Agoura Hills Budget Includes Pay Raises for City Employees

A $20.9-million budget for fiscal year 2012-13 includes approximately $18 million for day-today operations and almost $3 million for capital improvement projects, including the widening of Agoura Road and the Chesebro interchange, according to a report in the Acorn.

The new budget includes a pay raise for City Manager Greg Ramirez, whose base annual salary rose from $ 191,770 to $201,360, said the report.

to perform landscaping duties at his private Thousand Oaks residence, said the newspaper. Ramirez’s hiring of a municipal worker for personal gain and alleged , the Acorn reports.

According to the report, Agoura Hills resident Meril Platzer asked the City Council to reconsider the raise for Ramirez and the city employees, stating that as a private physician she has not received a pay raise in 10 years.

“We’re setting a bad precedent. Agoura Hills wants more raises, Calabasas wants more raises and Westlake Village wants more raises. It may be a small increase, but it’s going to snowball. I’m just appalled and wanted to get that across,” Platzer said in the report.

The council also approved $8,504 for a six-month extension of a Waste Management program that collects used oil and household hazardous waste materials, said the report.

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