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May 14, 2002 <br /> <br /> d. Adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth to increase refuse collection fees from the present $18.00 per month per <br />collection to $19.00 per month per collection. This increase will provide sufficient <br />revenues for the New Waste Management Fund to be self-supporting from the fees <br />collected. <br /> <br /> e. Adoption of an ordinance adopting the 2002-2003 Classification and Pay Plan <br />for employees of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br /> f. Adoption of an ordinance to appropriate $36,237,864 to implement the Annual <br />Operating Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1,2002 and ending June 30, 2003. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />a) Adoption of an ordinance to re-enact the taxation of real estate, tangible personal <br />property, privately-owned pleasure boats, privately-owned camping trailers and motor <br />homes, and machinery and tools. <br /> <br />b) Adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 31.1 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth pertaining to Stormwater Utility Fees. <br /> <br />c) Adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapters 7 and 38 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth pertaining to water service charges and sewage disposal charges into the <br />City sewer system. <br /> <br />d) Adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth pertaining to refuse collection fees. <br /> <br />e) Adoption of an ordinance adopting the 2002-2003 Classification and Pay Plan for <br />employees of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />f) Adoption of an ordinance to approve the Annual Operating Budget and appropriate <br />the funds necessary to implement the Annual Operating Budget for the fiscal year <br />beginning July 1, 2002 and ending June 30, 2003. <br /> <br />Purpose and Need: <br /> <br />· The Annual Operating Budget is the culmination of intensive work on the part of the <br />departments, department heads, and senior management to assess the needs of the <br />individual departments in delivering services to our citizens. This assessment is <br />performed with the City Council goals and objectives clearly in mind. <br /> <br />a) This ordinance will re-enact the tax rates on real estate, tangible personal property, <br />privately owned pleasure boats, privately-owned camping trailers and motor homes and <br />machinery and tools to maintain these tax rates at the currently established levels. <br /> <br />b) This ordinance proposes to increase the monthly Stormwater Utility Fee for <br />residential and commercial customers from $3.30 per equivalent residential unit to <br />$3.50 per equivalent residential unit. <br /> <br />c) This ordinance proposes to increase water service charges from the present $2.70 <br />per 1,000 gallons per month to $2.80 per 1,000 gallons per month. In addition, the <br />charge for sewage disposal is proposed to increase from $2.00 per 1,000 gallons of <br />water usage to $2.08 per 1,000 gallons of water usage. This increase is consistent with <br />the Public Utilities Long-range Strategic Financial Plan. <br /> <br />d) This ordinance proposes to increase refuse collection fees from the present $18.00 <br />per month per collection to $19.00 per month per collection. This increase will provide <br />sufficient revenues for the new Waste Management Fund to be self-supporting from the <br />fees collected. <br /> <br /> <br />