City Council Meeting Agendas

SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA April 1, 2009 7:00 p.m. City Council Chamber 1. Call to Order 2. Nonsectarian Invocation No City Council action required. 3. Approval of the Minutes Approved 8-0 4. Special Presentations - Presentation of a resolution posthumously recognizing Dolly W. Richards for her years of service to the City of Suffolk Approved 8-0 - Recognition of Youth Athletes No City Council action required. 5. Removal of Items from the Consent Agenda and Adoption of the Agenda A motion to amend the agenda to add a resolution regarding the Southeastern Public Service Authority and adopt the remainder of the Agenda in its entirety was approved by a vote of 8-0. 6. Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 7. Consent Agenda - A resolution to accept and appropriate a grant from the Virginia Department of Aviation for the Airport Drainage Rehabilitation Project Approved 8-0 8. Consent Agenda - A resolution requesting that the Virginia Department of Transportation Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Proactive Safety Project be an Urban Highway Project Approved 8-0 9. Public Hearing - A public hearing to consider an ordinance granting an exemption from taxation to Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community (also known as “Western Tidewater Free Clinic”) Approved 8-0 10. Ordinances No City Council action required. 11. Resolution - A resolution supporting an application from Commonwealth Railway to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation Approved 8-0 12. Resolution – A resolution of the City Council of the City of Suffolk approving the restructuring of certain outstanding bonds of the Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia as proposed by the Chief Administrative Officers of the eight member jurisdictions, including an increase in municipal tipping fees and a general obligation pledge of the City of Suffolk in support of such restructuring, subject to certain additional understandings requested by the Virginia Resources Authority Approved 8-0 13. Staff Report - Commonwealth Rail Report No City Council action required. 14. Staff Report - Quiet Zone Update No City Council action required. 15. Motion - A motion to schedule a Special Work Session for April 8, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., to discuss the proposed Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Operating and Capital Budget Approved 8-0 16. Motion - A motion to schedule a Work Session for April 15, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., unless canceled or called earlier by the Mayor Approved 8-0 17. Non-Agenda Speakers No City Council action required. 18. New Business A motion to nominate and appoint Yok Kong Chiang to the Local Board of Building Code Appeals was approved 8-0. 19. Announcements and Comments from City Council Members No City Council action required. 20. Announcements by the Communications Director No City Council action required. 21. Adjournment Approved 8-0 2