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5 <br /> <br />NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Wednesday, <br />March 29, 1989 AT 7:00 p.m. IN THE Basement Conference Room. <br /> <br />THE PROPOSED-AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> .Budget~work session - agency hearings <br /> <br />BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (signed) <br /> <br /> BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM - March 29, 1989 <br /> <br /> Council met in special session on this date with the <br />following members present: ~Mr. Buck, Rev. Edwards, Mr. Towe, <br />Mr~ Vandever (arrived late), Ms. Waters. <br /> <br /> Mr. Art Albrecht representing WVPT public television <br />station, requested that Council increase the funding to $0.10 <br />per capita~ ~Mr. Albrecht stated that of the 20 local <br />governments approached, ten~provide~some level of funding. <br /> <br /> Mr. Gary Fry, President of the Jefferson-Madison <br />RegionatLibrary Board, listed the following priorities of <br />the Library Board: employee reclassification; hire a young <br />adult specialist; hire a collection development specialist; <br />and the restoration of evening and Sunday hours. Mr. Fry <br />stated that Charlottesville provides 25% of the total Library <br />budget. <br /> <br /> Ms. Paul Garrett, Clerk of the Circuit Court, requested <br />that Council fund an additional full-time clerk at a cost of <br />$14,681. <br /> <br /> Mr. Buck stated that he would abstain from discussing <br />the Clerk's request due ~to a conflict of interest. <br /> <br /> Mr. Francis Fife, representing the Charlottesville <br />Housing Foundation, requested that Council reserve $40,000 to <br />fund a pOsition of neighborhood worker Within the <br />CharlottesVille HouSing Foundation to be used only if <br />other funding cannot be_secured, <br /> <br /> There was a general discussion of the budget. <br /> <br /> Mr. Hendrix stated that the City would be.required to pay <br />benefits for the position in the office of the Clerk of the <br />Circuit Court which would increase the..funding to $18,762. <br /> <br /> CounCil tentatively.agreed to eliminate the following <br />programs: Office of Neighborhood Services, Drug Awareness <br />Program, and Recycling Program. It was proposed that the <br />Week Crew by reduced by half. <br /> <br /> Mr. Buck stated that he would n°t favor additiOnal <br />funding for MACAAJs Hope House since the program has <br />sufficient revenues to operate. <br /> <br /> Council discussed the option of keeping additional <br />funding for Region Ten Community Services Board in reserve, <br />with final appropriation to iRegion Ten conditioned upon <br />Council approval after City staff andRegion Ten staff have <br />met to develop a sound fiscal plan for addressing Region <br />Ten's deficit. <br /> <br /> Mr. Vandever recommended that one-half of the Sexual <br />Assault Resource Agency's (SARA) funding of an Education <br />Coordinator be approved. <br /> <br /> It was agreed that the part-time Victim-Witness <br />Coordinator in the Commonwealth's Attorney office would be <br />funded. <br /> <br /> <br />