Appointee of the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee, nominated by the Southwest Corridor Subcommittee
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Appointee of the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee, nominated by the Southwest Corridor Subcommittee
James Butts has 44 years of public safety and municipal government experience. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from California State University at LA and a Masters Degree in Business from California Polytechnic University at Pomona. He served 19 years in the Inglewood Police Department rising to the rank of Deputy Chief. In 1991 Butts was appointed to serve as Chief of Police for the City of Santa Monica where he served 15 years and was the first African American and youngest person to earn that rank in Santa Monica. In 2006, he was appointed as an Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles World Airport system, where he oversaw Public Safety and Counterterrorism. He took LAX to a number 1 security ranking nationwide by the TSA in 2009. On January 11, 2011, James T. Butts, Jr., was elected as the City of Inglewood’s 12th mayor. In less than 5 years his strategic leadership and operational expertise catapulted the City national prominence as home to MSG and the LA Rams. In 2014 Mayor Butts was reelected receiving 83% of the votes cast – the highest margin of victory in Inglewood electoral history.
Board reports acted upon most recently by committees to which James Butts belongs
CONSIDER: A. EXTENDING the Transit Service Operation Agreement between METRO and the City of Glendale for the Glendale Beeline Route 3, for a period of one year through June 30, 2024, for an ...
5/25/2023 - APPROVED
Agreements
Annual reports
Arroyo Verdugo subregion
Central Los Angeles subregion
City of Los Angeles
City of Palos Verdes Peninsula Transportation Authority
Glendale
Glendale Beeline
LADOT Transit
Maps
Metro Rail A Line
Pilot studies
Ridership
Safety
San Fernando Valley Service Sector
San Fernando Valley subregion
South Bay Cities subregion
Strategic planning
Westside Cities subregion
2023-0211 - BUS TIRE LEASING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES Approved
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 8 to Contract No. OP83932000-39383 with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in the amount of $11,671,134 ($2,164,434 for FY23 and ...
5/25/2023 - APPROVED
Budgeting
Bus Acquisitions
Bus Maintenance Projects
Contracted Bus Service
Contracts
Division 10
Maintenance
Maintenance practices
Metro Divisions
Metro Rail A Line
Operations Maintenance (Project)
Operations and Maintenance
Procurement
Purchasing
Revenue Service
Rolling stock
Safety
Strategic planning
Transit buses
2023-0343 - INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION SERVICES Approved
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 13 to Contract No. PS560810024798 with RMI International, Inc. to continue to provide infrastructure protection services from ...
5/25/2023 - APPROVED
Budgeting
Bus Maintenance Projects
Contracts
Law enforcement
Maintenance facilities
Maintenance of way
Metro Divisions
Procurement
Protection
Railroad facilities
Request For Proposal
Safety
Safety and security
Security
Visibility
2023-0252 - OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH Received
5/18/2023 - RECEIVED
Logistics
Metro Divisions
Operations Employee of the Month
Oral Report / Presentation
Safety
2023-0295 - ZERO-EMISSION BUS PROGRAM UPDATE Withdrawn
RECEIVE AND FILE the Progress Report on the Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Program, including the shift in the program goal of fully transitioning to a zero-emission bus fleet from 2030 to no later than ...
5/25/2023 - WITHDRAWN
American Public Transportation Association
Americans With Disabilities Act
Ara Najarian
Board approved a Motion
Bus rapid transit
Cleaning
Compressed Natural Gas - Powered Buses
Construction
Fuel cells
Fuels
Grant Aid
Heating, cooling and ventilation equipment
Hilda Solis
International Association of Public Transport
Janice Hahn
Maintainability
Maintenance
Metro Busway G Line
Metro Divisions
Mitigation
Motion / Motion Response
Natural gas
Partnerships
Pedestrians
Procurement
Program
Purchasing
Request For Proposal
Rolling stock
Safety
State Of Good Repair
Strategic planning
Suppliers
System safety
Transit boards
Transmissions
Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan
Zero Emissions