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558 December 8, 1992 92-424 - Letter from the City Manager recommending that the following resolutions be submitted to Portsmouth's General Assembly Delegation. "I am pleased to present for your consideration the recommended 1993 Legislative Proposals to the Virginia General Assembly. The proposals focus on issues which are of highest priority to the City, :but we will also be monitoring all legislation being considered in Richmond and will be in constant contract with our delegation to the General Assembly to make our views' known. While we have outlined the major. items in the'Legislative Proposal, other items~for - consideration are included as an addendum to the legislative package. _ As in recent years, the theme expressed in our proposals is to give the City flexibility to respond to the demands which are placed on it. The two prime ways of accomplishing this are for the State to stop issuing mandates ~ithout providing the funds to carry them out, and for the State to give localities the means to raise the funds they need. As I staSed to you last year, I consider it essential that the General Assembly grant us relief, either in the form of increased revenue, or through a reduction in mandated services. Further, there are proposed amendments to the City Charter, some of which are necessitated by changes in State law, while the others clarify certain policies and means by which the Administration and the Coun-cil operate. At your work session on December 7, 1992, you will meet with our legislators. A presentation will be given on changes to the City Charter and the legislative proposals, and you will be given and opportunity to provide input on the package. I, therefore, recommend your adoption of a resolution requesting the General Assembly to amend the City Charter and a resolution authorizing Portsmouth's 1993 Legislative Proposals be presented to the Portsmouth Delegation and the members of the Virginia General Assembly." (a) Motion of Mr.-Griffin and seconded by Mr. Clemons, to adopt the resclution as presented. Substitute motion of Mr. Pitts, to defer the Charter changes until January 12, 1993, to allow time to study the impact of these Charter changes on the Civil Service applications and promotions. The substitute motion was defeated due to the lack of s second. Motion of Mr. Epperson and seccnded by Mr. Clemons, to amend the resolution to substitute the words "at least five" fo~ the words "the five" in Sections 11.02 (i) and 11.10 (a) and was adopted by 4-1 (Pitts) vote. The following resolution as amended was adopted and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA TO AMEND THE CHAR~ER OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. WHEREAS, Section 15.1-835 of the Code~ of Virginia, 1950, as amended, provides for the amendment of the City Charter upon the holding of a Public Hearing and the request of the City Council to the General Assembly; and