuesday: 12 pm – 7 pm
Wednesday: 12 pm – 6 pm
Thursday: 12 pm – 7 pm
Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm
For 24-hour access, visit www.lbpl.org Wednesday: 12 pm – 6 pm
Thursday: 12 pm – 7 pm
Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm
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