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RECO~ENDED ACTION:
Concur in request fo. Council to convene in
Executive Session to discuss pe.sonnel mat-
ters .elating to vacancies on various
authorities, boards, co~issions and cqm-
mittees appointed by Council. pu.suant to
Section 2.1-344 (a) (1), Code of Vi.ginia
(1950), as amended·
A .epo.t of the Director of Finance with .egard to efforts
and ove.all strategies of the Office of Billings and Collections
to secure delinquent funds due the City of Roanoke.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file·
REGULAR AGENDA
Hearing of Citizens Upon Public Matters:
a. Request of Mr. Jack Spainhour to address Council on behalf
of "Friends of the Star." Deferred until December 7, 1987
meeting of Council.
b. Request w~th regard to a presentation on services provided
to the citizens of the City of Roanoke by Mental Health
Se.vices of the Roanoke Valley· Mrs. Ho.tense Ruddick.
Spokesperson. Received and filed with appreciation.
Petitions and Co,,~i,~tnications:
a. A corr~nunication from the Roanoke City School Board recom-
mending appropriations and adjustments to certain school
accounts, Adopted Ordinance No. 28879. (7-0)
Reports of Officers:
a. City Manage.:
Briefings: None.
Items Recommended for Action:
A report requesting that a public hearing be scheduled
for Monday, December 7, 1987, at 7:30 p.m., to conside.
an amendment to the Fiscal Year 1987-88 C.D.B.G.
Program· Concurred in request.
2. A report recommending appropriation of $71,998.00 to
the Food Stamp Employment Services Program for addi-
tional education and training programs through the
Fifth District Employment and Training Consortium, and
transfer of $25,731.00 for two social worker positions.
Adovted Ordinance No. 28880 (6-0) (~Ir. Trout was out of the
Directo~ of Finance: Council Chamber)
A financial report for the month of October, 1987.
Received and filed.
(2)
c. City Attorney:
1. A report transmitting the proposed 1988 Legislative
Pro,ram for the City of Roanoke. Adopted R~olut~on No. 2~881'.
(6-0) (~. Bow~ voting no.)
Report of Corr~nittees: None·
7. Unfinished Business: None.
Introduction and Consideration of Ordinances and Resolutions:
None,
9. Motions and Miscellaneous Business:
Inquiries and/or comments by the Mayor and members of City
Council·
b. Vacancies on various authorities, boards, cormtissions and
committees appointed by Council.
10. Other Hearings of Citizens:
9.a. The following matters were referred to the City Manager, City
Attorne~ and Director of Finance for stud~, report and recommendation
to Council:
The position to be taken by the City on the disbursement of
lottery funds; viz: Whether or not funds will be requested
for return to the City, and the formula therefor,
o
The position to be taken by the City on a proposal to request
the Virginia Housing Development Authority to commit a portion
of its $63 million reserve for construction of housing for
the poor.
Council set a public hearing for Monda!i, December 7, 1987, at 7:30
p.m., on the request of Our Lady of the Valley, Inc., ~or a tax
exemption for a home for the elderly to be constructed adjacent
to Saint Andrews Catholic Church.
The following persons were reappointed:
Robbie H. Burton
James B. ^IcCloskey
Ronald H. Miller
Charles ~, Hancock
- Citizens Services Committee
- Roanoke Neighborhood Partnership Steering
Committee
The following persons were elected:
Frances S. Boon
A. Byron Smith
Mill Mountain Development Committee
Virginia ~estern Community College
Board
(3)
MINUTES CONSIDERED AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING
MAY BE REVIEWED ON LINE IN THE "OFFICIAL MINUTES" FOLDER,
OR AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
Office of the Mayor
November 23, 1987
Honorable Vice-Mayor and Members
of Roanoke City Council
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Mrs. Bowles and Gentlemen:
I wish to request an Executive Session to discuss personnel
matters relating to vacancies on various authorities, boards,
commissions and cort~nittees appointed by Council, pursuant to
Section 2.1-344 (a) (1), Code of Virginia (1950), as amended.
Sincerely,
Noel C. Taylor
Mayor
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Room 452 Municipal Building 2t5 Church Avenue, S.W. Roanoke, Virginia 240t t (703) 981-2444
November 25, 1987
File #1-140
Mr. Joel M. Sehlanger
Director of Finance
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Mr. Schlanger:
Your report with regard to efforts and overall strategies of the
Office of Billings and Collections to secure delinquent funds due
the City, was before the Council of the City of Roanoke at a
regular meeting held on Monday, November 23, 1987.
On motion, duly seconded and unanimously adopted.
received and filed.
Sincerely, ~~
Mary F. Parker, CMC
City Clerk
the report was
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pc: Mr.
Ms.
W. Robert Herbert, City Manager
Deborah J. Moses, Chief of Billings and Collections
Room 456 Municipal Building 215 Church Avenue, $.W. Roanoke, ~rginia 240t I (703) 981-2541
DEPA~TMZNT OF FINANC~ CITY
November 23, 1987
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
Joel M. Schlanger, Director of Finance
Collection Strategies
The Department of Finance through its office of Billings
and Collections has begun a vigorous effort and overall strategy
to secure any and all delinquent funds due the City of Roanoke.
The following is an outline
our efforts. As of October 1, 1987,
were as follows:
of where we will concentrate
the approximate receivables
Delinquent Real Estate Tax
Delinquent Personal Property Tax
Delinquent BPOL
Weed/Demolitions
Delinquent Water/Sewer
Tax Judgments
Miscellaneous A/R
$1,330,000
94,460
51,100
78,150
305,000
84,500
175,985
Real Estate
A list of delinquent taxpayers is being prepared to
publish in the local newspaper. The City Attorney's office is
reviewing all the requirements of advertising as to the period of
time the property must be delinquent in order to advertise;
specific wording of the listing; and other pertinent information
that should be considered in the advertisement. We will then
Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
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November 23, 1987
investigate the Set-off Debt Collection procedure and personal
judgments to secure the collection of delinquent real estate
taxes. We will consider the tax lien procedure of tax liens
and/or tax sales to collect amounts still unpaid after the
previous discussed steps are enforced and continue with the
escheat procedures as required for cases of abandonment.
Personal Property Taxes
Current year taxes are historically turned over to the
Office of Billings and Collections on a calendar year basis. This
year 1987 was included on the 1988 Set-off Debt submitted. This
gives us a year's edge on previous strategies. Amounts still
unpaid after Set-off works on these debts, will be worked through
collection calls, statements, and tax judgments if necessary.
Judgments
collecting
A one year priority has been set on reviewing and
all judgments granted prior to December 31, 1985.
Methods of collection include statements, personal telephone
calls, interrogatories, garnishments and debt set-off. Judgments
granted after December 31, 1985, are worked for collection by
telephone calls, statements, garnishments, interrogatories and
debt set-off.
Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
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November 23, 1987
The City of Roanoke has submitted the 1988 claim to the
Commonwealth of Virginia for the Set-off Debt Program. The
categories include:
616 Judgments (all types) $ 95,474.01
21 Miscellaneous A/R 1,986.30
675 Personal Property Taxes 108,195.08
208 Parking Tickets 2,335.00
25 Library Fines 3,323.57
37 Weeds 9,493.08
726 Water Sewer 55,807.05
2,308 $276,614.09
This process has worked extremely well for us during
the past years and the City of Roanoke has collected approximately
$47,000 during this period of time. The Commonwealth of Virginia
has totally automated their Set-off Debt Program for this claim
year and we were able to submit our claim in compliance with their
new system. Actual processing of claims will begin in Richmond on
January 5, 1988.
Our entire area of collections has been strengthened by
the addition of an Assistant City Attorney. The overall
collections' procedures will be improved through a City wide
committment to proper procedures and handling, the automation and
centralization of invoicing, institution of strict payment terms
and interest acccrual, and increased public awareness that the
City intends to collect all funds legally due.
Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
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November 23, 1987
This report is furnished to you as information only and
no action is required.
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CC:
W. Robert Herbert
Wilburn C. Dibling, Jr.
Gordon Peters
Deborah Moses
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Ch~c~ c~ rh~ Cl~y Geck
November 25, 1987
File #22
Dr. Fred P. Roessel, Jr.
Executive Director
Mental Health Services of the
Roanoke Valley
Suite 410
920 South Jefferson Street
Roanoke, Virginia 24016-4494
Dear Dr. Roessel:
A statement regarding services provided to the citizens of the
City of Roanoke by Mental Health Services of the Roanoke Valley,
was before the Council of the City of Roanoke at a regular
meeting held on Monday, November 23, 1987.
On motion, duly seconded and unanimoasly adopted, the statement
was received and filed with appreciation.
Sincerely,
Mary F. Parker, CMC
City Clerk
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pc: Ms. Hortense Ruddick, Member, Mental Health Services
3339 Frontier Road, N. W., Roanoke, Virginia 24012
Board,
Room 456 Municicx~l Building 215 (~urch Avu,~nu~, S.W. Roonok~, Virginia 2401 ~ (703) 981-254'~
CITY
October 27, 1987
rv
Dr. Noel C. Taylor, Mayor
City of Roanoke
215 Church Ave., S. W.
Roanoke, VA 24011
Dear Mayor Taylor:
This is to request time on the agenda of Roanoke City Council
on November 23, 1987, for Mrs. Hortense Ruddick to give a brief progress
report about services provided to the citizens of the City of Roanoke
by Mental Health Services of the Roanoke Valley.
Sincerely,
Fred P. Roessel, Jr., Ph.D.
Executive Director
FPRjr:cd
Mrs. Hortense Ruddick
Mr. W. Robert Herbert
Mr. James D. Ritchie
Ms. Mary F. Parker
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF THE ROANOKE VALLEY
EXECUTIVE OFFICES, Suite 410, 920 S. Jefferson Street, Roanoke, Virginia 24016-4494 - (703) 345-9841
Servin.q the Counties of Botetourt and Roanoke and the Cities of Roanoke and Salem
GOOD
COUNCIL.
SERVICES
EVENING, MAYOR TAYLOR AND MEMBERS OF THE ROANOKE CITY
MY NAME IS HORTENSE RUDDICK. THE MENTAL HEALTH
BOARD IS A JOINT AGENCY OF THE VALLEY GOVERNMENTS.
AS A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD, APPOINTED BY THIS COUNCIL, I THANK
YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN APPEAR BEFORE YOU. MY FIRST
APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF THIS AGENCY WAS AS ITS SOLE EMPLOYEE
IN 19G9, SO IAM PLEASED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE
SERVICES THAT THE AGENCY IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING TO THE
CITIZENS OF THECITY.
DURING THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR $256,981 OF ROANOKE CITY'S TAX
DOLLARS WERE MATCHED WITH STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS AND FEES
TO PROVIDE $3,462,654 OF SERVICE TO ROANOKE CITY CITIZENS.
THIS AMOUNTS TO $13.00 WORTH OF SERVICES FOR EACH ROANOKE
CITY TAX DOLLAR EXPENDED, A MOST EFFICIENT RETURN ON LOCAL
TAX REVENUES.
2,441
THROUGH
EARLY
CITIZENS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE DURING THE PAST YEAR
OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. PRIMARY PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED TO SELECTED
POPULATIONS
ARE PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY AGENCY STAFF AND
INVOLVED WITH HUMAN SERVICES DELIVERY.
PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS~ TRAININGJ AND
PROVIDED BY OUR PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM.
AT RISK. CONSULTATIONJ EDUCATION AND TRAINING
GROUPS WHICH ARE
3,979 RESIDENTS
SUPPORT GROUPS
WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES IN THE
ROANOKE CITY JAIL. THIS RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN ENHANCED DUE
TO'SPECIAL TRAINING RECEIVED BY OUR EMERGENCY OUTREACH
SERVICES STAFF.
THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS WITH LONG TERM MENTAL ILLNESS ARE
GREAT. MANY OF THE SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL NEEDS ARE MET
THROUGH OUR CLUBHOUSE - "MOUNTAIN HOUSE".
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
~KIWANIS INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM, FOR TROUBLED ADOLESCENT MALES
AGES 16 TO 21; ADOLESCENT CRISIS UNIT, PROVIDING SHORT TERM
INTERVENTION FOR MALES AND FEMALES AGES 13 TO 18~ AND THE
CHILDREN'S
MODERATE AND SERIOUSLY
5 THROUGH 12.
CENTER - RESIDENTIAL AND DAY TREATMENT FOR
EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN, AGES
ROANOKE CHURCHES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOCIAL CLUBS FOR
APPROXIMATELY 200 CITIZENS WHO ARE LIVING IN ADULT HOMES AND
REQUESTS CONTINUE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM ON THE
PART OF OTHER CHURCHES,
WE INCREASED OUR SERVICES TO CITIZENS WITH
IN ALL LOCALITIES WITH THE ADDITION OF
DURING THE PAST
ROANOKE VALLEY
RECEIVE FUNDING
HEALTH, MENTAL
FISCAL YEAR, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF
WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THREE PILOT CSBs
MENTAL RETARDATION
TWO NEW PROGRAMS
THE
TO
FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL
RETARDATION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR
'IMPLEMENTATION OF A FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM,
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE'S FAMILY SUPPORT PROJECT IS TO
FAMILIES
QUALITY
WITH MENTALLY DISABLED MEMBERS TO IMPROVE
OF
ENABLE
THEIR
LIFE THROUGH PROVISION OF DIRECT SERVICE AND BY
STRENGTHENING
PROJECT
PRODUCTS
PERMISSIBLE SERVICES
CONSTRUCTION ADAPTATION;
AND FROM
SERVICES,
CARE FOR
TOTAL OF
DURING THE
THE FAMILIES' CAPACITY TO PROVIDE CARE. THE
IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH SERVICES AND
WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE.
