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232 <br /> <br />May 15, 1990 <br /> <br /> At a special called meeting of the City Council held on <br />Tuesday, May 15, 1990, there were present: <br /> <br />MaYor Gloria O. Webb, Jack P. Barnes, E. G. Corprew, Jr., <br />J. Robert Gray, Jo Herbert Simpson, L. Louise Lucas, V. <br />Wayne Orton, Interim City Manager, Stuart E, Katz, City <br />Attorney. <br /> <br /> Absent: James C. Hawks (CounCilman Hawks was abS~_nt due to death <br /> <br /> Vice Mayor J. Robert Gray opened the meeting with a song <br />of prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. <br /> <br /> Mayor Webb wet~comed all visitor, S in~at!te'ndance, ~- <br /> <br /> 90-181 Ordinances to implement the FY 1990-91 Operating <br />Budget: <br /> <br />his father <br /> <br /> William S. Moore, Jr., 600 Crawford St., Suite A, spoke <br />against use of retirement funds for Worker's Compensation <br />payments or any other use. <br /> <br /> Hannah Flora, 3109 Arlington PlaCe, representing self, <br />spoke against the elimination of the police helicopter from the <br />budget. <br /> <br /> Helena Wynn, 2211 Piedmont Avenue, representing the <br />Portsmouth Health Department General Medical and Dental Clinics, <br />spoke in support of continued funding for the clinics in the <br />budget. <br /> <br /> City Clerk Sheila P. Pittman read the following letter to <br />the Council from City Manager, V. Wayne Orton: <br /> <br /> "Since my original budget presentation to you on April 17, <br />1990, I have received the benefit of your input during several <br />meetings and work sessions. I appreciate the additional <br />guidance that you have given me. Also, I have been guided by <br />your discussion with the members of the Municipal Finance <br />Commission just last evening. There seemed to me to be a <br />consensus of the Council members in attendance to attempt-to <br />favorably respond to the recommendation of the Municipal Finance <br />Commission for revenues to exceed expenditures by $I million, <br />with the balance being added to the City's fund balance for <br />contingencies. Accordingly, staff and I have crafted an <br />additional budgetary alternative for Council's consideration on <br />final adoption of the budget. This alternative, attached <br />hereto, represents an attempt to be responsive to as many of the <br />concerns that have been expressed as possible. <br /> <br /> The attached alternative has three basic elements as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> 1. Reduction of budgeted tipping fees to be paid to SPSA <br />in the amount of $65,000. This is feasible due to the $29 <br />tipping fee rate which was finally adopted by SPSA, after the <br />budget was originally presented. This reduction will offset the <br />$65,000 reduction in the estimated revenue for boat taxes. <br /> <br /> 2. A reduction in the operating contingency in the amount <br />of $35,543 can be used to offset additional funding for the <br />PRIDE Program. The Executive Director of the Community Services <br />Board has agreed to fund one-half of the increase needed to <br />expand the PRIDE Program to all public housing neighborhoods <br />(subject to Board approval). The reduction in operating <br />contingency would provide the other one-half funding necessary <br />to expand this program. <br /> <br /> <br />