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November 27,2007 07 - 484 - Adoption of an ordinance appropriating in the FY 2007-2008 Behavioral Healthcare Services Fund Operating Budget $1,000 in funds allocated by the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse to the Portsmouth Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services for discharge services to individuals found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Background: . The Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS) provides funds on an annual basis to all Community Services Boards including the Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services (DBHS) to serve persons found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) who have been discharged into the community from a state institution. Discussion: . The Discharge Assistance funds are utilized for the ongoing management of acquittees in the community to ensure compliance with treatment and court ordered activities. Financial Impact: . There is no financial impact on the City. Recommended Action: . Adoption of proposed resolution. Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Next Steps Following Council Action: . If the funds are appropriated, the Director of DBHS will ensure the funds are utilized to provide services to NGRI acquittees. Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Mr. D. Smith, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING IN THE FY 2007-2008 BEHAVIORAL HEAL THCARE SERVICES FUND OPERATING BUDGET $1000 IN FUNDS ALLOCATED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO THE PORTSMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEAL THCARE SERVICES FOR DISCHARGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, D. Smith, R. Smith, Randall Nays: None 07 - 485 - Adoption of an ordinance to amend Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) to regulate the collection and disposal of solid waste. Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Background: . Flow control refers to the legal right of localities to control the disposal location of waste generated within their region. . Prior to 1994, flow control was the accepted law of the land and used by SPSA as an important element in the financing and development of its waste disposal system. . In 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court's Carbone case ruled flow control unconstitutional. . In 2007, the Supreme Court reversed this decision ruling that localities could now direct waste to a publicly owned facility. This latest opinion permits SPSA and its members to return to their original financing model through the re-institution of flow control.