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# Lights, computers and staff account for $1M in spending
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/lights-computers-and-staff-account-for-1m-in-spending/
- Published: 2005-06-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:18:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

CITY HALL — Elected officials tonight are expected to spend $1.4 million for a litany of community projects, including computer networking equipment for the Main Library, more code enforcement officers in City Hall and street light improvements throughout Santa Monica.

At $500,000, a modified contract with JAS Pacific, a temporary administrative hiring service, accounts for the largest expenditure on tonight’s agenda. The money would be used to hire more people in City Hall’s building and safety, and planning departments — to ensure that Santa Monicans are complying with city laws.

In July of 2004, a consulting (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).

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 28, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/062805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)