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149 Ms. Slaughter suggested that Linda Wilson, Director of JAUNT, communicate with Council during the coming year if she is able to find creative ways to cut services and costs. FOUR-YEAR OLD PROGRA~M Ms. Slaughter stated that she is interested in funding one four-year old class for next year even if the funding is not available for future years. Council tentatively agreed to fund one four-year old program, and asked that the schools be informed that the funding is not a continuing obligation by Council, though providing education for four-year olds is a priority for Council. DRUG UNIT AND COORDINATOR Rev. Edwards stated that he believes ground has been lost since the drug coordinator position was eliminated, and while he would prefer a full-time position, he would agree to compromise with a half-time position. Mr. Toscano stated that he feels the drug coordinator position and joint narcotics positions are linked. .- Mr. Hendrix suggested that Council leave money in the reserve and ask the schools for more details about what the drug coordinator position would do. Rev. Edwards suggested that the drug coordinator should be a City position acting as a resource to the schools, which would make the position more accountable to the City. Mr. Vandever stated that he is inclined to take the $46,000 for the drug unit and $26,000 for the drug coordinator and aSk the Chief of Police to come up with a program. It was agreed that the $26,000 (schools and police) and $46,000 (education and community) would be placed in Council's reserve pending a staff recommendation on its best use. Staffwas asked to communicate to the University and Albemarle County Council's intention to reserve $14,000 for an officer for the joint narcotics unit. COUNCIL SALARIES Following a discussion about the issue of increasing Council salaries, Ms. Daugherty, Rev. Edwards, and Ms. Slaughter indicated their willingness to vote for a $1,000 raise in the salary, of Council and the Mayor, with Mr. Vandever asking that the issue be voted on separately when formally approved. MACAA'S PARENTS IN EDUCATION AND SCHOOL'S FAMILIES LEARNING TOGETHER Council discussed the benefits of having the Parents in Education and Families Learning Together programs work together, and authorized the Mayor to convey to the directors of the programs that there is general support by Council for bringing the two programs together. Tentative agreement was made to providing an additional $5,000 for Parents in Education and $10,000 for Families Learning Together, with the funding sunsetted and the programs given one year to merge. OTHER Council supported returning the additional $32,000 originally budgeted for the atl[t~ernative school to Council's reserve.