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468 CONSIDERATION RE: APPROPRIATION - $23,426 REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE ORDINANCE RE: CLOSING ALLEY - FOREST STREET & ALBEMARLE STREET RESOLUTION RE: SENATE BILLS 598 AND 600 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE. SESSION MR. GUY AGNOR, ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND ADVISED THAT THE PL~BLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD PLANNED ON REPLACING THREE REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.. HE STATED THAT THE SUPPLIER HAS RECENTLY INFORMED US THAT A CHASSIS IS AVAILABLE AT THE 1974 PRICE FOR DELIVERY IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND RECOMMENDED THAT A SPECIAL APF~OPRIATION BE MADE TO PURCHASE THIS TRUCK, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PRICE SAVINGS. ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART, SECONDED BY MR.VAN YAHRES TPE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FUR CONSIDERATION. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT $23,426 BE AND TPE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF A .REFUSE COLLECTioN VEHICLE. ~ ORDINANCE ENTITLED '' AN ORDINANCE CLOSING, VACATING AND DISCONTINUING A PORTION OF AN ALLEY LYING BETWEEN FOREST STREET AND ALBE~RLE STREET IN THE CITY OF CHARLO~-FESVILLE," WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 27, 1975, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR.FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. ON MOTION BY MR. FIFE, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, WHEREAS, TPE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION, COMBINING THE PERNICIOUS EFFECTS OF INFLATION AND RECESSION, HAS GREATLY INCREASED THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES WHILE COPING WITH RISING COSTS AND SHRINKING REVENUES; AND WHEREAS, IT IS PARTICLLARLY IMPORTANT IN THE LIGHT OF SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT BE ALLOWED FLEXIBILITY IN TPE BUDGETARY PROCESSES ~3 REGULATE THE AMOUNTS OF REVENUES TO BE DERIVED FROM VARIOUS LOCAL SOURCES, WHICH SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE BEST QUALIFIED TO DO; AND ~HEREAS, TWO BILLS PRESENTLY BEING CONSIDERED IN.THE GENERAL ASSENBLY, SENATE BILLS 598 AND 600, WOLLD PLACE UNREASONABLE AND UNWORKABLE RESTRICTIONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF T~O PRIMARY LOCAL SOURCES OF REVENUE -- REAL ESTATE TAXES AND BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES; AND WHEREAS, THESE UNWARRANTED INTERFERENCES WITH REVENUE MATTERS TRADITIONALLY SUBJECT TO PURELY LOCAL CONTROL ARE PARTICULARLY IRONIC, SINCE THEY COME AT A TIME WHEN THE COMMONWEALTH, THROUGH TPE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IS REFUSING TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR URGENTLY NEEDED PROGRAMS TO WHICH IT HAS IN THE PAST CONTRIBUTED, AND IS LOOKING TO THE LOCALITIES TO ASSUNE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH FUNDINGS; AND WHEREAS, MOST DEVASTATING AMOUNG THESE FAILURES TO PROVIDE STATE FUNDING IS THE GOVERNUR'S DECISION TO ELIMINATE FROM HIS BUDGET RECOMMENDATION THE MATCHING FUNDS FOR FEDERAL GRANTS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, WHICH LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING PRESSUED BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CONSTRUCT; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, THAT THE COUNCIL DEPLORES THE INTERFERENCE IN MATTERS OF LOCAL COMPETENCE REPRESENTED 8Y SENATE BILLS 598 AND 600 AND URGES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO DEFEAT SUCH BILLS; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL URGES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO RESTORE TO THE STATE BUDGET FLLL FUNDING OF THE STATE'S MATCHING SHARE FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREA~ENT PROJECTS; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, THAT COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SENT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEES ON FINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS. ON MOTION BY ~. FIFE, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART THE COUNCIL VOTED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LITIGATION, BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR.GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. ~ - CLERK PRES I DENT