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<br />September 27~ 1977
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<br /> The following reports from the City Manager were presented:
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<br />77-355 "Consideration of an ordinance on first reading to appropriate $4,218,t86 from
<br />General Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for various capital purposes.
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<br /> This appropriation will provide the necessary funding for portions of the 1977-78 Capital
<br />Improvements Program (CIP), for capital projects which were included in prior CIP's, and for
<br />the purchase of school buses. The general categories of expenditure and their respective
<br />amounts ara as follows:
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<br />Community Services
<br />Educaiimn
<br />Parks & Recreation
<br />Curbs, gutters, drainage,
<br /> and street improvements
<br />Capital equlpment
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<br />$ 150,000
<br /> 200,000
<br /> 839,227
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<br />2,878,959
<br /> 150,000
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<br />$4,218,186
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<br /> A listing of the individual projects to be funded is attached. Upon the adoption of this
<br />appropriation ordinance, all entitlement funds on hand, as well as funds estimated to be re-
<br />ceived through June 30, 1978, will have been appropriated. The City Manager recommends adop-
<br />tion on first~'reading."
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<br /> On motion of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Oast, the following ordinance to be approved
<br />on first reading, subject to motion on Item 77-354 (Public Hearing on ~enemal R~enu~ Sharing)
<br />and was adopted by unanimous vote:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $4,218,186 FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE SHARING TRUST
<br />FUND FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES IN THE CATEGORY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, EDUCATION,
<br />PARKS AND RECREATION, SEWERS, GUTTERS AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND CAPITAL
<br />EQUIPMENT."
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<br /> 77-355 - "Consideration of an ordinance on first reading to appropriate $39,639 from the
<br />Gcants Fund fcc the provision of Aging Services for the City of Portsmouth.
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<br /> This appropriation will provide the necessary funds to continue the Senior Citizens
<br />Coordinator and the Homemaker Health-Aide Service for the fourth year and to develop a Dental
<br />Care Program. The coordinator serves as the official coordinator be. tween all agencies, both
<br />public and private, who provide services and programs for persons age 60 and over in the City
<br />of Portsmouth. The Homemaker Health-Aide Service provides homemaker health-at'de service for
<br />persons over 60 years of age beyond the 30 day period covered by the United Communities Fund.
<br />The City of Portsmouth does not provide full dental service ~making and fitting of dentures)
<br />for persons sixty years~0f age and over. This appropriation will enable the City to develop
<br />a dental program for the elderly. The entire appropriation represents federal funding with
<br />no local cash match required. Specific program funding levels are as follows: Senior Citizen
<br />Coordinator - $16,714; Homemaker Health Aide - $12,000; and Dental Care Services - $10,925 for
<br />a total of $39,639. The City Manager, recommends adoption on first reading."
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<br /> On motion of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Elliott, the following ordinance was approved
<br />on first reading, and by unanimous vote:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $39,639 FROM THE GRANTS FUND FOR THE PROVISION
<br />OF AGING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH."
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<br /> 77-357 "Consideration of an ordinance on first reading to appropriate $15,380 from the
<br />Grants Fund for the Adult Offender T~acking System.
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<br /> This appropriation will provide the funds necessary to rent needed hardware to implement
<br />the Adult Offender Tracking System as developed by the City of Norfolk. This system, as it is
<br />being adapted from IBM to Honeywell equipment, will allow the several criminal justice agencies
<br />of Portsmouth to track an individual through the criminal justice system (from the point of
<br />arrest, through the courts, into the jail and parole and/or probation). The system will allow
<br />each agency to know the status of an arrested offender as he or she is processed through the
<br />system. The adopted program will also produce aggregate information for external and internal
<br />management purposes. Of the total appropriation $12,469 represents federal funding received
<br />from the Division of Justice and Crime Prevention, $693 represents state funds, and $2,218
<br />represents the required local cash match. The City Manager recommends adoption on first read-
<br />ing.''
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<br /> On motinn of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Elliott, the following ordinance was approved
<br />on first reading, and by unanimous vote:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $15,380 FROM THE GRANTS FUND FOR THE ADULT OFFENDER
<br />TRACKING SYSTEM."
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<br /> 77-358 "Consideratinn of an ordinance on first reading to appropriate $25,275 from the
<br />Capital Improvements Fund for the purchase of capital equipment for the Police Department!s
<br />Central Records and photographic processing facilities.
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<br /> This appropriation will provide the necessary f~nds to modify existing space to provide
<br />for the installation and housing of microfilm and photographic equipment purchased under a
<br />~revious grant for the upgrading of the central records system. This project was included
<br />· n the Capital Improvements Program in the 1977-78 budget. The City,Manager recommends adopti¢
<br />on first reading."
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