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<br />November 8. 2005 <br /> <br />. Financial Impact: There is no financial impact to the City. <br /> <br />Staff Recommends: <br />Adoption of an Ordinance to appropriate $9,375.00 from the Department of Mental <br />Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to the Department of <br />Behavioral Healthcare Services to provide Home-based Crisis Stabilization services in <br />the City of Portsmouth. Vision Principle: Neighborhood and Community <br />Transformation. <br /> <br />Next Steps Following Council Action: <br />. If the appropriation is approved, the Director of BHS will oversee the <br />development and implementation of the Home-based Crisis Stabilization services. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to adopt the following <br />ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />"ORDINANCE ACCEPTING $9,375.00 FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL RETARDATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES <br />IN HEALTH REGION V (HPR V) REINVESTMENT FUNDS AND APPROPRIATING <br />SAID AMOUNT IN THE FY 2005-2006 BEHAVIORAL HEAL THCARE SERVICES <br />FUND OPERATING BUDGET TO FUND HOME-BASED CRISIS STABILIZATION <br />SERVICES IN THE CITY." <br /> <br />Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley <br />Nays: None <br /> <br />05 - 498 - Adoption of an ordinance to remove time limits for members of either of the <br />City's two retirement systems to purchase credit service for prior VRS service. There is <br />no financial impact on the City. Vision Principle: Bold New Directions. <br /> <br />Background: <br />. The City still maintains two retirement systems for employees - the Portsmouth <br />Supplemental Retirement System and the Portsmouth Fire and Police Retirement <br />System. <br />. These systems have been closed to new members for some time, but there are <br />still many active employees who are members. <br />. The two systems have long allowed members with prior VRS service to purchase <br />additional service credits, but only if done within one year of becoming a member. The <br />proposed ordinance would eliminate this "sunset" requirement. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />. The present "sunset" requirement has not been uniformly enforced. Some <br />members have been allowed to purchase VRS credits after one year. Other employees <br />with VRS credits either were never informed of the "sunset" requirement or were told <br />there is no such requirement. This ordinance would allow these inequities to be <br />corrected. <br />. The ordinance is recommended by the Retirement Board. It will apply to general <br />employees and police and fire employees who are members of the City's retirement <br />systems. <br />. Financial Impact: the purchase of prior VRS service credits based on sound <br />actuarial terms will result in no additional unfunded liability for the City's two retirement <br />systems. <br /> <br />Staff Recommends: <br />Adoption of an Ordinance to remove time limits for members of either of the City's two <br />retirement systems to purchase credit service for prior VRS service. There is no <br />financial impact on the City. Vision Principle: Bold New Directions. <br />