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May 23. 2006 Discussion: . The City Treasurer expects to have the capability in future years to determine personal property tax relief percentages and prepare personal property tax bills prior to adoption of the City's budget, so that revenue projections will be determined in advance for budgeting purposes. . Now that the City has developed its own model for establishing the annual personal property tax relief percentage, in accordance with the PPTRA, this ordinance is simply a housekeeping item that removes the establishment of the personal property tax relief percentage from the budget adoption process. . Financial Impact: There will be no financial impact on the City. Staff Recommends: Adoption of an ordinance to amend City Code Section 35-7.1 (c) regarding the timing of the annual requirement for establishing the Personal Property Tax Relief Percentage for qualifying motor vehicles. Vision Principle: A Robust and Prospering Economy. Next Steps Following Council Action: . The CFO and City Treasurer will ensure compliance with this ordinance. Motion by Ms. Psi mas, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (1988) BY AMENDING SECTION 35-7.1(c) THEREOF PERTAINING TO PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR QUALIFYING MOTOR VEHICLES." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 06 - 233 - Adoption of an ordinance to approve the appropriation of the $28,393 of Health Region V reinvestment funding to the Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services to establish supportive infrastructure of Community Based Care in Portsmouth. Vision Principle: Neighborhood and Community Transformation. Background: . In 2003, the Department of Mental Health Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services closed 43 acute care beds at Eastern State Hospital and "Reinvested" the funding to provide acute care services in the Region V communities (HPR V). These funds were to be used to provide acute psychiatric hospital care to consumers in the community, and eventually to develop ancillary treatment programs in the community to support acute care services for consumers. Discussion: . HPR V has approved and distributed to each of the participating CSBs reinvestment funds to develop infrastructure community based programs. Portsmouth Behavioral Healthcare Services (DBHS) has been awarded an additional, (up to) $28,393 for this purpose. . DBHS will use these funds to augment its emergency services staffing to provide more responsive emergency services to the community. . Financial Impact: There will be no financial impact to the City.