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Torrance council tweaks travel stipends, keeps Friendship Cities budget intact as budget process continues
Summary
During the second public hearing on the proposed FY2025–27 operating budget and capital improvement plan, the Torrance City Council voted to increase monthly local meeting and meal allowances for the mayor and council and approved one additional mayoral trip; staff will return June 3 for the final hearing and to refine Friendship Cities guidance.
Torrance City Council members during the second public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2025–27 operating budget approved modest changes to elected‑official travel allowances and asked staff to return with final budget actions at a June 3 meeting.
The council voted to increase the monthly local meetings and meals allotment by $50 — raising the mayor’s allotment from $350 to $400 and council members’ allotments from $250 to $300 — and approved adding one additional annual trip for the mayor (specified by the motion as attendance at the U.S. Conference of Mayors). The council also directed staff to keep the separate Friendship Cities travel line at $70,000 and to return with clearer guidance and reporting on Friendship Cities expenditures and travel.
The budget presentation by Ian Daley, the city’s…
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