City of Bell CA Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo<\/p>\n
BELL (LALATE) \u2013 Bell\u2019s Robert Rizzo and Randy Adams are caught in a salary scandal. Robert Rizzo\u2019s salary as Bell\u2019s Chief Administrative Officer started at $72,000 several years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n Today, it\u2019s nearly nearly $800,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rizzo doesn\u2019t even live in Bell. He lives in a million dollar mansion in\u00a0Huntington<\/span> Beach. But the City salary scandal doesn\u2019t end with Rizzo. The Police Chief Randy Adams makes nearly half a million dollars annually, 50% more than LA Sheriff Lee Baca and LAPD\u2019s Charlie Beck. Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia gets a stunning $376,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n So who approved these salaries? The Bell City Council gave the salary raises and gave themselves six figure salaries for their own, part-time, positions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Officials defend their salaries. During the period Rizzo has been in office, the city went from near bankruptcy to a general fund worth $15 million. The Gateway Cities Southeast\u00a0Los Angeles<\/span> County City Managers Group disagrees. It has issued the following statement about Bell\u2019s actions:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOur group of 27 local city managers reacted with shock and outrage when reading these recent stories. If accurate, what the\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0Times disclosed as happening in the City of Bell may not be illegal, but as local government professionals and as individuals, we want the public to know that we find the reported compensation of the Bell City Manager and others in the that City outrageous and a huge aberration. It is not the norm in our profession.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n source: <\/em>lalate.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n