INCLUDE EQUIPMENT AND/OR HOME
IN-HOME RESPITE; TRANSPORTATION TO
PERMISSIBLE SERVICES; REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL
SUPPLIES, PRESCRIPTIONS, AND PROSTHESES; AND DENTAL
THOSE INELIGIBLE FOR THIRD-PARTY REIMBURSEMENT. A
25 FAMILIES IN THE VALLEY RECEIVED THESE SERVICES
PAST YEAR.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES NOW PURCHASES SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES THROUGH CHD INDUSTRIES. THIS PROVIDES TRAINING AND
SUPPORT NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN
AT A COMPETITIVE WORK SITE.
FOR A TOTAL OF
PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
THESE SERVICES WERE PURCHASED
16 CLIENTS IN THE VALLEY DURING FY/87,
RESIDENTIAL RESPITE FACILITY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THIS YEAR.
BY RENOVATING A GARAGE INTO A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTJ
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OVERNIGHT RESPITE SERVICES TO
WHOSE SONS OR DAUGHTERS HAVE MENTAL RETARDATION.
WE WILL
FAMILIES
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTINUES TO SEEK FUNDING FOR
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS TO SERVE PERSONS WITH SPECIAL
THE NEED FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH
RETARDATION AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS (MR/ED) AND PERSONS
ARE MULTI-HANDICAPPED IS WELL-DOCUMENTED AND HAS
IDENTIFIED BY OUR BOARD AS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR
NEEDS.
MENTAL
WHO
BEEN
FUTURE
FUNDING.
THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECEIVING A GREAT
OF ATTENTION WITHIN THIS PAST YEAR. ROANOKE CITY
BEEN SPARED FROM ITS ~MPACT. THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATIONJ
TREATMENTJ OUTPATIENT
AND FAMILY COUNSELINGJ DRUG AND ALCOHOL
PROGRAMMING.
SHORT AND LONG TERM RESIDENTIAL
INDIVIDUAL~ GROUP
EDUCATION~ AND EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
DEAL
HAS NOT
PROGRAMS
THE OUTGOME OF
PROGRAMMING, IN
INSTITUTIONS, IS
THE EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION
COOPERATION WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND
A REDUCTION IN NUMBERSJ NOW AND IN THE
FUTURE, OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES NEGATIVELY IMPACTED
BY ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THESE SERVICES INCLUDE DECREASED DRUG-
RELATED CRIMEJ A DECREASE IN DRUNK DRIVING, REDUCED DOMESTIC
VIOLENCEJ AND DIMINISHED COSTS RELATED TO JOB ABSENTEEISM AND
HEALTH CARE. 1,035 ROANOKE CITY CITIZENS WERE SERVED BY YOUR
COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES DURING
THE LAST YEAR.
ON
OF
1986/87.
THE ATTACHED CHART YOU CAN SEE A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN
OUR SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY DURING FISCAL YEAR
MENTAL
PROVIDE
LONG TERM MENTAL ILLNESS.
GROUPS SUCH AS THE MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES CONTINUES TO BE UNDER PRESSURE TO
AN INCREASING LEVEL OF SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS WITH
ALONG WITH THE EFFORTS OF ADVOCACY
HEALTH ASSOCIATION, "MAKE WAVES
VIRGINIA"
THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTHJ MENTAL RETARDATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES' REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. A HIGH PRIORITY IS FOR EXPANDED SERVICES
TO PERSONS WITH LONG TERM MENTAL ILLNESS.
~AND OTHERSJ MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS SUPPORTED
AND
FOR
AS VIRGINIA SEEKS TO REDUCE THE CENSUS OF STATE
AND REQUIRES INCREASINGLY STRICT ADMISSION
ADMISSIONS TO THESE FACILITIES, OUR SERVICE TO
CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IS INCREASINGLY VITAL.
DR. FRED ROESSELJ THE AGENCY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
CHAPMAN, THE DIRECTOR
WE
INSTITUTIONS
CRITERIA FOR
THESE AFFECTED
AND THOMAS
OF ADMINISTRATION, ARE HERE WITH ME AND
WILL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
11/13/87
MHSRV DIRECTLY FUNDED PROGRAMS
FY-87 STATISTICS/JURISDICTION
CITY DF ROANOKE
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Unduplicated Unite of Value of
Client Count Service Service
MENTAL HEALTH
Counseling
Extended Care
Clubhouse
Emergencu Services
Kiwanis
Cottage School
Children's Center
Adolescent Crisis Unit
Prevention Services
Disaster Services
MH Subtotal
MENTAL REIARDATION
Counseling and
Life Skills Center
Familu Support
Work Activities
Adult Development
Supported Employment
Read Road
Niagara Road
Hazelridge ICF/MR
Apartment Living
Short Term Care
College for Living
MR Subtotal
New Directions
Hegira House
Residential
Alcoholism Program
SA Subtotal
TOTAL
FY-87 Local Share
Service/Local Dollar
719 3,142 Hours
68S 3,316 Hours
86 3,167 Days
821 1,037 Hours
10 1,283 Days
8 485 Days
16 2,132 Days
4S 1,101 Days
3,S7S 2,252 Contacts
57 3~Z Contacts
6,~20 18,262
$225 879
$2S0
$1373S0
$1~6,310
S184 697
$25 867
$250 101
$255 386
$128 454
$40,87R
$1,585,577
332 1,904 Hours $184,S15
17 17 C~ants $56,090
52 8,404 Days $130,093
14 2,523 Days $73,428
6 212 Hours $5,072
8 2,890 Days $188,491
3 828 Days
7 1,917 Days $204,481
6 488 Hours $~1,720
27 8,020 Hours
32 121 H__o~_~_s $11~
506 27,325 $825,075
560 4,626 Hours $3S1,672
18 2,196 Days $84,278
457 Z,.6~ Dal~ ~!6,g~!'
i,oas i4,470 $852,002
$256,981
$13
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November 25, 1987
File #60-467
Mr. Joel M. Schlanger
Director of Finance
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Mr. Schlanger:
I am attaching copy of Ordinance No. 28879, amending and reor-
daining certain sections of the 1987-88 Grant Fund
Appropriations, providing for the appropriation of $108,475.00
for the Chapter I Carryover Program; $606.00 for the Juvenile
Detention Home Program; decreasing the Child Development Clinic
Program by $1,403.00; and decreasing the Bureau of Crippled
Children Program by $1,505.00, which Ordinance was adopted by the
Council of the City of Roanoke at a regular meeting held on
Monday, November 23, 1987.
