May 10, 2018 -- A first-ever ad hoc citizens committee that looked into costly pay and pensions at Santa Monica City Hall was bid farewell Tuesday, with the calls for action by some of its members rejected.

Some on the five-member residents panel had called for immediate wage and/or hiring freezes to pay a looming $461 million bill for unfunded pensions as the City Council accepted the findings and recommendations of an outside audit.

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