A summary of significant Los Angeles City Hall decisions affecting the Westside in the last week. : CITY COUNCIL

* APPOINTED: Denise Lamaute was appointed to the City Employees’ Retirement System. Her term will end in July, 1996. She lives in Council District 4 in the Wilshire area.

REAPPOINTED: Arnold C. Butler was reappointed to the Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital Authority Commission. His term will end in May, 1995. He lives in Council District 6 in the West Adams-Baldwin Hills area.

* AIDS: Councilman Joel Wachs introduced a proposal urging the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education to adopt recommendations of the district’s blue ribbon task force on AIDS education and programs for students, school personnel and parents. The proposal urged the board to approve and implement the recommendations.

HOW THEY VOTED

* SPRINKLERS: In the wake of a fatal condominium fire in Century City, approved a proposal for the Public Safety Committee to study a proposed ordinance that would require that fire sprinklers be installed in residential high-rise buildings built before 1974. The committee is to make a report to the council soon. Passed 10-0.

* Voting yes: Marvin Braude, John Ferraro, Ruth Galanter, Nate Holden and Michael Woo. Joel Wachs and Zev Yaroslavsky were absent.

* MORE SPRINKLERS: Directed the city administrative officer to prepare a report within 30 days examining the feasibility of issuing bonds to finance the retrofitting of high-rise buildings with sprinklers. The bonds would be repaid by building owners. Passed 13-0.

Voting yes: Braude, Galanter, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Ferraro was absent.

* SETTLEMENT: Approved spending $400,000 for a proposed settlement of a lawsuit filed by actor Morgan Stevens, who claimed that police beat him after they arrested him in August, 1989, for driving under the influence of drugs. Those charges were dropped and he was cited for speeding. Stevens suffered multiple injuries to his face, including several fractures, a broken nose and a scarred retina in the left eye. Passed 11-0.

Voting yes: Braude, Ferraro, Galanter, Holden, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Wachs was absent.

* NEW ADMINISTRATOR: Approved former Deputy Mayor Edward J. Avila as administrator of the Community Redevelopment Agency. Mayor Tom Bradley appointed him interim head of the urban renewal agency in March, replacing John Tuite, who resigned in December. Tuite’s $1.7-million severance package, negotiated with the CRA board, outraged some of the public and council. Avila received a 36-month contract and an annual salary of $132,786. Passed 13-0.

Voting yes: Braude, Ferraro, Galanter, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky.

* DISABLED: Approved establishing a position in the mayor’s office for coordinator for the disabled. The action also includes spending $75,000 to buy telecommunication devices for the hearing-impaired and hiring sign-language interpreters for public meetings. Passed 13-0.

Voting yes: Braude, Galanter, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Ferraro was absent.

* WATTS TOWERS: Approved the temporary closure of Graham Avenue between 108th Street and Santa Ana Boulevard on Sept. 28-29 from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the 10th annual Day of the Drum and the 15th annual Simon Rodia Music and Art Festivals at the Watts Towers Art Center. Passed 13-0.

Voting yes: Braude, Galanter, Holden, Wachs, Woo and Yaroslavsky. Ferraro was absent.