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May 10, 2016 Capital Improvement Program  On March 29, 2016, the City Manager presented the proposed Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fiscal Years 2017 – 2021 and the funding for year one appropriating the necessary funds in the Capital Improvement Fund, the Parking Authority Capital Improvement Fund and the Public Utility Capital Improvement Fund. The budget was discussed in City Council work sessions during April and a public hearing was held on April 26. Portsmouth Public Schools  On March 29, 2016, the City Manager presented the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget to City Council, including recommended city funding for School operations. The budget was discussed in City Council work sessions during April and a public hearing was held on April 26. City Council has indicated again that an appropriation of the Portsmouth Public School budget will be allocated by category, on a quarterly basis, with the exception of the grants fund. The attached ordinance is reflective of this action with the exception of the grants fund which is proposed to be appropriated on an annual basis. This separate ordinance is required in order to appropriate both the total School Budget and the city’s local funding for education, which is allocated from the general fund budget. Discussion: City Operating Budget  The Ordinances necessary to adopt the Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget are attached to this report for City Council action as follows: a. Adoption of an ordinance to re-enact Ordinance No. 2015-22 to impose and levy taxes for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 and ending June 30, 2017, on real estate, tangible personal property, privately-owned pleasure boats, privately- owned camping trailers and motor homes, and machinery and tools within the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of raising revenue for the support of governmental operations and the public free schools and to pay principal and interest on the public debt. The ordinance re-ordains the current tax on real estate and public service corporations at $1.30 on each $100.00 assessed valuation. b. Adoption of an ordinance adopting the Fiscal Year 2017 Classification and Pay Plan for the employees of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that includes: (a) Effective in December 2016, general employees will receive a one-time $1,000 bonus, which will not affect the employee’s base rate. This one-time bonus excludes Council Appointees, Department Heads, Constitutional Officers and their employees, Registrar, part-time and temporary/grant employees. General employees eligible for the one-time bonus must have been hired on or before January 1, 2016 and be actively employed by the City at the time of issuance of the bonus; and (b) Effective December 2016, sworn fire and police employees will receive a one-time $1,000 bonus, which will not affect the employee’s base rate. Sworn employees eligible for the one-time bonus must be full-time and have been hired on or before January 1, 2016 and be actively employed by the City at the time of issuance of the bonus. c. Adoption of a resolution approving the Community Planning and Development 2017 Annual Action Plan of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and authorizing the City Manager to file documents required to obtain the City’s Community Planning and Development Grant entitlements. d. Adoption of an ordinance to appropriate $423,354,027 for the operation of city government during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016. Capital Improvement Program  For Fiscal Year 2017, upon adoption by Council the funding is authorized by appropriation.  Fiscal Years 2018-2021 of the Capital Improvement Program are approved but not appropriated years and are used for long-term planning purposes and approved as planning years.