Volunteer Trauma Support Program on City Agenda Tonight

Laguna Niguel officials tonight will discuss end-of-the-fiscal-year business and other issues at the City Council meeting.

On July 5, the council is scheduled to approve the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Among the end of the year items that the council will wrap up tonight are:

• Adoption of the capital improvement program for 2011-2012 through 2017-2018 to comply with Measure M requirements. The original Measure M program—which collects a half-cent sales tax to improve transportation in Orange County—expired March 31, but has been renewed by voters for another 15 years.

• Approval of the 2011-2012 law enforcement agreement with the county. The city outsources its law enforcement to the Orange County Sheriff's Department on a yearly contract basis.

• Approval of the 2011-2012 expenses for the trauma intervention program. The program is composed of citizen volunteers who are trained to help people in the community who have been involved in traumatic incidents with their emotional recovery. According to City Manager Tim Casey, the funding for the program amounts to about $7,000 per year.  

The City Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the  27841 La Paz Road.