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July 9, 2019 Background:  The City of Portsmouth FY 2020 General Operating and Capital Improvement Program Budgets were adopted on May 14, 2019.  As part of this adoption, City Council appropriated for FY 2020 $55,396,045 for the local share to Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS). Discussion:  Currently, the local share to PPS is distributed throughout the fiscal year on a monthly basis. City staff prepared the FY 2020 Monthly Payment Schedule for the Portsmouth Public Schools with one-twelfth of the $55,396,045 annual appropriation scheduled for distribution to PPS each month. The monthly amount of $4,616,337.08 is scheduled for transfer to PPS on the first day of each month beginning July 1, 2019. However, PPS desires to make an adjustment to the monthly transfer for the months of July and August.  PPS is requesting that the first two transfer amounts for the months of July and August be $6,266,337.08, and that the remaining monthly distributions be $4,286,337.08. PPS is requesting this adjustment in order to provide adequate cash flow to cover healthcare and risk management obligations in July and August.  The transfer for July 1 of $4,616,337.08 will have taken place prior to the consideration of this ordinance. This leaves a difference of $1,650,000 between the adjusted request from PPS of $6,266,337.08 and the city’s scheduled payment of $4,616,337.08. This additional amount will be transferred upon adoption by City Council of the proposed ordinance.  All unspent funds lapse at the end of the fiscal year. Financial Impact:  The City will transfer $3,300,000 (i.e. $1,650,000 in each of July and August) of the FY 2020 local share to the Portsmouth Public Schools on an expedited basis to meet PPS cash flow needs. The payments for the remaining ten months of the Fiscal Year will be proportionately reduced so that the overall amount of the FY 2020 local share remains the same as adopted in the Budget ordinance. Staff Recommends:  Adoption of the ordinance. Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE REVISING THE MONTHLY PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR DELIVERY OF THE CITY’S LOCAL SHARE ALLOCATION OF THE FY 2020 PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPERATING BUDGET.” Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: None 19 - 256 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting Same Day Access funding in the amount of $12,266.25 from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and appropriating said funds in the FY 2020 Behavioral Healthcare Services Fund for use by the Department of BHS to decrease wait times for treatment and recovery services. Background:  As of March 2019, all of the 39 Community Services Boards (CSBs) and the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) have implemented Same Day Access (SDA). The purpose of SDA is to provide a clinical assessment to any individual who comes to a CSB during open access hours. This process greatly improves consumer satisfaction and engagement, while also eradicating “no-shows” in the assessment process, which saves CSB staff time.