Formal city budget hearing set for June 24
The Seal Beach City Council will hold a public hearing on the city budget on June 24 although the City Charter gives the council only until June 30 to approve a budget. So at the end of the city’s third budget workshop, held on Monday, June 10, council members and called for the budget process to begin earlier, after hearing and discussing line-by-line proposals for changes to the draft of the budget, staff made adjustments that put the projected budget surplus for next year at about $1.4 million. [Read more]
Councilman Kalmick and community ‘chat’ about budget, other issues
Seal Beach Councilmember Joe Kalmick held a “community chat” on June 6 at the Senior Center behind the Mary Wilson Library. The budget was one of the main topics of the discussion but other issues included the Ocean Place development, the proposed community pool project, and other issues. Kalmick started the informal gathering in the by telling his guests that this was his first “go ’round” on the city budget. He said the council had been told the previous night that the city must have a budget in place by July 1. [Read more]
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Postal worker retiring after working 37 years in Seal Beach
After 37 years of sorting envelopes, selling stamps and weighing packages, longtime downtown Seal Beach postal worker Mark Shank, 63, has retired and will soon be moving to Alabama. Shank’s last day on the job was Friday, June 14th. His absence won’t be the only change at Main Street’s Mariner Station. His long-time co-worker, Gene Nardo, will be retiring at the end of the year. [Read more]
Council OKs permit allowing Los Alamitos Animal Hospital to relocate to Boeing area of Seal Beach
The City Council this week unanimously adopted an ordinance adding animal services to the list of uses allowed on the land in the Boeing Specific Plan area. The council also approved a conditional use permit to let Los Alamitos Animal Hospital to have a veterinary hospital at 2365 Seal Beach Boulevard, in suites 104 and 105. The decision followed a public hearing. No one spoke out against the project. Animal Hospital owner Stefan Korzeniowski said the hospital had outgrown the Los Alamitos location. He confirmed for the council that the hospital would be relocating to Seal Beach. [Read more]
Crime Log: published Thursday, June 13, 2019
It was a slow week for crime in Seal Beach, with most of the action going towards arrest for petty theft, resisting arrest, open containers and teens camped where they shouldn’t be.
