By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council debated late into the night changes to its process for selecting a new mayor, hearing from more than a dozen residents, some loud, some rancorous. The Council selects a new mayor each year. The next selection is scheduled for the next council meeting on Tuesday, […]
By Julie BUTCHER “Glendale is the largest city in the entire country – you heard that right, the entire country – to convert all handheld landscape equipment to electric. This is an incredible feat we’ve been working toward for years,” said Glendale Mayor Dan Brotman regarding Field 3 of the Glendale Sports Complex at a […]
By Julie BUTCHER “I’m disappointed that none of the questions we took quite a bit of time this weekend to send to you were answered in this presentation,” said Scholl Canyon resident and community activist Jackie Gish when she addressed the Glendale City Council at its Tuesday evening meeting. “In September 2022, I was under […]
By Julie BUTCHER At an uncharacteristically short meeting of the Glendale City Council on Tuesday evening, the Council voted to accept federal and state grants to purchase five electric buses and the charging infrastructure to support them along with six electric minivans for the City’s Beeline and Dial-A-Ride services. The action of the Council included […]
By Julie BUTCHER “Do I even speak? Are they listening?” asked Friends of Rockhaven president Joanna Linkchorst just before the first of two meetings on Tuesday of the Glendale City Council. “They meet with us and nod politely, then tell us what they’re going to do. It’s good that something is moving forward but our […]
By Julie BUTCHER The first action taken by the Glendale City Council at its meeting Tuesday evening was to present a proclamation in support of reproductive rights. Councilmember Paula Devine made the presentation in the absence of Mayor Ardy Kassakhian. “We all know what’s going on,” she said. “After four decades of reproductive freedom, the […]
By Julie BUTCHER Beginning an uncharacteristically short meeting of the Glendale City Council on Tuesday night, Mayor Ardy Kassakhian reminded everyone that it was Election Day and that there was still time to vote and urged them to go out and cast their ballot. Councilmember Paula Devine recognized glendaleOUT! for the picnic event the organization […]
By Julie BUTCHER On May 19 the Glendale City Council conducted its fifth – and final – budget study session reviewing the details of a proposed annual FY 2022-23 budget inching north of a billion dollars at $1,095,412,445, 12.6% over last year’s budget. The full budget goes to the council for adoption on June 14. […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale Library director Gary Shaffer spoke at the beginning of the council’s third budget study session, answering questions about library statistics outstanding from the second budget study session. In FY 2018-19 the library had a system high of 993,000 visits and was on track to hit a million visits in the following […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council started its weekly meeting on Tuesday night by recognizing frontline emergency medical workers during EMS Week. “You never really appreciate the EMS service until you need it,” said Councilmember Ara Najarian. “Their service is truly what helps make Glendale the premier city that it is. We can sleep […]