Ventura County’s CEO, Marty Robbins, had a higher compensation package than I posted 8-29. This according to an article in the VC Star this morning (9-3). The Star article states that the paper was furnished with a revised total comp amount of $386,874, instead of $338,087 reported previously, to include “tax-payer-paid contributions to Robbins county-provided retirement, Medicare, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ventura County'
Total Comp for Top Public Administrators, Part II
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Economy, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
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Let’s Paint the Crosswalk During Rush Hour!
August 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Ventura County
You have to wonder at the decision-making process of a road crew that was putting up cones at the intersection of Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Kanan Road at 4 PM. I noticed the cones when I drove through the intersection and thought it must only concern my southbound lane. I didn’t think another thing about it. [...]
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Ventura Regional Sanitation District Wins Award for Biosolids Treatment
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Green, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues
Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) won a technical innovation and achievement award from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), August 19 in Monterey. Congratulations to VRSD! A number of other sanitation districts were competing for the recognition. VRSD won for their new biosolids (sludge) treatment project at the Toland Landfill off of Highway 23 [...]
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Total Compensation for Top Public Administrators
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Economy, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
The VC Star today, deliniated the total compensation package of city managers throughout Ventura County, plus that of Ventura County’s top executive. Let’s look at the only city in the Conejo Valley that is listed. According to the Star, the city manager of Thousand Oaks, Scott Mitnick, has a total comp of $354,577. Interestingly, the CEO [...]
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Volunteers Abound in the Conejo Valley This Summer
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
An article in the 8-29 VC Star reported that over 1400 folks worked on 108 volunteer projects this summer in Ventura County, according to Camarillo’s Action Foundation. They came from 24 churches. The article did not say how many volunteers and projects were in the Conejo Valley, but they did describe work going on at Park [...]
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Stagecoach Inn
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, History, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
I finally giddy-upped over to the Stagecoach Inn Museum in Newbury Park on Friday. Since I have lived in the Conejo Valley eleven years, I thought it was about time to tour this historical landmark, and time for me to take a grandchild along too. If I had known that I would enjoy going through this copy of [...]
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Egret on Wing
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Meditations, Oak Park, Outdoors, Ventura County
Walking along Medea Creek in Oak Park this morning, my granddaughter and I happened upon an egret. As we approached, it spread its wings and flew away. We also spotted eight rabbits along the path. Post and photo (taken from a bridge above the creek) by Janna Orkney
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A Farmer’s Market on the Honor System
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Green, Meditations, Outdoors, Ventura County
Yesterday, Ventura and Ojai beckoned my granddaughter and I. We headed for Ventura’s harbor first, to fill up on Andrea’s best-in-the world fish and chips. I feel like such an insider at Andrea’s, because I know that if I order 1 piece of fish, they will give me three! While that can be a meal for [...]
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How is the Conveyance System?
August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Lake Sherwood, Oak Park, Santa Susana Field Lab, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County, Water Issues, Westlake Village
I spent the end of last week at a California sewage agency conference. With the sanitizing of words, it is actually called the California Association of “Sanitation” Agencies, “Ensuring Clean Water for California.” One of the most interesting sessions was called “New Strategies for Renewing Wastewater Conveyance Systems,” which means, “How are you going to take [...]
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Opportunities for Service in Ventura County
August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Ventura County
Would you like to serve on a county board or commission? Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks, is looking for residents to apply to serve on two county boards and one county commission, according to an article in the Ventura County Star. Parks wants applicants for the Air Pollution Control District Advisory Board, the Alcohol and [...]
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