City Council Meeting Agendas

SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA May 21, 2008 7:00 p.m. City Council Chamber l. Call to Order 2. Nonsectarian Invocation 3. Approval of the Minutes Approved 7-0 4. Special Presentations - Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads; Home Builders Blitz 2008; Suffolk Sweet Sixteen No City Council action required. - National Tourism Week No City Council action required. 5. Removal of Items from the Consent Agenda and Adoption of the Agenda Approved 7-0 6. Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 7. Public Hearing - A public hearing regarding a resolution authorizing the acquisition of temporary and permanent easements by condemnation for the Harvest Drive Bridge Replacement Project and to authorize the filing of a certificate of take Approved 7-0 8. Public Hearing - A public hearing to receive public comment on the possible transfer of public property located at the northwest corner of the Main Street and West Finney Avenue intersection, further identified as a portion of Tax Map 34G11(A)*167*168+ Approved 7-0 9. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit Request C13-07, submitted by Glen W. Hampton, Esq. of Bowman, Green, Hampton, & Kelley, PLLC, on behalf of Tina L. Harris of Cingular Wireless, Inc. and J. Ray and R. Darden Ward, property owners, to construct a monopole tower of 199 feet in accordance with sections 31-306, 31-406-1, and 31-716 of the Unified Development Ordinance Approved 7-0 10. Public Hearing - Conditional Use Permit C26-07, submitted by James R. Bradford of Hassell & Folkes, PC on behalf of Mark and Deborah Wahlstrom, property owners, to permit the construction of a building for Public Assembly (Indoors) in accordance with Sections 31-306 and 31-406 of the Unified Development Ordinance Approved 6-1, Council Member Brown voted in opposition. 11. Public Hearing - Proposed Real Property Tax Increase for Fiscal Year 2008-09 See item 13 for City Council action. 12. Public Hearing - A public hearing to consider additional budget related ordinances to establish fees and amend City codes to address a police weights and measures program and security alarm fees See item 13 for City Council action. - An ordinance to amend Chapter 30, Emergency Services, Article II, Alarms, Division 3, Police Response Alarms, of the Code of the City of Suffolk - An ordinance to amend Chapter 86, Traffic and Vehicles, Article V, Motor Vehicles, Division 3, Vehicle Weight, of the Code of the City of Suffolk - An ordinance adopting a fee schedule for the City of Suffolk 13. Ordinances - Adoption of the proposed Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 and related ordinances and resolutions ATTACHMENTS: Budget Related Ordinances and Resolutions ƒ An ordinance approving the City budget and appropriating funds for expenditures contemplated during the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2008 and ending June 30, 2009, and regulating the payment of money out of the City Treasury Approved, as amended 7-0 ƒ An ordinance levying real property taxes for the Tax Year beginning July 1, 2008 and ending June 30, 2009 Approved, as amended 7-0 ƒ An ordinance to levy taxes on all tangible personal property not either exempt from taxation or otherwise taxed for the 2008 and 2009 tax years Approved, as amended 7-0 ƒ An ordinance to amend Chapter 82, Taxation, Article XI, Transient Occupancy Tax, Section 82-520, Interest and Penalties; Section 82-521, Procedure upon failure or refusal to collect taxes; Section 82-522, Records; and Section 82-525, Penalty for violation of article, of the Code of the City of Suffolk Approved 7-0 2  ƒ An ordinance to amend Chapter 82, Taxation, Article XIV, Tax on Persons Obtaining Services at Food Establishments, Section 82-642, Interest and Penalties, to add Section 82-642.1, Bond or letter of credit to secure tax; and to amend Section 82-643, Procedure upon failure or refusal to collect, remit taxes of the Code of the City Of Suffolk Approved 7-0 ƒ An ordinance to amend Chapter 82, Taxation, Article XVIII, Admissions Tax, of the Code of the City of Suffolk Approved 7-0 ƒ An ordinance to amend Chapter 82, Taxation, Article XX, of the Code of the City of Suffolk pertaining to Business, Professional, Occupational and License Tax Approved 7-0 ƒ A resolution to establish the 1.85 multiplier for all employees who are now, or who may be in the future, provided enhanced benefits as members of a selected public safety employee group Approved 7-0 ƒ A resolution for the City of Suffolk, Virginia, relating to a money purchase plan Exclusion from adopting motion approved 7-0 ƒ An ordinance to amend Chapter 30, Emergency Services, Article II, Alarms, Division 3, Police Response Alarms, of the Code of the City of Suffolk Approved 7-0 ƒ An ordinance to amend Chapter 86, Traffic and Vehicles, Article V, Motor Vehicles, Division 3, Vehicle Weight, of the Code of the City of Suffolk Approved 7-0 ƒ An ordinance adopting a Fee Schedule for the City of Suffolk Approved 7-0 ƒ An ordinance approving new positions, approving revised job descriptions and abolishing position titles and job descriptions regarding the FY 2008-2009 Operating and Capital Budget and the City’s FY 2008-2009 Classification and Compensation Plan (A copy of each job description is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk.) Approved 7-0 14. Ordinance - An ordinance rescinding the curfew on the streets of Kristen Lane, White Hall Arch, Eagle Point Crescent, Toddsbury Court and Elmington Way, which are all located in the Burnetts Mill Subdivision Approved 7-0 3 15. Resolutions 16. Staff Reports No City Council action required. 17. Motion - A motion to schedule a Work Session for June 4, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled or called earlier by the Mayor Approved, as amended to schedule a Work Session for June 4, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., 7-0 18. Non-Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 19. New Business The following appointments to respective boards and commissions were Approved 7-0: • Marquetta Jones reappointed to the Community Policy and Management Team • Linda T. Johnson and Selena Cuffee-Glenn reappointed to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission • Rosemary Check reappointed to the Medical College of Hampton Roads • Richard Brooks appointed to the Paul D. Camp Community College Board • Sabrina High reappointed to the Southeastern Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program • Leonard Horton reappointed to the Tidewater Regional Group Home Commission • Virginia Municipal League Policy Committees: Leroy Bennett resigned from General Laws and appointed to Community & Economic Development Jeffrey Gardy resigned from Environmental Quality Joseph Barlow resigned from Finance and appointed to Environmental Quality 20. Announcements and Comments from Council Members No City Council action required. 21. Announcements by the Communications Director 22. Adjournment Approved 7-0 4