Sincerely, ~
Mary F. Parker, C~
City Clerk
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pc: Mr. W. Robert Herbert, City Manager
Mr. Edwin R. Feinour, Chairman, Roanoke City School Board,
3711Peakwood Drive, S. W., Roanoke, Virginia 24014
Dr. Frank P. Tota, Superintendent of Schools, P. 0. Box
13145, Roanoke, Virginia 24031
Mr. Richard L. Kelley, Executive for Business Affairs and
Clerk of the Board, P. O. Box 13105, Roanoke, Virginia
24031
Room 456 Municipal Building 215 Ohurch A',~'~ue, S.W. R,oonoke, Virginia 2a~011 (703) 981-254t
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA,
lhe 23~d day of NoYembe~, ]987.
No. 28879.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain certain sections of the
1987-88 Grant Fund Appropriations, and providing for an
emergency.
WHEREAS, for the usual daily operation of the Municipal
Government of the City of Roanoke, an emergency is declared to
exist.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of
Roanoke that certain sections of the 1987-88 Grant Fund
Appropriations, be, and the same are hereby, amended and
reordained, to read as follows, in part:
Appropriations
Education
Chapter I Carryover Program (1-11) .................
Juvenile Detention Home Program (12-16) ............
Child Development Clinic (17-19) ...................
Bureau of Crippled Children (20-22) ................
$10,308,370
508,475
47,169
43,957
54,495
Revenue
Education
Chapter I Carryover Program (23) ...................
Juvenile Detention Home Program (24) ...............
Child Development Clinic (25) ......................
Bureau of Crippled Children (26) ...................
$10,308,370
508,475
47,169
43,957
54,495
1) Director
2) Elementary
Teachers
3) Secondary
Teachers
4) Clerical
5) Aides
6) Nurses
7) Social Security
8) Retirement
9) Life Insurance
(035-060-6120-6001-0110
(035-060-6120-6001-0112
035-060-6120-6001-0113
035-060-6120-6001-0116
035-060-6120-6001-0117
035-060-6120-6001-0121
035-060-6120-6001-0204
035-060-6120-6001-0206
035-060-6120-6001-0208
$ 3,288
89,908
8,011
2,113
46,066
(13,557)
6,886)
15,601)
447)
lo)
11)
12)
13)
14)
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24)
25)
26)
Health Ins.
Indirect Costs
Indirect Costs
Supplies
Substitutes
Travel
Equipment
Indirect Costs
Supplies
Travel
Indirect Costs
Supplies
Travel
Federal Grant
Receipts
State Grant
Receipts
State Grant
Receipts
State Grant
Receipts
(035-060-6120-6001-0210)
(035-060-6120-6001-0217)
(035-060-6556-6010-0217)
(035-060-6556-6010-0309)
(035-060-6556-6010-0327)
(035-060-6556-6010-0402)
035-060-6556-6010-0510
035-060-6557-6010-0217
035-060-6557-6010-0309
035-060-6557-6010-0402
035-060-6558-6010-0217
035-060-6558-6010-0309
035-060-6558-6010-0402
(R035-060-6120-1102)
(R035-060-6556-1100)
(R035-060-6557-1100)
(R035-060-6558-1100)
$( 3,602)
818)
494)
300
200
( 400)
1,000
553)
150)
70O)
655)
150)
700)
108,475
606
( 1,403)
( 1,505)
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that, an emergency existing, this
Ordinance shall be in effect from its passage.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
crn, o~ ROANO,~r. VA. CITY
November 23, 19~7
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
Joel M. Schlanger
Appropriation of Roanoke City School Grants
I have reviewed the attached request for appropriations
for the School Board. The Chapter I Carryover Program, Juvenile
Detention Home Program, Child Development Clinic Program, and
Bureau of Crippled Children program are funded with 100% federal
or state funding.
I recommend that you concur with this request.
lrector of F'lnan;e
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' ~'~"~ ~1~ Edwin R. Feinour. Chairman
William White, Sr., ~ce Chairm~
~ld ~rtol
8oanok
Cit S ool ard
Sollye T. Coleman
LaVerne B. Dillon
David K. Lisk
James M. Tumor, Jr.
~ank P. Tota, Supcrintendenl:
Richard L Kelley. Clerk of the 8oord
P.O Box 13105, Roanoke, V~rginia 24031 · 703-981-2381
November 11, 1987
The Honorable Noel C. Taylor, Mayor
and Members 'of Roanoke City Council
Roanoke, VA ~4011
Dear Members of Council:
As the result of official School Board action at its meeting of November
10, 1987, the School Board respectfully requests City Council to appropriate
the following funds to school accounts:
Grant No. 6120-
$108,475o04 for the Chapter I Carryover program to
provide reading, language arts and mathematics
instruction for students in targeted schools. The
program is one hundred percent reimbursed by federal
funds.
Grant No. 6556- $606.00 for the Juvenile Detention Home program to
provide funds for the salary and expenses of the
teacher at the detention home. The program is one
hundred percent reimbursed by state funds.
The Board further requests City Council to make 'adiustments which
represent decreases in the following school accounts:
Grant No. 6557-($1,403.00) for the Child Development Clinic program
which provides funds for the salary and expenses of
the educational specialist at the clinic. The adjustment
represents a decrease in the allocation for the program
which is one hundred percent reimbursed by state
funds.
Excellence in Education
Members of Council
Page 2
November 11, 1987
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CC:
Grant No. 6558- ($1,505.00) for the Bureau of Crippled Children
program which provides funds for the salary and
expenses of the educational specialist at the bureau.
The adjustment represents a decrease in the allocation
for the program which is one hundred percent
reimbursed by state funds.
Sincerely, .
cRil~rh~rodf Lt ~eK eBI IoeaYr Oa
Executive for Business Affairs
Mr. Edwin R. Feinour
Dr. Frank P. Tota
Mr. William L. Murray, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth F. Mundy, Jr.
Mr. W. Robert Herbert
v~rl Wilburn C. Dibling
Joel M. Schlanger (with accounting details)
ROANOKE CITY SCHOOL BOARD
Roanoke, Virginia
APPROPRIATION R~OUEST
Chapter I CarryoYe~ 12#-87-9
bl~O
035-060-6120-6001-0110
035-050-6120-6001-0112
035-060-6120-b001-0113
035-060-5120-6001-0116
035-060-6120-b001-0117
095-060-5120-6001-0121
035-050-6120-b001-0204
035-060-6120-6001-0206
035-060-6120-6001~0208
035-060-6120-6001-0210
035-060-5120-6001-0217
Appropriation Unit
Director
Elementary Teachers
Secondary Teachers
Clerical
Aides
Nurses
Social Security
Retirement
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
Indirect Costs
$ 3,288.00
89,908.00
8,011.00
2,113.00
46,066.00
(13,557.00)
( b, 885.50)
(15, b00.65)
( 447.36)
( 3, h02.52)
( 817.83)
$ lO8, ~'7~. o4
035-060-6120-1102
Federal Grant Receipts
9 108,~75.09
The Chapter I Carryover program will provide reading, language arts and
mathematics instruction For students in targeted schools. The above
adjustment represents an increase in the allocation for the program resulting
from the carryover in unexpended FY1986-87 Chapter I Funds. The program is
one hundred percent reimbursed by Federal Funds and will end December 31, 1987.
