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556 ~u~ust 22, 1989 positions the final Commonwealth's Attorney budget has $22,547 more funding available than originally budgeted. This amount is short $890 from fully funding the secretary position. Therefore it is recommended that $890 be transferred from the operating contingency to permit this position to be funded as a 100% City position. The assistant commonwealth's attorney position would require additional funding from outside of the Commonwealth's Attorney budget'. Because the duties of the additional assistant commonwealth's attorney would be largely dedicated to drug related prosecutions, I am recommendin~ that funds previously appropriated fro~he~ayor's Drug-Task'Force Committee'be' reallocated-'from the. Police Departmeht to fund this position. There pre.sently remains $110,867 for overtime in the Police Department's budget, and it is recommended that $27,000 be reallocated to the Commonwealth's Attorney budget for this purpose. -- · : · Therefore, I recommend that the City Council adopt a motion authorizing, the secretary position and the assistant commonwealth's-.attorney position to be funded as stated above." On motion of Mrs. Lucas and seconded by Mr. Simpson to authorized funding of the secretary position and the Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney position as recommended by the City Manager, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 89-344 LeSte~ from the City Manager recommending adoption Qf a motion authorizing the City Manager to pay $10,000 for fiscal year 19~90 to the STOP organization to assist in defraying the Headstart program deficit and to concur with the administrative plan to consider additional contributxons in future City Manager's budget recommendations. "I have received correspondence from the STOP Organization indicating that escalating costs coupled with level fundiqg from the Federal~Gov~r~ment has placed the Headstart Program in a deficit position. While a restructuring of the operations of this program has insured that future deficits will not occur, the financial problem stemming from previous years' activities remains. The STOP Organization is ~n the process of contacting the various jurisdictions within Planning District 20 who participate in the Headstart Program requesting one time support to eradicate this problem. I have received copies of information'from Virginia Beach and Chesapeake that they will both pay their share of the Headstart deficit. Due to the fact that Portsmouth's share is a total of $45~640, I am not able to recommend that we pay our share as rapidly as are Chesapeake and Virginia-Beach. I am recommending, however, tha~ Ports~mouth pay $18,440 to STOP during 1989-90, with $10,000 of that amount being applied toward the deficit. The remaining $8,440 would go toward the City's regular contribution to STOP in the same amount as the previous year. Unless the City Council objects, I will proceed administratively in this manner for 1989-90; In subsequent budget years I will plan to recommend using this approach, the City of Portsmouth will pay the entire deficit to STOP according to the following schedule: