By Daily Press staff
(Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures which appear on the upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agenda. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past).
CITY HALL — Elected officials are expected to approve nearly $9 million in expenses tonight, putting aside taxpayer money to clean up local water wells mucked up by big oil companies, as well as buying a fleet of hybrid-electric buses and hiring a helping hand for the embattled City Hall’s Planning Department.
Tonight’s estimated expense — totaling $8,959,970 — also will target an array of other needs, ranging from bus shelter construction plans to hazardous waste management.
CLEAN-UP BEGINS The City Council’s biggest expense aims to clean up the Charnock well field, a group of wells that were a significant source of Santa Monica drinking water until 1996 when MtBE was
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2005. Read the original PDF.