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344 <br /> <br />Hingeley pointed out that the budget was prepared when there was <br />no director with the aim being to maintain the present level of <br />services. <br /> <br />Mr. Richard Parker, General Manager and Executive Vice- <br />President of WVPT television, thanked Council for their funding. <br /> Mrs. Wayne Harbaugh, Director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning <br />DistriCt Commission, outtined~some of the functions of the <br />Commission which included administering the minori.ty program for <br />realtors, being involved in the Job Training and Partnership Act <br />program, staffing the Task Force to Combat Drunk Driving, and <br />working on plans for a bypass around the City. Mrs: Harbaugh stated <br />that the regional plan would be updated this year. <br /> Mr. Joe Jenkins of Piedmont Virginia Community College, praised <br /> the City for providing bus service to PVCC and thanked Council for <br /> their funding support. <br /> <br /> Ms. Payne from the VPI Extension Service, reviewed some of the <br /> Service's functions such as working with Wilderness Challenge and <br /> 4~H Clubs, providing soil analyses, and giving classes in cooking, <br /> sewing, and gardening. <br /> At the completion of the agency hearings, Council discussed the <br /> proposed projects for the high school and agreed to authorize funds <br /> <br />for detailed.drawings of the project. <br /> The meeting was adjourned. <br /> <br />Cle~J <br /> <br /> BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM - March 27, 1984 <br /> <br /> Council met for a work session on the 1984-85 budget with the <br />following members present: Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. <br />Gunter, Dr. Hall. <br /> <br /> Council increased funding for VPI-SU in order to cover the cost <br /> <br />of the City's sha~e of rent. <br /> Council allocated $10,000 to be used for youth counseling and <br />advocacy and requested that staff prepare a report by May 15 proposing <br />the best use of the funds. <br /> Council allocated $15,000 for home care services to the elderly, <br />also requesting a staff report and recommendation be prepared on the <br />best use of the funds. <br /> Council agreed to fully fund Charlottesville-Albemarle Legal Aid <br /> Society's request. <br /> <br /> Council allocated $2,000 for Madison House. <br /> Council requested that staff prepare an analysis of Circuit Court <br /> Clerks in other localities and their support staff. It was recommended <br /> that, in the meantime, the Circuit Court Clerk request additional funds <br /> from the Compensation Board. <br /> <br /> It was recommended that the amount funded for tax relief be <br /> <br /> reduced in light of the estimated number of applicants for the program. <br /> Council requested that a study of approximately 15 local pension <br /> plans be conducted to assess the practice of post-retirement supplements. <br /> It was determined that $11,000 would be left in the FY 85 budget and a <br /> <br /> <br />