Category: City Management

Special City Council – 05/13/2021 Finance, re: FY 2021-22 Budget Study Session 5: Departmental Study Session: Community Development, Public Works, and Information Services

Catching up on a few meetings here. Worth watching if you have the time. Glendale City Council-5/11/2021 Joint City Council and Housing Authority – 05/11/2021 Special City Council – 05/11/2021

Glendale City Council Joint City Council and Housing Authority

At the March 9, 2021 meeting, Glendale City Council appointed Mr. Roubik Golanian City Manager. Below are Mr. Golanian’s comments to Council and the public as he formally accepted the appointment.

Glendale City Council Special City Council

Glendale City Council Meeting, January 19, 2021 Joint Meeting, January 19, 2021 Housing Authority Meeting, January 19, 2021

(Originally posted to Nextdoor September 4, 2020) Generally this is a pointless, wasteful meeting that conducts little or no business. This one was different. Having accidentally clicked on it, I found it packed with all of the flavor of a spaghetti western movie. It has it all; the good, the…

On December 31, 2020 Ardy Kassakhian posted on Twitter: “Meeting agendas ready 12 days before the actual scheduled meeting. Let’s make this a regular occurrence so the public has a chance to see what’s coming up for a vote. #transparency#LocalGov “ I agree that the public should have plenty of…

December 18, 2020 Media Contact: Jennifer Hiramoto, Acting Assistant Director of Community Development818-548-2005 JHiramoto@glendaleca.gov City Seeking Qualified Applicants to Operate Alex Theatre GLENDALE, CA – The historic Alex Theatre is a world-class performing arts and entertainment center, serving as an anchor for the City’s vibrant Downtown and Art & Entertainment Districts. On…

City Council Special Meeting Joint Meeting

On December 5, 2020 Los Angeles County released data showing that Glendale had reached 202 COVID-19 related deaths. This was up 3 from the previous day. This week, the State announced a Regional Stay Home Order will go into effect and would remain in effect for at least three weeks…

Glendale saw its largest spike in new coronavirus infections last week. On Thursday, October 22, 2020, Los Angeles County reported a record spike of 86 new cases in Glendale (70 more than reported the previous day). On Friday and Saturday, Glendale saw cases increase by 75 and 46 respectively. No…

At the September 15, 2020 Special City Council Meeting , Council and Staff discussed the standards and review process for wall murals. It was a very interesting meeting, and worth watching the full broadcast version at the link above. Currently, if a mural design has to undergo review, a number…

Below are the Top 50 salaries for Glendale employees as reported by Transparent California. Click any of the links below for access to all 2,332 employee records found. Our Top 12 made over $4.2 Million in total pay and benefits. https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2019/glendale/ Name Job title Regular pay Overtime pay Other pay…

Posted to MyGlendale October 19, 2020. City Treasurer, Rafi Manoukian responded to statements made in Mike Mohill’s emailed newsletter, in a post titled “Manoukian Responds to Mohill’s Lies.” In addition to his point by point fact-checking, Manoukian makes great points about Measure S, and the election of our City Treasurers….