City Council Meeting Agendas

SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA May 3, 2006 7:00 P.M. l. Call to Order 2. Invocation 3. Freedom of Information Act Certification 4. Special Presentations - Special Presentation - Proclamation - “Business Appreciation Week” No City Council Action required. 5. Consent Agenda - Approval of the minutes Approved with amendments 7-0 6. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate funds from the developer of Harbor Breeze for cost participation in the construction of a traffic signal at Bridge Road and Breeze Port Way and to provide for a local cash match – Second Reading Approved 7-0 7. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to submit, accept and appropriate a State Grant Award in the amount of $190,433 for State Grant-In-Aid for the Suffolk Public Library System – Second Reading Approved 7-0 8. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to apply, accept and appropriate a supplemental Homeland Security Program Grant award from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management – First Reading Approved 7-0 9. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept a “Deed – Open Space Easement”, over the common passive open space within Phase 2 of the Harbour Breeze Estates Cluster Subdivision Approved 7-0 10. Consent Agenda - An ordinance to accept and appropriate McKinney-Vento Assistance funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and to provide a local cash match – First Reading Approved 7-0 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1 11. Public Hearing - Suffolk Annual Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 and Related Ordinances - An ordinance levying real property taxes for the tax year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007 - First Reading - An ordinance to levy taxes on all tangible personal property not either exempt from taxation or otherwise taxed for the 2006 and 2007 tax years - First Reading - An ordinance approving the City Budget and appropriating funds for expenditures contemplated during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, in the amount $375,908,879 and regulating the payment of money out of the City Treasury - First Reading - An ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Suffolk Chapter 82, Taxation, Article XV, by creating section 82-682 “Emergency Ambulance Transportation Service Fees”- First Reading - An ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Suffolk to eliminate the decal program and implement a Motor Vehicle Registration Program - First Reading - An ordinance approving a fee schedule for the City of Suffolk - First Reading The public hearing was held as duly advertised. City Council scheduled a Special Work Session for Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., City Council Chamber for the purpose of discussing the Proposed Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2006-2007. 12. Motion - A motion to schedule a Work Session for May 17, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled. Approved 7-0 A motion to amend the agenda to consider the following items was approved by a vote of 7-0: An appointment to the Historic Landmarks Commission – Issac Baker Approved 7-0 An appointment to the Western Tidewater Continuum of Care Council – Vice Mayor Leroy Bennett Approved 7-0 2  Appointments to the following Virginia Municipal League Policy Committees: Environmental Committee – Council Member Calvin Jones Finance Committee – Council Member Curtis R. Milteer, Sr. General Laws - Vice Mayor Leroy Bennett and City Manager R. Steven Herbert Human Development and Education - Mayor Bobby L. Ralph Transportation – Council Member Charles F. Brown Approved 7-0 A resolution authorizing the City manager to acquire the Eclipse Water System Approved 7-0 A resolution authorizing the City Manager on behalf of the City of Suffolk to release and transfer a utility line easement Approved 7-0 13. Late Appearances - Guidelines for the Late Appearances period are outlined in the City Code Section 2-96 and permit each speaker five (5) minutes to address City Council. There is no limitation on the total time period for Late Appearances No City Council action required. 14. Announcements and Comments from City Council Members No City Council action required. 15. Adjournment No City Council action required. 3