City council to discuss firing officials whose salaries sparked outrage in small LA suburb

LA suburb to discuss firing high-paid officials

BELL, Calif. — The City Council in a small Los Angeles suburb is considering firing its police chief and two top administrators whose high salaries have sparked outrage.

The council members have scheduled a closed-door session Thursday to discuss the dismissal of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo. Rizzo makes more than $787,000 a year to run the city of about 40,000 people.

The council also will discuss dismissing Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams, who earns 50 percent more than Los Angeles’ police chief.

The council members making the decision are also paid quite well, with most of them making nearly $100,000 a year for part-time work.

The district attorney’s office is investigating to see if the salaries violate California law.