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May 8, 2018
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<br />At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, there were
<br />present:
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<br />Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Elizabeth M. Psimas, William E. Moody, Jr., Ray A.
<br />Smith, Sr., Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Nathan J. Clark, Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, City Manager Dr.
<br />L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr.
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<br />Pastor Ronald Thompson opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed
<br />by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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<br /> Mayor Rowe called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance.
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Smith, to approve the minutes of a
<br />Called Meeting of April 23, 2018, of a Called Meeting of April 24, 2018, of a Regular
<br />Meeting of April 24, 2018, and of a Called Meeting of April 30, 2018, and was adopted by
<br />the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Smith, Whitaker, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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<br />- Public Hearing -
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<br />18 - 175 Public hearing on proposed real property tax increase.
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<br />1. Donna Sayegh, 3104 Garland Drive, spoke in opposition to this item.
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<br />2. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, spoke in support of a real estate tax
<br /> increase.
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<br />- City Manager’s Report -
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<br />18 - 176 - Adoption of ordinances and resolution to appropriate the total sum of
<br />$720,102,069 for the operation of the City Government for Fiscal Year 2019 for the
<br />following areas: City Operating Budget – $431,621,790; Capital Improvement Fund
<br />$38,140,062; Public Utilities Capital Improvement Fund - $56,800,000; Parking
<br />Authority - $250,000 and Portsmouth Public Schools Operating Budget -
<br />$193,290,217.
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<br />Background:
<br />City Operating Budget
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<br /> On March 26, 2018, the City Manager presented the proposed Fiscal Year 2019
<br />Operating and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budgets to City Council.
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<br /> Both budgets were discussed in City Council Work Sessions in April and public
<br />hearings were held on April 10, April 24, and May 8 (Effective Tax Rate Notice), 2018.
<br />The attached ordinances are required for adoption of the Fiscal Year 2019 Operating and
<br />CIP Budgets.
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<br /> Community Planning and Development - For each of the five years covered
<br />by the adopted Consolidated Plan (CP), Federal Fiscal Year 2014 to Federal Fiscal Year
<br />2019, the city prepares an Annual Action Plan detailing how the resources made available
<br />will be used to implement the goals outlined in the Five-Year CP. This is the fifth year of
<br />the five-year plan cycle. The city of Portsmouth will receive funds through the Community
<br />Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships
<br />Program (HOME). The financial resources the city expects to have available during the
<br />city’s Fiscal Year 2019 Program (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019) include a CDBG
<br />Entitlement Grant of $1,399,104 and program income of $44,880 (total $1,443,984). The
<br />city also expects to have available a HOME Entitlement Grant of $334,734 and program
<br />income of $5,850 (total $340,584). Public hearings were held on April 10 and 24, 2018
<br />for these programs.
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