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127 WASTE AUTHORITY," which was offered at the January 7th meeting, was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Rev. Edwards, Ms. Slaughter, Mr.~ Toscano, Mr. Vandever, Ms. Waters. Noes: None. ORDINANCE: QUORUM REQUIREMENT FOR RETIREMENT COMMISSION Mr. Hendrix explained that it had recently been discovered that no quorum requirement for meetings of the Retirement. COmmission was contained in the Code and it was recommended that a quorum requirement of one person over half the membership be included. On motion by Ms. Waters, seconded by,Mr, Toscano, the ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ADDING-A NEW SECTION NUMBERED 19-67 TO ESTABLISH QUORUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RETIREMENT COMMISSION MEETINGS" was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. PUBLIC There were no matters by the public. OTHER BUSINESS Ms. Slaughter provided Council with material on a proposed bottle bill being considered by the General Assembly and made a motion that Council support the concept of this legislation as a means of reducing waste. Ms. Waters seconded the motion. Mr. Toscano stated that he would support the legislation in principal and the portion of the bill which would return funds to localities as outlined in the bill proposed by Madison. Mr. Hendrix recommended that Council support the specific proposed legislation in order to be more effective. It was the consensus of Council to amend the motion to support the specific bill as proposed by Madison and the bill was unanimously supported by Council. Ms. Slaughter made a motion to oppose legislation being considered by the General Assembly which would require that personal property tax on student cars be paid in the locality where they permanently reside rather than in the locality where they live while in school. Ms. Slaughter noted that such legislation would have a negative impact on Charlottesville. Mr. Toscano seconded the motion and Council unanimously voted to oppose Such legislation. Mr. Vandever expressed hopes for an early end to the war in the Persian Gulf and the. safe return of the troops. Rev. Edwards stated that the week of January 21st had been declared Parents Against Substance Abuse ~eek,~ and he encouraged parents to participate in scheduled activities. Mr. Hendrix stated that the Virginia Municipal League had requested Council's support of a bill being considered by the General Assembly which would suspend the standards of quality for schools for one year because of budget problems. Ms. Slaughter stated that she would not support such legislation as she did not think the areas mentioned were things that the Council would want to cut back on. Ms. Waters stated that she would want to see more specific information and would not support suspending the standards of quality as a means to deal with the budget.