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October 22, 2024 5. Gordon James, 14 Holly Hill Court, spoke in support of retention bonuses for teachers. 6. Shayla Pruitt, spoke in support of retention bonuses for teachers. 7. Tamar Bray-Nadkins, 429 Cobblewood Bend, Chesapeake, spoke in support of retention bonuses for teachers. 8. Page Hill, 916 Chumley Road, spoke in support of retention bonuses for teachers. 9. Katrina Kassel, 2858 Lambert Trail, Chesapeake, spoke in support of retention bonuses for teachers. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE TO RE-APPROPRIATE UNEXPENDED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,025,447 FROM THE FY 2024 PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO THE FY 2025 PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERAL FUND BUDGET. ” Ayes: Hugel, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Tillage, Glover Nays: None 24 - 313 - Adoption of an ordinance to re-appropriate unexpended funds in the amount of $2,384,764 from the FY 2024 Portsmouth Public Schools Food Services Fund Budget to the FY 2025 Portsmouth Public Schools Food Services Fund Budget. Background:  City Council appropriated $14,375,983 to the FY 2024 Food Services Fund Budget for the Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS).  On September 12, 2024 the Portsmouth School Board adopted a Resolution requesting that City Council appropriate a preliminary amount totaling $2,384,764, of which $61,839 is encumbered but unexpended funds and $2,322,925 is unencumbered funds, from the FY 2024 PPS Food Services Fund Budget to the FY 2025 PPS Food Services Fund Budget. Discussion:  City Council Ordinance 2023-41 states “all unspent appropriations under this ordinance or any ordinance appropriating funds for the FY 2024 Portsmouth Public Schools budget shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year, as provided under 22.1-100 of the Code of Virginia. Funds encumbered but unpaid by the end of the fiscal year will be deemed unspent appropriations that will require re-appropriation by the City Council.”  Re-appropriation Request for Encumbered Funds: PPS is requesting the re- appropriation of the preliminary amount of $5,681 for a Food Service Bus conversion and the preliminary amount of $56,158 for Food Services supplies.  Re-appropriation Request for Unspent/Carryforward Funds: PPS is requesting the re-appropriation of the preliminary amount of $2,322,925 related to unspent/unencumbered funds as of the end of the fiscal year.  The following table shows the impact of the proposed re-appropriation of the preliminary amount to the FY 2025 PPS Food Services Fund: Unencumbered Current Encumbered FY2024 Total Revised FY 2025 FY 2024 Re-Re-FY 2025 Fund Appropriation appropriation appropriation Appropriation Food Services Fund $11,242,350 $61,839 $2,322,925 $13,627,114 Financial Impact:  This is a re-allocation of previously appropriated FY 2024 PPS Food Services Fund money.