T ULARE C ONNECTION

In This Issue
City Meetings

Board of Public Utilities Meeting
6/2, 3:00 pm

City Council Meeting
6/7, 7:00 pm

Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting
6/14, 6:30 am

Committee on Aging Meeting
6/15, 12:00 pm

Library Advisory Board Meeting
6/15, 4:00 pm

Board of Public Utilities Meeting
6/16, 3:00 pm

City Council Meeting 
6/21, 7:00 pm

Aviation Committee Meeting
6/27, 6:00 pm

City Meeting Location: 
Tulare Public Library & 
Council Chambers, 
491 N. M. St., Tulare
Chamber Calendar
 
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6/7, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
 
6/10, 6:00 pm
 
6/13, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
 
6/21, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

For our entire month of Chamber/Community events, click on above calendar.

May 31, 2016
Governmental Affairs Committee

We heard from two candidates for State Assembly at our GAC meeting today. Dallas Thiesen, representing Assembly Member Devon Mathis, California Assembly District 26, and 26th Assembly District candidate, Rudy Mendoza presented a brief personal history and their goals for the campaign.

Join us for our next meeting on June 13th to hear from Trisha Whitfield from the City of Tulare regarding the upcoming water rate increase.
 
Interested in getting involved? 
Meet The New Deputy City Manager: Paul Melikian
Paul A. Melikian, 
Deputy City Manager,
City of Tulare
Paul Melikian is the new Deputy City Manager for the City of Tulare. He was born and raised in Fresno, and attended Fresno State, where he met his future wife, Stacie Shahbazian, and also earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and Masters of Business Administration, both with a Finance emphasis. 

Paul began his professional career as a Credit Analyst for County Bank, then began serving the public by going to work for the City of Fresno as a Budget Analyst in the Finance Department, before becoming the Administrative & Finance Manager for the Fresno Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department. After 8½ years, Paul was hired to be the Director of Finance & Administrative Services for the City of Reedley, where he worked for over four years before coming to Tulare. ... READ MORE.
Central Valley Chamber Coalition
Central Valley Chamber Executives met in Tulare on Thursday, May 5th, to discus forming a Central Valley Chamber Coalition in order to collaborate on legislative issues. These Chamber Executives felt that there was a lack of business representation in the signing of the new California minimum wage law. 

May's Chamber Executive meeting comprised of the Fresno, Hanford, Delano, Tulare, Dinuba, Visalia, Lemoore, Porterville, Exeter and Tulare Kings Hispanic Chambers of Commerce.  
The State Senate's Chance To Make California More Affordable
Senator Jean Fuller Representing California's 16th Senate District

While many Californians are struggling to afford California, your State Senate should have the opportunity to take action by voting on common sense solutions that work to make California more affordable.

The Golden State has become a very expensive place to call home. In 2015, CNBC ranked California as the fifth most expensive state to live in. The average monthly rent in California is 50 percent higher than the rest of the country. Our state's poverty rate is the highest in the country, with 4 in 10 Californians living at or near poverty. Finally, California bears one of the highest tax burdens in the country.  ...  READ MORE.
HR Hotspot: Summer Fever
Christy Taylor
It's that time of year...the weather is getting warmer, school is just about out for summer and your employees are daydreaming of toes in the sand or a nice spot by the lake.  So, the question remains, how do you motivate your team during the summer break?
  1. Shorten the work day on Friday.  Think about it...how engaged and productive is your staff on Friday afternoons? Ever thought about how much more productive they could be if they knew they could leave early and get a head start on their trip to the beach? ... READ MORE.