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January 13, 1981 attached application Form LCG-1. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is authorized to plan, budget and apply for a grant, which if approved, will be used to fund said program. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Litter Control, is requested to consider and approve said application program, said program being in accord with the regulations governing use and expenditure of said funds~ Ayes: Barnes, Beamer, Gray, Oast, Webb, Whitlow, Johansen Nays: None 81-10 - "Consideration of a resolution authorizing the City Manager and The City Attorne) to determine the appropriate action necessary to insure adequate funding of a system of 9~a~i~i~ ~ttam~nta~c~e~on~ary~e~on by the Commonwealth of Virginia. l]~i~ resolution authorizes the City Manager and the City Attorney to determine the appropriate action necessary to insure adequate funding of a system of elementary and secondary education by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Article VIII, Section 1 and 2 of the Constitution of Virgini placed the burden on the General Assembly of Virginia to provide for a system of free public elementary and secondary schools for all children of school age throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and to assure that an educational program of high quality is established and con- tinually maintained by appropriate State and'local funding. Review of the current formula over the past five years clearly indicates that-the State of Virginia is decreasing annually its total participation while the City,s annual budget has continued to increase its level of funding education due to the inability of the General Assembly to fund per pupil cost at the level recommended by the State Board of Education. The City Manager recommends adoption." ~ On motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mr. Beamer, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION NECESSARY TO INSURE ADEQUATE FUNDING OF A SYSTEM OF QUALITY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. WHEREAS, the participation of the Commonwealth of Virginia in funding a system of quality elementary and secondary education in the CommonWealth of Virginia has decreased in recent years in that the Standards of Quality adopted by the General Assembly have not been fully funded; and WHEREAS, the desparity between the actual per pupil cost and the cost per pupil establish by the General Assembly has increased to $184. per pupil for the 1980-81 school year and is projected to increase to $274. per pupil for the 1981-82 school year based on the school fundi~ appropriation of the General Assembly in 1980; and WHEREAS, the continuing increase in the per pupil cost of education and the difference between the actual cost and the established cost of education in the Commonwealth of Virginia must be borne by the local government; and WHEREAS, Article VIII, Section 1 and 2 of the Constitution of Virginia placed the burden on the General Assembly of Virginia to provide-for a system of free public elementary and secondary schools for all children 0f school age th~bughout the Commonwealth and to seek~to assure that an educational program of high quality is established and continually maintained b appropriate state and local funding; and WHEREAS, the cos. t of education is but one of the continually increasing demands on the resources of loCal government. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Manager and the City Attorney be, and they hereby are, authorized to determine the appropriate action necessary to insure adequate funding of a system of quality elementary and secondary education by the Commonwealth of Virginia. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the CitY Clerk be instructed to forward a copy of this Resolu to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Members of the Portsmouth Delegation tc the General Assembly of Virginial''-~ Ayes: Barnes, Beamer, Gray, Oast, Webb, Whitlow, Johansen Nays: None 81-11 - "Consideration of an ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, by amending Article III of Chapter 16 thereof pertaining to the Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services Board. These amendments to Chapter 16 of the City Code renames the Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services Board as the Community Services Board in conformity with the new State law. The terms of office of the Board members are adjusted so as to run from July to Jun~ instead of the current January to December in order that newly appointed members have 6 mo~ths experience before being required to make budget decisions. The City Manager recommends adoption." ~