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April 22, 2003 <br /> <br />- City Manager's Report - <br /> <br />03 - 152 - Adoption of the following ordinances recommending the proposed operating <br />budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 2004. <br /> <br />Adoption of an ordinance to re-establish the tax rate on real-estate, tangible <br />personal property, privately owned pleasure boats, privately owned camping <br />trailers and motor homes and machinery and tools. <br /> <br />b. Adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 25 of the Code of the City of <br /> Portsmouth pertaining to golf fees. <br /> <br />Adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 38 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth pertaining to water service charges and sewage disposal charges <br />into the City sewer system. <br /> <br />d. Adoption of an ordinance adopting the 2003-2004 Classification and Pay Plan <br /> for employees of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />Adoption of an ordinance to appropriate the funds necessary to implement the <br />Annual Operating Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003 and <br />ending June 30, 2004. <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 25 of the Code of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia by amending Section 25-148 pertaining to golf 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 various water service charges and sewage disposal charges <br />into the City sewer system. <br /> <br />d) Adoption of an ordinance adopting the 2003-2004 Classification and Pay Plan for <br />employees of the City of Portsmouth. <br /> <br />e) 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, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004. <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) The City Attorney has advised that the City Charter requires that City Council <br />establish fees for city services and activities. The amendment confirms the fees that <br />have been previously set administratively and increases from $15 to $17 the Twilight <br />fees at Bide-A-Wee. <br /> <br />c) This ordinance proposes to increase water service charges from the present $2.80 <br />per 1,000 gallons per month to $2.90 per 1,000 gallons per month. In addition, the <br />charge for sewage disposal is proposed to increase from $2.08 per 1,000 gallons of <br />water usage to $2.17 per 1,000 gallons of water usage. This increase is consistent with <br />the Public Utilities Long-range Strategic Financial Plan. <br /> <br /> <br />