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<br />9A <br />Page 1 <br /> <br />~ l.EAGUE C. <br />.~ 4,). CAtUOll."Il" I <br />.CITIES <br /> <br /> <br />Advocate Weekl <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br /> <br />Jan. 29,2010 <br />Issue #4 <br /> <br />IN THIS ISSUE: <br /> <br />Page 3: April Legislative Action Days Cancelled <br />COPS Allocations Available <br />New Estimates Available for Local Streets and Roads Allocations <br />Page 4: Western City Is now on Facebookl <br />HUD Extends Federal Main Street Affordable Housing Grant Deadline <br />Drug Free Communities Support Program Funding Available <br />Page 5: Registration Now Available for the 2010 League Planners Institute <br /> <br />IRS AUDITS FIND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN <br />CLASSIFIED AS EMPLOYEES <br /> <br />The city of Dana Point contacted the League about the results of an IRS audit of the city's Parks <br />and Recreation Department. The audit concluded that the city had misclassified certain <br />department part-time instructors as independent contractors instead of as employees. Dana Point <br />should have consequently withheld various payroll taxes from the instructors pay, which had not <br />been done. The IRS fined the city and required that it classify part-time instructors as employees <br />going forward. The city intends to appeal the IRS's audit determination to the United States Tax <br />Court. For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />SUPREME COURT CLEARS NEARLY ALL PENSION BOARD MEMBERS FROM <br />FELONY CONFLICT OF INTEREST CHARGES <br /> <br />The California Supreme Court this week issued its decision Lexin v. Superior Court, a case that <br />had the potential to fundamentally change how pension boards operate. The Court exonerated all <br />but one of the pension board members from felony conflict of interest charges. <br />For more, see Page 2. <br /> <br />.................................... <br /> <br />AGENCIES URGED TO UPDATE INFORMATION FOR FY 2010-11 STATE CLEAN <br />WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM <br /> <br />The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) will be updating the Clean Water State <br />Revolving Fund Program (CWSRF) Project Priority List (PPL) for FY 2010-11. City officials must <br />log to the Financial Assistance Application Tool (FAAST) to update information regarding their <br />city even if their project is already on the FY 2009-10 PPL list. For more, see Page 2. <br />