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Email – Contact – El Segundo Finance Director Deborah Cullen provided phone/address book (VCF) file for Steve Stark at MuniServices

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Mike

From: Cullen, Deborah
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 7:07 AM
To: Doug Willmore
Subject: Contact
Attachments: Steve Stark.vcf; ATT00001..txt

Steve Stark.vcf (695 B)
ATT00001..txt (292 B)

Hi Doug,

I don’t have Don’s number but MuniServices/Steve Stark would have it.

Deb Continue reading →

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Email from Carol Wingate to entire City Council re Doug Willmore

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Mike

From: Carol Wingate [cwingate@socal.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 5:05 PM
To: *ALL CITY COUNCIL
Subject: Doug Willmore

Mr. Willmore was hired by the council to improve the financial picture of El Segundo. With
fresh eyes and an outside perspective he followed directions. This process uncovered some
unwelcome facts that seem to be hard for the established political entities to accept. If,
as it appears, Mr. Willmore was fired for doing his job; the City Council might reexamine
their hearts to discover if their loyalties lie with the citizens of El Segundo or
Chevron.
I anticipate your response.

Sincerely,
Carol Wingate

Sent from my iPhone

Notes by Michael D. Robbins:

There were many good cause reasons to fire El Segundo City Manager Doug Willmore. However, he was fired without stating any of the good cause reasons, to reduce the City’s exposure to frivolous litigation. Even so, Doug Willmore filed frivolous lawsuits against the City of El Segundo (i.e., the City’s taxpayers), and personally against each of the three City Council members who did their duty and voted to fire him – Carl Jacobson, Suzanne Fuentes, and Don Brann.

Doug Willmore did not follow the direction of a majority of El Segundo City Council members, but instead catered to and followed direction from Mayor Eric Busch on important issues. His habitual lying to City Council members made it difficult if not impossible for them to trust him. His failure to follow direction, his poor negotiation results, and his written offers to the City employee unions with apparently unauthorized terms unnecessarily cost the City many millions of additional tax dollars per year.

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Special Contract – Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement Between El Segundo and Chevron

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Mike

PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES (“PILOT”) AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AND
CHEVRON CORPORATION

    This AGREEMENT is entered into this ____ day of January, 2012, by and between the CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, a municipal corporation and general law city (“CITY”) and the Chevron Corporation, a California corporation (“CHEVRON”).

1. RECITALS. The Parties enter into this Agreement with reference to the following facts and objectives:

A. The CITY’s general fund expenditures exceeded the CITY’s incoming general fund revenues by approximately $6.9 million in fiscal year 2008/2009. The CITY’s fiscal condition has been negatively impacted by the unprecedented challenges in the worldwide and national financial markets and the chronic economic recession in the national, state, regional and local economies.

B. The on-going economic recession has significantly decreased the CITY’s revenue sources and negatively impacted expenses requiring the CITY to institute various austerity measures including expenditure curtailments for equipment and capital projects and deferred maintenance of CITY infrastructure.

C. The CITY’s general fund expenditures were projected to exceed the CITY’s incoming general fund revenues by approximately $10.4 million for fiscal year 2009/2010 requiring that the CITY utilize various one-time monies to balance its budget for fiscal year 2011/2012 and beyond.

D. The CITY general fund expenditures were projected to exceed the CITY’s incoming general fund revenues by approximately $ 9.2 million for fiscal year 2010/2011 causing the City to continue to implement cost savings measures. .

E. The CITY has decreased its unreserved/undesignated General Fund balance by 25% and has decreased its Equipment Replacement Fund balance by 10% since fiscal year 2008/2009.

F. The region, state, and nation are undergoing one of the worst economic downturns in the history of our Nation and financial forecasts are that it may worse, or at best, take several more years before the economy begins to strengthen.

G. The negative impacts of the current economic downturn are expect to take several more years before the economy begins to strengthen enough for local government agencies to see any significant restoration of revenues.

H. The California Constitution prohibits the CITY from enacting new taxes without voter approval which prevents the CITY from generating new revenues to offset

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losses.

I. CITY’s city manager is recommending that CITY’s City Council consider placing a ballot measure on the April 2012 election that would increase the amount of taxes paid by oil production companies including, without limitation, CHEVRON to CITY (“TAX”). If approved, the TAX would generate an anticipated $_____ in revenue for the CITY. Such revenue would help replenish the CITY’s capital improvement project (“CIP”) budget to help ensure the CITY’s infrastructure does not fall into disrepair. … Continue reading →

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