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August 22, 2017
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> the City Council wishes to preserve, protect, and ensure that all
<br />people are welcomed safe and able to fully participate as enfranchised citizens of the
<br />City;
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<br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
<br />by the Council of the City of Portsmouth,
<br />Virginia that the City of Portsmouth rejects and denounces violent extremism and
<br />terrorism of all kinds, including racist and bigoted ideologies espoused by white
<br />nationalists, white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other hate groups; and
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<br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
<br /> that the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia
<br />encourages all citizens to stand in solidarity with the citizens of Charlottesville by
<br />reaffirming our City’s commitment to the values of equality, inclusion, diversity, and rule
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<br />of law.”
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<br />Ayes: Cherry, Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Cherry, to change the order of
<br />business of the agenda to consider Item 17-368, Item 17-369, Item 17-370, and Item 17-
<br />371 at the beginning of the agenda, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />17 - 368 - Adoption of an ordinance to account for, re-appropriate and transfer, as
<br />applicable, unexpended funds from the FY 2017 Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS)
<br />General Fund and Risk Management Fund budgets as follows: (1) re-appropriate
<br />$2,565,215 by classification to the overall and First Quarter FY 2018 PPS General
<br />Fund budgets; (2) transfer $1,002,628 from the City of Portsmouth General Fund to
<br />the Education category of the FY 2018 Capital Improvement Fund; (3) increase the
<br />Contingency Account in the City of Portsmouth General Fund by $1,562,534; (4)
<br />transfer $3,331,154 from the City of Portsmouth General Fund to the FY 2018 City
<br />of Portsmouth Risk Management Fund; and (5) decrease the transfer of funds
<br />appropriated from the FY 2018 City of Portsmouth General Fund under the
<br />approved PPS FY 2018 budget by $5,896,316 and authorize PPS to retain FY 2017
<br />funds in the same amount.
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<br />17 - 369 - Adoption of an ordinance to re-appropriate unexpended funds from the
<br />FY 2017 Portsmouth Public Schools Risk Management Fund budget in the total
<br />amount of $2,000,000 into the FY 2018 overall and First Quarter Risk Management
<br />Fund budgets for the Portsmouth Public Schools.
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<br />17 - 370 - Adoption of an ordinance to re-appropriate unexpended funds from the
<br />FY 2017 Portsmouth Public Schools Textbook Fund budget in the total amount of
<br />$2,565,162 into the Overall and First Quarter FY 2018 Textbook Fund budget for the
<br />Portsmouth Public Schools.
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<br />17 - 371 - Adoption of an ordinance to re-appropriate unexpended funds from the
<br />FY 2017 Portsmouth Public Schools Grant Fund budget in the total amount of
<br />$328,447 into the FY 2018 Portsmouth Public Schools Grant Fund budget.
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<br />Ayes: Cherry, Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, to postpone
<br />consideration of Item 17-368, Item 17-369, Item 17-370 and Item 17-371 to the meeting
<br />of September 12, 2017 and City Council directs the City Manager and her staff to meet
<br />with the School Superintendent to resolve this matter, and was adopted by the following
<br />vote:
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<br />Ayes: Cherry, Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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