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iT <br />in¢~ea <br />Thi~ <br />of ~. <br />incre, <br />empac] <br />Pla~. <br /> <br />to ~ee <br />pay&he <br />first <br />1, ~99 <br /> <br /> i April 24, 1990 <br /> <br />3 .budget includes bhe provision for.a~3%~gene~a <br />ifcr all City employees to be effeCtiveiOctober <br />~ not fully offset~ the Consumer Price I~dex (C~ <br />To those employees who are eligible,!~a one.s <br />would also be given on the anniversary!date of <br />at in accordance ~h!/~gi~y,s Pay and Classi <br />~ should be noted that approximately 50~ of ou~ <br />~n and will not receive this one step i~creaS~. <br />~mployees from experiencing a reduction in thei <br />~, funding has been included td pay~the!i~creas <br />~rter in medical premiums which will take effe£ <br /> <br />7isions have aisc been made in thisore= posed- ., <br /> <br /> p <br /> pro id ~n increase to only those employees ~whO~e salar <br /> below 3 regional average, ~While the salarY s~rvey Cc <br /> ~onnel Department revealed several classificatic <br /> our Pe~ <br /> of general increases, budget llmztatlons did not permit <br /> inciusi~n in this prOposal. ~Twenty-two employe~s will <br /> <br /> irees will receive a 3.91o increase oeg%nning J <br /> 199~.| ~]his figure is the same as the Virginia Suppleme <br /> Retlre~elnt System s increase. ~ <br /> <br /> STATE FUNDING <br /> <br /> he Commonwealth of Virginia attempted ~o deal <br /> R1 problems in the most recent~session ~f the <br /> , State funding t.o localities suffered.,i In so~ <br /> 3, the increase in State funding was me~ger; ir <br /> cases were ag~u.'~.~d_~cti_O~s: ~.D!istr.~but$ons of <br /> by the State to be less in 1990-91 as are <br /> the Marine Patrol Grant, the Law ~E~for~eme <br /> Library funds, and even :street and highway ma~ <br /> Fhe largest category of State funding, e. ducatlc <br /> ~=latively by the smallest inCrease in slx years <br /> ~=~v of funding for ~the Public Health and!Socia]J <br /> has been widely publicized, i <br /> this recommended budget, it has not bee. p <br /> ~=mpt to fund more services which are State <br /> Oilities. The City of Portsmouth simpl~ does <br />1 capacity to fund .bobh its share and the State <br />I which are legislatively intended to bei funded <br />In ~ttler~pting to address its own financial problems, t~ <br />subs% n :{ally added to the Cit!r s fiscal challe,ues, <br /> <br /> SALES TAXES ~ ' <br /> ~h~ retail sales tax continues to be an ar~a of <br /> con6e~ ~n Actual sales tax revenues for the pas~ four <br /> <br />ris%ng <br />ina~eq <br />pro~ra <br /> I: <br />Cit~ <br />respo <br />fin~nc <br />progra <br /> <br />est%ma <br />far,th <br />Wit~ n <br />run, in <br />of ;6, <br /> <br /> 1986 - $5,176,550~ <br /> 1987 - $5,202,836 <br /> 1988 - $5,184,083 <br /> 1989 - $5,399~633 <br /> <br />State estimate for the current 1989,1990 fisca <br />~1, Last year in our budget estimates~iwe ~red~ <br />to $5,600;000. UnfortunatelY, the sales tax <br />year are not keeping pace with~even-~th~ reduce <br />~ months data now available, sales tax ~evenuee <br />5.87° below last year. The State has p~ovided <br />2,557 for 1990-91. However, we <br /> <br />1 wage <br /> 1, 1990. <br />I) increas( <br />tep <br />their <br />fication <br /> employees <br /> In order <br />r <br />es for the <br /> on July <br /> <br />get to <br />les are '15~ <br />nducted~by <br />ns in need <br />their <br />receive <br /> <br />uly 1, <br />ntal <br /> <br />;ith its <br />enerall <br />eother <br />ABC prOfit: <br /> rolling <br />nt Grant <br />ntenance <br /> , will be <br /> The! <br /> ervices <br /> <br />.~d that th( <br /> <br />et have <br />'s share o~ <br />jointlY. <br />e State ha~ <br /> <br />eat <br />ears are <br /> <br />1 yea~ was <br />ced tnat <br />eceipts so <br />d estimate. <br />are <br />an estimatg <br /> <br /> <br />