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46 <br /> <br /> Ms. Slaughter said she would support setting aside $100,000 for the School Board to <br />consider how to use for salaries. <br /> <br /> Mr. Toscano said he does not think he can support both the additional funding for the <br />four-year old classes and increasing teacher salaries. <br /> <br /> Rev. Edwards said he would support both the salary increases and the four-year old <br />classes. <br /> <br />Ms. Slaughter said she supports sending the salary issue back to the School Board. <br /> <br /> Tentative support was given to the new personnel in the Commonwealth's Attorney <br />office. <br /> <br /> Ms. Peacock said that the required local match for additional positions in Social <br />Services are included in the existing budget with the exception of $2,469 for Adult <br />Companion Services. <br /> <br /> Ms. Daugherty said that the Social Service Department feels the additional employees <br />are an absolute necessity and have come up with a creative way to fund the positions. Ms. <br />Daugherty noted that only the most extreme cases are now being served. <br /> <br /> Ms. Slaughter said she supports the additional Social Services employees and feels it is <br />an unavoidable cost. <br /> <br /> Mr. Toscano said he will support the Social Services positions because of the need and <br />the source of funding, but feels the Council needs to recognize that almost every department <br />has an unfunded need. Mr. Toscano said his support is conditioned on the proviso that if the <br />funding source goes away, the positions are either terminated or adjustments are made <br />elsewhere. Mr. Toscano said he would prefer to put emphasis on service deliverers rather <br />than clerical positions. <br /> <br />All the positions in the Social Services Department were supported on a one year basis. <br /> <br /> It was agreed that $150,000 would be set aside for West Main Street initiatives, <br />including parking. Mr. Toscano and Ms. Daugherty recommended that the $150,000 be <br />taken out of the Business and Professional License tax funds. Ms. Slaughter said she would <br />prefer that the funds be taken out of the capital contingency fund. <br /> <br />Ms. Daugherty said she would support adding funding for portable toilets in the parks. <br /> <br /> Mr. Leon Churchill, Assistant City Manager, said staff are recommending that some <br />user fees be adjusted to provide revenue for the portable toilets. <br /> <br /> Mr. O'Connell said that he believes that expanding transit service to WalMart will <br />benefit the County, not the City. <br /> <br /> Mr. Toscano said he does not think Council should take a chance of losing tax revenue <br />to the County. <br /> <br /> Ms. Slaughter said she would prefer to spend money to increase headways on other <br />routes (Routes 4 and 6). <br /> <br /> Mr. O'Connell recommended that headways be increased during commuter hours on <br />Route 4 and 6 and that the staff monitor the route. <br /> <br />Councilors agreed to increase headways during commuter hours on Route 4 and 6. <br /> <br /> Ms. Daugherty recommended that revenues fi'om the proposed $50 fee fi'om BPOL be <br />used toward Council's reserve. <br /> <br /> <br />