November 10, 1987
ROANOKE CITY SCROOL HOARD
Roenoke, Virginia
APPROPHIATION REOUEST
Juvenile Detention Home 1987-88
035-0~0-655h-5010-0217
035-O00-055b-bO10-O30q
035-0~0-~556-6010-0327
035-0~0-6556-h010-0402
035-060-655~-6010-0510
Indicect Costs $ ( 494)
Supplies 300
Substitutes 200
Travel ( 400)
Equipment 1,000
Appropriation Unit ZSV $ hOb
.,
035-060-h55b-l~O0 State Grant Receipts $ bOb
The Juvenile Detention Rome proEram provides funds £or the salary and expenses
of the teacher at the detention home. The above adjustment represents an
increase in the allocation for the proEram. One hundred percent of expensee
are reimbursed by state funds. The proEram aill operate July 1, lg87 throuEh
June 30, lg88.
November 10, lg87
ROANOKE CITY SOEOOL BOARD
Roanoke, ?ir~inia
APPROPRIATION RBOUB3T
Child Development Clinic 1987-88
5557
035-060-5557-5010-0217
035-050-5557-5010-0309
035-050-5557-6010-OqOa
Appropriation Unit ZS~
Indirect Costs $ ( 553)
Supplies ( 150)
Travel ( 700)
$ ( I 1
035-050-5557-1100.
State Grant Receipts
S ( 1, ~o])
The Child Development Clinic program pcovides funds for the salary and
expenses of the educational specialist at the clinic. The above adjustment
represents a decrease in the allocation for the program. One hundred peroent
Of expenaes are reimbursed by state funds. The program Till operate July 1,
1987 through June 30, 1988.
November 10, 1987
ROANOKE CITY SCHOOL BOARD
Roanoke, Virginia
APPROPRIATION RBOUE~T
Bureau of Crippled Children
b558
035-050-b558-5010-0217
035-050-6558-~010-0309
035-060-6558-6010-0~02
~ppropriation 8nit ZSX
Indirect Costs
Supplies
Travel
~55)
150)
700)
(1,505)
o35-oeo-~558-~ 1 o(31 '
State Grant Receipts
$ ( 1, 505)
The Bureau of Crippled Children program provides funds for the salary and
expenses of the educational specialist at the bureau. The above adjustment
represents a decrease in the allocation for the program. One hundred percent
of expenses are reimbursed by state funds. The program sill operate July 1,
1987 through June 30, 1988.
November 10, 1987
November 25, 1987
File #236-200
Mr. W. Robert Herbert
City Manager
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Mr. Herbert:
A report requesting that a public hearing be scheduled for
Monday, December 7, 1987, at 7:30 p.m., to consider an amendment
to the Fiscal Year 1987-88 Corrgnunity Development Block Grant
Program, was before the Council of the City of Roanoke at a regu-
lar meeting held on Monday, November 23, 1987.
On motion, duly seconded and unanimously adopted, Council
curred in the request.
Sincerely, ~~
Mary F. Parker, CMC
City Clerk
MFP: ra
pc:
Mr. Wilburn C. Dibling, Jr., City Attorney
Mr. William F. Clark, Director of Public Works
Mr. Brian J. Wishneff, Chief of Economic Development and
Grants
Mr. John R. Marlles, Chief of Corrgnunity Planning
Mr. Charles M. Huffine, City Engineer
Mr. Ronald H. Miller, Building Corrgnissioner/Zoning
Administrator
Ms. Marie T. Pontius, Grants Monitoring Administrator
Room456 MunlcipalBuilding 215C~urchAve~ue, S.W. Roanoke, ¥1rginla 24011 (703)981-2541
Roanoke, Virginia
November 23, 1987
Honorable Mayor and Members of Council
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Members of Council:
Subject: Request for Public Hearing on Amendment to Fiscal Year
1987-1988 Community Development Block Grant Program
I. Background:
City of Roanoke receives an annual entitlement from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the form
of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).
Total CDBG budget includes program income generated from
parking lot receipts and loan repayments.
II. Current Situation:
City received year-end program income due to parking contract
revisions, land sales and rehabilitation loan repayments.
Program income plus unexpended funds from completed projects
can be allocated to needed activities.
Council will be briefed by City Manager on December 7, 1987
at regularly scheduled City Council meeting on recommended
activities for these funds.
Citizen participation requirements call for an evening public
hearing by City Council prior to amending CDBG Statement of
Objectives to HUD.
III. Recommendation:
Recommend City Council schedule Community Development Block Grant
Public Hearing on December 7, 1987 at 7:30 p.m., in Council
Chambers.
Respectfully submitted,
W. Robert Herbert
City Manager
WRH/mtp
CC.
City Attorney
Director of Finance
Director of Public Works
Chief of Economic Development &
Chief of Community Planning
City Engineer
Building Commissioner
Grants Monitoring Administrator
Grants
November 25, 1987
File #60-72
Mr. Joel M. Schlanger
Director of Finance
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Mr. Schlanger:
I am attaching copy of Ordinance No. 28880, amending and reor-
daining certain sections of the 1987-88 General Fund
Appropriation Ordinance, appropriating $71,998.00 to the Food
Stamp Employment Services Program for additional education and
training programs through the Fifth District Employment and
Training Consortium, and transferring $25,731.00 for two social
worker positions, which Ordinance was adopted by the Council of
the City of Roanoke at a regular meeting held on Monday, November
23, 1987.
Sincerely, ~/t~..-
Mary F. Parker, CMC
City Clerk
MFP: ra
Eno.
pc: Mr. W. Robert Herbert, City Manager Mr. James D. Ritchie, Director of Human Resources
Ms. Corinne B. Gott, Manager, Social Services
Mr. Earl B. Reynolds, Jr., Acting Personnel Manager
Room456 MunlclpalBullding 215 Church Ave~ue, S.W. Roano~e, Vlrglnlo24011 (703)981-2541
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA,
lhe 23rd day of N0¥ember, ]987.
No. 28880.
AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain certain sections of the
1987-88 General Fund Appropriation Ordinance, and providing for an
emergency.
WHEREAS, for the usual daily operation of the Municipal
Government of the City of Roanoke, an emergency is declared to
exist.
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of
Roanoke that certain sections of the 1987-88 General Fund
Appropriation Ordinance be, and the same are hereby, amended and
reordained, to read as follows, in part:
ADDroDriations
Health and Welfare
Employment Services (1-8) .........................
Social Services - Services (9-13) .................
Revenue I
Grants-in-Aid Commonwealth
Welfare (14-15) ..................................
$10,573,422
435,068
3,684,903
$47,659,236
6,682,220
(1) Fees for Prof.
Services (001-054-5316-2010
(2) Telephone (001-054-5316-2020
(3) Local Mileage (001-054-5316-2046
(4) Regular Employee
Salaries
(5) City Retirement
6 FICA
7 Hospitalization
Insurance
8 Life Insurance
9
(001-054-5316-1002
(001-054-5316-1105
(001-054-5316-1120
(001-054-5316-1125
(001-054-5316-1130
Regular Employee
Salaries (001-054-5314-1002
$ 68,998
1,000
2,000
20,556
2,704
1,507
756
2O8
(20,556)
(10) City Retirement
(11) FICA
(12) Hospitalization
Insurance
(13) Life Insurance
(14) Employment Services
(15) PA Administration
001-054-5314-1105)
001-054-5314-1120)
001-054-5314-1125)
001-054-5314-1130)
001-020-1234-0681)
001-020-1234-0676)
$( 2,704
1,507
756
208
97,729
(25,731)
IT FURTHER ORDAINED that, an emergency existing, this
Ordinance shall be in effect from its passage.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
?ECE?~q
CITY
November 23, 1987
Honorable Mayor Noel C. Ta r and Members of City Council
Roanoke, Virginia
Members of Council:
SUBJECT: EI~PLOYFIENT SERVICES PROGRAI4
I. BACKGROUND
Roanoke City has operated a Food Stamp Employment
Services Program for several years and is one of 22
localities in the State chosen to participate in helping
food stamp recipients find employment.
Social Services budgeted $57,276 for FY 87-88 for the
Food Stamp Employment Program. Additional funding of up
to ~73~827 was made available at the beginning of the
current 1987-88 fiscal year to expand the outreach
activities.
Additional funding up to $23~906 to continue the Grant
Diversion Program was also made available.
The employed client's Aid to Dependent Children's
grant is diverted to employers for up to nine months
of employment.
Social Services contracts with the Fifth District
Employment and Training Consortium to develop
placement of ADC clients in jobs with employers who
are willing to participate in the Grant Diversion
Program.
II. CURRENT SITUATION
Intensive casework and services are needed similar to
those used in Project Self-Sufficiency in order to
motivate Employment Services Program recipients to
upgrade their income.
1. Two social worker positions will be transferred from
Title XX programs to the Employment Services
Program.
a)
The positions are currently vacant in the
Social Services-Services budget.
b) Reimbursement will change from 80 to 100
percent.
III.
IV.
The Social Services Department will negotiate with
the Fifth District Employment and Training
Consortium for space for clients in the Job Search,
Career Exploration, and ABE/GED {Adult Basic
Education/General Education Diploma programs.
The proposed plan will provide more comprehensive
services to disadvantaged families.
ISSUES
Ao
B. Funding.
Services to Recipients.
ALTERNATIVES
Appropriate $71~998 to the Employment Services Program to
cover the additional education and training programs
through the Fifth District Employment and Training
Consortium, and transfer $257731 from the Social
Services-Services Budget for the two social worker
positions,
1. Services to Recipients.
a)
Participants in the program will receive more
intensive casework to help them overcome
barriers.
b) Job search will be intensified.
c)
Additional services will be developed through
the programs of the Fifth District Employment
and Training Consortium.
Funding, All funds expended will be 100 percent
reimbursed by the State Department of Social
Services.
Do not appropriate $717998 to the Employment Services
Program to cover the costs of additional education and
training through the Fifth District Employment and
Training Consortium, and do not transfer 2257731 from the
Social Services-Services budget for the two staff
positions.
1. Services to Recipients.
a) Increased services to recipients will not be
available due to lack of funds.
b) Education and job training programs will not be
available through the Fifth District Employment
and Training Consortium because of lack of
funds.
2. Funding. Not an issue.
V. RECOMMENDATION
City Council concur in the implementation of Alternative
~ and authorize the following:
1. Appropriate $71~998 to the following accounts:
a) $68~998 to #001-054-5316-2010, Fees for
Professional Services.
b) $ 1~000 to #001-054-5316-2020, Telephone.
c) $ 2~000 to #001-054-5316-2046, Local Mileage.
Transfer $25~731 to Employment Services from the
Social Service-Services budget as follows:
a) $20~556 from #001-054-5314-1002, Regular
Employee Salaries, to #001-054-5316-1002.
b) $ 2~704 from #001-054-5314-1105, City
Retirement, to #001-054-5316-1105.
c) $ 1~507 from #001-054-5314-1120, FICA, to
#001-054-5316-1120.
d) ~ 756 from #001-054-5314-1125,
Hospitalization Insurance, to
#001-054-5316-1125.
e) ~ 208 from #001-054-5314-1130, Life
Insurance, to #001-054-5316-1130.
Increase the revenue estimate for Employment Services,
#001-020-1234-0681, for $97,729 and decrease the revenue
estimate for Public Assistance Administration,
#001-020-1234-0676 by $25,731.
Respectfully submitted,
W. Robert Herbert
City Manager
WRH/JDR/CBG/slw
cc:
Wilburn C. Dibling, City Attorney
Joel M. Schlanger, Director of Finance
James D. Ritchie, Director of Human Resources
Corinne B. Gott, Superintendent, Social Services
November 23, 1987
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
Joel M. Schlanger
Financial Statements for the period ending October 31,
1987
The first four months of this fiscal year have been a
"mixed bag". Industrial production scored a healthy gain in
October as the number of workers increased along with work hours.
But now the so-called experts predict that the economy is a
"hostage to the stock market". October 19, 1987, dealt a blow to
the economy's momentum, but no one can predict if the blow was
fatal. Consumer spending is where the impact will show up first,
and it is proven that consumer psychology is crucial to their
continued spending habits, as the "crash" had a direct effect on
their wealth -- only time will tell.
The City of Roanoke does not appear to be suffering as
bad as some of our major industrial centers, although our category
of Other Local Taxes is not performing as one would expect,
especially when one must now consider inflation once again.
The category of Other Local Taxes as shown on page 6 of
the financial report appears to be up 3.56%, but when one takes
out the receipts on the Prepared Food and Beverage Tax, the
category is actually down from last year 7.1%.
Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
Page 2
November 23, 1987
Utility Tax revenue for the first four months of this
fiscal year is off 1.01% -- possibly reflected warmer weather
trends. Admissions Taxes are down 1.67%.
The positive factors in our local economy will be the
performance of the Tax on Prepared Food and Beverages and the
actual effect Sunday openings will have on retail sales. It is
too early to judge either at this point of time and we will
continue to monitor these closely to see if any dependable trends
develop. Interest on Investments is also up for the first four
months but this may begin to drop in the months to come as the
Federal Reserve Board pushes interest rates down to ensure that
funds are readily available.
~e
JMS:dp
!
0.9
0.8~
0.8
0.75
0.?
0.65
0.6
0.55
0.5
0.4,5
JUL
UTILITY TAX REVENUE
CITY OF ROANoK~
AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
MONTH
FY88 + 1~87 o P~B~ a ~§
TAX HiSTOrY ~EDAP
t PfiOJECTED % TOT
MONTH F¥1985 F~1~86 FYIOD? FYI988 FYI983 TTD COLLECTIONS % VARIANCE DUO:ET
N~ ~95,003 Sa 5:S,G67 59 5~A,678 07 1,$90,0H 22 3,182,36770 -40 ~4% 24 3~%
FES 599,4:?.26 653,~75 62 649,090 19 ~,890,041.22 5,972,97995 -62.74% 2339%
MA~' ;,9,~.5v 549,366.64 ~63,220 ~3 1,890,044.22 7,016,71267 -73.06% 24.39%
TOTALS d,752,024.47 6,624,256 55 7,6i6,75:54 ;,890,044 22 1,690,044.22 7,74D,000 O0 -3 62{
(TO DATE)
%iNCrEASE 6.0D% 2 $~% 10.00% -:
iTO :ATE)
1.8
16
t4
12
1.0
8
JUL
ADMISSION TAX REVENUE
CITY OF ROANO~R
AUG SEP OCT NOV DBC JAN PRB MAR APR MAY JUN
MONTH
o FT88 * FY87 o PI'B6 ~, P'1~5
t PROJECTED G TOT
FYIBDB F¥1~BD YTD COLLECTIONS ~ VARIANCE BUDGET
DEC ' "'
FE4 ;;,3~ ~4 6,;70 ~', 10,~02 8~ 60,~44 30 107,8:3 79 -43.84% 40
(TO DATE) (TO DATE)
~i~CREAS[ ;$ 82% -2~ ~3~ 77 02~ -i 87%::::=: ...... ====::=== ...... ::::::::::::::::::::::::
;TO DATE3
AS C~ O3J,~ 31, 1987
Balance July 1, 1987
C~,,,~nity Plannir~
Grounds Maintenance
~ Estate Valuati~
tkxx~mic Develol~ Lt
~r~unds M~ntenance
City Clenk
~bclx~ic Devel~uL~_nt
Perscrmel
Fifth Planning E~istrict Dues
Site Anal~is
Weed Pru~c~
~gicml Partnership Dues
Dictating Equipment
Sister City Cc~trikuti~n
Local ~ of Operations
Office Bent~atic~
276,860
5,000)
5,000)
1,576)
5,000)
5,000)
3,500)
5,000)
3,000)
40O)
2,002)
1,000)
27,742)
14,400)
198,240
Balance July 1, 1987
Building ~s/ntenance
Transfer to Capital
Shrine Hill Tennis Courts
$ 150,000
(21,720)
( 7,00q)
121,280
~aintenanceofFi~d~ssetsCc~tinger~y:
Balance July 1, 1987
200,000
Balance July 1, 1987
750,000
$1,269,520
CITY C~ ~
(I~ARATIVE ~
FGR THE 4 MCNI~S fk~D O2~ 31, 1987
Ommercial Sales
Dur~stic Sales
~ Sales
To~n of Vintm~
~ Services
Persc~al Servicss
~ E~enses
Purificatic~
Interest on Investments
~ents
Miscellar~us
1987
$ 355,295
524,243
37,250
23,466
519,307
109,773
1,569,334
250,480
297,701
142,084
65,415
755,680
813,654
204,655
608,999
42,462
2,213
322
2,209
47,206
656,205
9,222
9,222
$ 646,983
1986
$ 339,556
523,229
39,918
15,317
237,710
103,471
1,259,201
244,297
189,854
132,518
82,737
649,406
609,795
196,736
413,059
62,872
1,475
11,181
2,909
78,437
491,496
12,356
12,356
$ 479,140
Office Furniture & Mquilmmnt
Vehicular m~ui~mnt
S.W. Trunk Line (Phase 4)
12 Line ~%3~_11
16 Line G.C. Tank #3
New Services Hyd. Lines FY 87
New Services Hyd. L.~-~es FY 88
UD_id=,tified plant F~la~L~t FY 87
Unident/fied Plant Reply,--.~L FY 88
Foreland - Ben Tie In
B~ley Hills Pump
Frarklin Ro~d Tank Land
FY85 Projects Design
FY86 Projects Design
Franklin Road Tank
Watershed Protectice Carvins Cove
Less Prior Year Ex~tures
Year to Dste
$ 1,035
13,723
23,826
2,276
37,525
432,035
277,486
180,149
50,287
22,310
7,695
20,688
159,846
141,251
11,371
174,153
24,319
12,103
227,336
48,550
196,412
2,064,376
1,553,697
$ 510,679
NU£U: ~ of t_hmse pro."ts are cc~_inu~d from FY 87 with /3~tic~ to dat~ totals.
10
C1TY CF R~Al~E
FCR ~ 4 )4~FiTIS I~E]ED ~ 31, 1987
~ Services
Interfund Services
Persc~qal Services
1987
$1,392,104
221,330
78,207
373,413
17,158
50,234
4,433
2,136,879
381,565
1,212,565
1,594,130
542,749
298,213
244,536
97,334
5,140
2,322
104,796
349,332
40,413
308,919
1986
$1,369,322
277,525
39,626
229,761
10,710
34,702
1,974
1,963,620
392,875
1,003,482
1,396,357
567,263
288,331
278,932
75,011
13,778
3,985
92,774
371,706
46,512
$ 325,194
Net Ino~L~
11
Digester Gas Line
Williar~ ~ East Sewer Phi Cc~t II
Blue Hills Rive E~t. @ BC1T
Se~mg~ Lift Static~
Fine Mesh Screens
I~ss Prior Year ExpendituDes
Total Cu~z~nt Year Expenditures
Year to Date
$ 7,160
24,440
315,374
148
26,113
17,193
353,289
84,854
12,250
86,095
244,502
22,745
14,889
9,900
1,218,952
360,927
$ 858,025
NJr~: S(x~ of these pro~ts are ~.~tinued frc~ FY 87 with ir~=pticn to date totals.
