CITY GUIDE

LOS ALAMITOS

Mayor Alice Jempsa

Age: Declined to state

Occupation: Education consultant

First elected: 1986

Term expires: 1998

Key issues: Enhance sales-tax revenue by building a more business-friendly climate; establish neighborhood beautification programs to replace trees and cracked sidewalks; gather concerns from residents by walking neighborhoods and ringing doorbells.

Councilman: Ronald Bates

Age: 51

Occupation: Financial and management consultant

First elected: 1988

Term expires: 2000

Key issues: Bring financial stability to city by recovering funds lost to state during last five years; revise general plan to make city more business-friendly.

Councilwoman: Marilynn M. Poe

Age: 56

Occupation: Income tax preparer

First elected: 1994

Term expires: 1998

Key issues: Eliminate utility taxes; retrieve greater property tax share from the state; plant more trees.

Councilman: Charles E. Sylvia

Age: 64

Occupation: Electrical engineer

First election: 1975

Term expires: 2000

Key issues: Develop stronger sales-tax base for city through economic development; work closely with other Orange County cities to restructure county government.

Councilman: Robert P. Wahlstrom

Age: 64

Occupation: Director of purchasing for restaurant corporation

First elected: 1986

Term expires: 1998

Key issues: Enhance public safety; improve traffic circulation; establish long-term goals for General Plan amendment underway.

Other Key Officials

City Manager: Robert Dominguez

Age: 51

Length in office: One year

City Clerk: Donna Velin

Age: 53

Length in office: Six years

City Attorney: Thomas W. Allen

Age: 60

Length in office: 24 years

Police Chief: Michael J. Skogh

Age: 52

Length in office: Four years

Fire Services: Provided under contract with Orange County Fire Authority

How to Reach Them

Council meets: Second and fourth Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 3191 Katella Ave.

Hours: City Hall is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

Telephone: (562) 431-3538 or (714) 827-8670

Fax: (562) 493-1255

Web Site: Being designed

Factoids

Flower: Daisy

Tree: Cottonwood (Los Alamitos means little cottonwoods)

Incorporated: March 1, 1960

Population: 12,307

Legislative districts:

* 39th Congressional

* 35 Senatorial

* 67th Assembly

* 2nd Supervisorial district

Number of employees: 56

Operating budget: $8 million

Highest paid employee: City manager, $90,000 annually

Council perks: Council members receive $300 monthly stipends

RESEARCHED BY LORI HAYCOX AND JOHN CANALIS