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REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS - $63,000,000.00 ¢4o. o8 TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY $13,000,000.00 CORPORATION COMMISSION ASSESSMENTS $ 6,500,000. O0 e¢o.o8 TOTAL REVENUE. FROM TAXES 50~400.00 59,300.00 1 O, 400. O0 12,200. O0 5,200. O0 5,800. O0 '-fT;3oo. oo 0 8~900.00 O 1,800.00 600.00 ~11,300.00 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES: APPROP- APPROP- RIATION RIAT¢ON 1967-68 1966-67 INCREASE DECREASE CITY'S PORTION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL COSTS $66,000.00 $77,300.00 0 $11,300.00 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "ANNUAL TAX LEVY IMPOSING TAXES ON PROPERTY AND MACHINERY AND TOOLS FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND RETIREMENT ON THE CITY DEBT~ FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND CITY SCHOOLS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" WAS OFFERED BY MR. MOUNT¢ SECONDED BY MR. VOGT, AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. PRESlDENT~ OMITTED FROM MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 3, 1967: ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. JOHNSON~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS DEFEATED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: MR. MOUNT AND MR. RENNOLDS. NOES: MR. HAGGERTY, MR. JOHNSON AND MR. VOGT. WHEREAS THE DIRECTOR~ DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS HAS ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT THE ClTYIS JAIL~ WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE 1930's DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS AS NOW SET BY THE BOARD OF WELFARE AND [NSTITUTIONS~ AND WHEREAS THE DIRECTOR~ DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS HAS ADVISED THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE PRESENT JAIL COULD NOT BE RENOVATED SO AS TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO HIS DEPARTMENT~ AND WHEREAS LOCAL FUNDS ARE NOT NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTI'ON OF A NEW dAIL; HOWEVER~ FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR CONSTRUCTI~ON AND COMPLETION OF A SUCH PROJECT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1968-69~ AND THE HONORABLE GEORGE M. COLES~ JUDGE OF THE CORPORATION COURT, WAS SO NOTIFIED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO~ NOW, THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THIS COUNCIL FEELS THAT THE PRESENT CITY JAIL COULD BE RENOVATED TO ELIMINATE MOST OF THE CRITICISM WHICH ~¢rf~ HAS BEEN OFFERED BY THE STATE INSPECTOR IN HIS REPORTS AND THEREBY SAVE THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS CITY SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS~ AND FEELS THAT THE CITY JAIL PROVIDES A SAFE~ WARM AND SANITARY PLACE IN WHICH TO HOUSE PRISONERS FROM THE CITY~ AND FEELS VERY STRONGLY THAT SINCE MANY OF THE PRISONERS WHICH ARE HOUSED IN THE JAIL ARE STATE PRISONERS AND'~ WHICH THE CITY ON OCCASIONS IS REQUIRED TO HOLD FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, THE STATE SHOULD SHARE IN THE COST OF A NEW dAIL IF ONE IS NEEDED, AND FEELS THAT THE CRITERIA SET FOR LOCAL JAILS SHOULD NOT EXCEED THAT WHICH EXISTS IN STATE INSTITUTIONS, AND THAT THE BOARD SHOULD NOT ORDER ANY LOCAL dAIL CLOSED WITHOUT FIRST VISITING THE JAIL AND CONSIDERING ALL OF THE FACTORS INVOLVED. HOWEVER~ SINCE THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS EMPOWERED THE BOARD OF WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS UNDER SECTION 53-134 TO ORDER ANY LOCAL JAIL CLOSED THE COUNCIL HAS NO' ALTERNATIVE AND HEREBY NOTIFIES THE BOARD THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSTRUCT A NEW dAtL FOR THE USE OF THIS CITY AND PLANS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH BUILDING DURING THE 1968-69 FISCAL YEAR WHICH IS THE EARLIEST DATE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND PLANS CAN BE PREPARED AND A SITE OBTAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE~ AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO