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APPROPRIATION: $1,800 ALCOHOL SAFETY GRANT (2nd reading) APPROPRIATION: $762.11 FOR HUD INNOVATIVE GRANT APPROPRIATION: $29,156.72 SNOW REMOVAL APPROPRIATION: $3,350 GENERAL REGISTRAR AND ELECTORAL BOARD for collecting the following: real estate taxes; personal property taxes; public service taxes; 'dog licenses; city business licenses; lodging taxes; meals taxes; franchise taxes; sales tmxes (sent to the City by the State); utility taxes; auto decals; parking violations; parking permits; fOod stamps; money due for bUilding, plumbing and electrical permits~; bus receipts, library fees and recreation fees. Ail monies ~for the public schools flow through the Treasurer's office. The Treasurer serves as the fiscal agent for the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center. Individual state income tax is collected by the Treasurer after being assessed by the Commissione~ of R~venue. The Treasurer is .treasurer of the Retirement Fund. Approximately $750,000 was earned in interest during the last fiscal year through investment of idle funds. Over $72 million flowed through the Treasurer's office during the past fiscal year. The Treasurer's office includes a staff of seven full-time em~loye~s and two half-time employees. The Treasurer's office operates on a budget of approximately $265,000 a year. Mr. Conover thanked Mr. Harding for his report and added that Mr. Harding was an elected offi.cial who had grown with the job through the years and commended him for his continued Work with the City. The appropriation of $1800 for alcohol sensing devices which was offered at the meeting of May 2nd was approved by the following vote. Mr. Buck, Mr.-Conover, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. 'Gunter, Dr. Hall. Ayes: None. Mr. Hendrix stated that because this appropriation was below $1,000, it could be adopted on the first reading. Dr ' Hall moved, and Mrs. Gleason seconded, to accept the $762.11 as an amended appropriation for the HUD Innovative Grant. appropriation was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Conover, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Gunter, Dr. Hall. Noes: Noes: The following Mr. Buck, None. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that the sum of $762.11 previously appropriated to expendi- ture account 2-2-72030 for the deferred loan program in the HUD Innovative Grant Fund is hereby transferred and reappropriated to expenditure account 22-19500 for general management of the Innovative Grant Program. Mr. Hendrix stated that the amount of this appropriation had been reduced to $21,171.00 and was needed for unbudgeted overtime and extensive vehicle repair during the winter's one heavy snow. Mrs. Gleason moved,.and Dr. Hall seconded the following appropriation and it was carried over to the next meeting: BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesvill~e, that the sum of $21,171.00 is hereby appropriated from the un- appropriated balance of the General Fund to expenditure account 01-31020 for excess costs for snow removal incurred by the Public Service Division of the Department of Public Works ~n the current fisCal year. Mr. Hendrix reported to Council that the Registrar's Office had overexpended their budget and Ms. Margaret Hargis, Chairman of the Electoral Board, explained that extra expenses had been incurred because two voting machine operators had been sent to New York to learn to operate the machines and because of the expenses associated with changing a precinct.