RC~NC~E ~crct~AL ~ CfM~ISSICN
FCR ~E 4 ~42N/HS ~ OJ~,~ 31, 1987
Building and m~i~ment ~m~tals
Terminal Buildir~ Rentals
Other k~_rty Ben, als
a~ertisin~
Fuel ~
Net Ilg~l~
1987
$ 140,134
56,179
68,109
10,718
7,803
507,704
16,321
12,040
819,008
144,505
393,989
538,494
280,514
193,411
87,103
200,000
54,407
254,407
341,510
36,725
$ 304,785
1986
$ 144,744
56,178
71,911
13,446
7,347
473,473
10,852
13,037
790,988
138,608
248,435
387,043
403,945
181,246
222,699
-0-
90,960
90,960
313,659
37,884
$ 275,775
13
nznit=e and Eq~nt
Vehicular ~qui~nt
New Airport Projects FY 87
New mr~o~ Projec~ FY 88
AlP %01
~ise Protection & Sound~roofin~
Auto Transfer Switd~
Year to Date
$ 696
2,400
42,500
105,027
77,774
84,477
1,884,865
48,262
40,948
31,150
Imss Prior Year E~penditures
Total Cu~=~,L Year E~pe~it~res
2,318,099
2,004,408
$ 313,691
Nu£~: Scme of these pro~=cts are cc~tinued fr~n FY 87 with in.priori to date totals.
~L'lY OF Rf~N~E
CIVIC C~l~ ~
C~ARATIVE ~
FCR THE 4 ~ ~ Oc~%~m~ 31, 1987
l:erscnal Services
Utilities and Cutttunic~tic:~s
P£u,oLic~al I~s:
~ Services
Serviess and C~arges
Operating (5oss) eefore Depreciation
Less: Depreciaticm
operati~
Add: Nc~-Operatir~
1987
$ 82,608
10,014
36,006
1,280
27,578
33,292
190,778
159,101
97,512
184,462
17,764
4,392
463,231
272,453)
96,412
368,865)
17,711
6,444
24,155
$( 344,710)
1986
$ 90,775
15,511
24,230
9,774
15,713
17,999
174,002
152,743
113,016
151,203
12,875
1,362
431,199
(257,197)
101,681
358,878)
19,713
1,766
21,479
$(337,399)
Net (loss)
15
Year to Date
$ 16,977
$ 16,977
CITY OF ~
INi~4~L S~ICE ~
O~A~%TIVE ~
PeR ~E 4 ~ ~I~D ~ 31, 1987
o~_rati~ E~_nses
Total Operati/~ Expenses Before Dep~=ciation
Operating Inccme (I~ss) Before Depreciatic~
Less: Dep~=ciatic~
oi:~ratirg
1987
$1,882,522
1,882,522
1,178,964
656,343
1,835,307
47,215
148,035
(100,820)
24,152
24,152
$(76,668)
1986
$1,486,559
1,486,559
1,200,472
554,101
1,754,573
(268,014)
132,964
(400,978)
3,926
3,926
$(397,052)
Net (~x~s)
17
Y~ar ~o Dm~e
$ 45,053
69,800
60,164
1,140
$ 176,157
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CITY OF ROANOHE, VIR;INIA
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE
GENERAL STRTEHE#T OF ACCOUNTRBILITY
FO~ flONTH ENOED OCTOBER 31, 1987
TO THE DZRECTOB OF FINANCE:
GENERAL 5T&TEHENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE CITY TREASURER OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE, VTRGIAIA
FOR THE FUHDS OF SAID CITY THE ~ONTH ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1987.
FUHD BALANCE AT RECEIPTS DZSBOBSEHENTS BALANCE NT BALANCE AT
SEPT. 30, 1987 OCT. 31, 1987 OCT. 31, 1986
GEHERAL $&,&B&,609.97 VIO,408,0VE.44 $11,068,080.04 V10,977~050.37 V&,986,414.SA
CAPZTRL $20,90B,O$5.SE 6338,248.68 $770,072.06 $O0,47B,4B&.14 V19,315,130.83
DEBT SERUZCE V9o218.38 V599,903.13 J106,909.6a V50~,211.89 $5,895,00E.74
IMTEO V1,939,666.46 V360,559.4a V401,158.21 VI,899,073.67 V3,191,1~1.37
SEA~E TREATHEHT V4,344,869.5! V43T,791.47 $8~9,D71.82 V3,953,089.16 VO,745,TEO.07
RZRPOBT V5,096,765.55 V809,160.O9 V3,121,470.85 K2,804,454.99 $4,376,E75.43
CIVIC CEHTER S655,09~.31 642,843.57 V109,718.09 V588,2~4.79 V759,688.05
INTERNAL SERVICE S1,011,97E.16 V591,905.13 6449,4E3.82 91,154,453.47 $10~,980.57
PAYROLL [$1,803,911.76) ST,399,548.65 $9,0~8,567.09 (S3,43~,930.E0) S94,38"-J.04
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE $13,888.85 $60,919.56 S318,738.81 (V~48,970.40! $331.56
FIFTH DIST COHSORTIUfl $56,1E0.39 V31,509.89 $117,312.99 ($EB,&8~.71) ($63,6&1.03!
GRANT PROOBANS J6,011.67 V48E~76&.79 S699,359.32 ($010,580.86! (1494)617.71)
TOTAL V38,868,540.01 $E5,983,655.00 $27,0E0,374.78 V37,831,8~0.31 V48,909,151.48
CERTIFICATE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE STATEHENT OF HY ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE CITY OF
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, FOR TOE FUNDS OF THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS THEREOF FOR THE HONTH EN~INC
0CTOBER 81, 1987 THAT SAID FOREGOING:
CERTIFICATES
CASH OF DEPOSITS
UNXTED STATES
SECURITIES TOTALS
CASH IN HAND
CASH IN DOBINIOB BANK
CASH IN COLONIAL ANERICAN NATZOBAL DANK
INUESTHENTS ACQUIRED FflOH CONPETITIVE PROPOSALS:
DONZNION BANK
COLONIAL AHERICAN NATIONAL BANK
SOVRAN BANK
CRESTRR BANK
SIGNET BANK
CENTBAL FIDELITY
FIRST FEOERAL SAVINGS A LOAN
$65,541.10 $65,541.1E
($385,339.15l IV385,339.15)
fl,&18.34 $1,618.34
618,000,000.00
63,000,000.V0
$3,650,000.00
SO,&50,OOO.OO
S18,000,BO0.O0
$3,000,000.00
$7,500,000.00 $7,500,000.00
$3,000,000.00 03,000,000.00
$3,000,OOO.O0 $3,0D0,000.00
TDTALS lt318,179.69! $34,500,000.00 $3,650,000.00 $37,831,82V.31
DATE: NOVEHEER 11, 1987 // ~
R~OKE CITY TREASffiER
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CITY (~ RC~gC~E P~SIGg PlAN
STAT~ ~ ~ A~D E~I~SES
FCR q~E 4 ~ f~E~D 0Clu~ 31, 1987
Inve~ ~t~nt Income
Gain ~ Sale of Inves~%~a~ts
In.u,= frc~ Bond Discount ~mc~tizati~n
1987
$ 1,493,712
773,743
1,102,405
83,085
$ 3,452,945
1986
$ 1,521,983
808,231
1,354,572
31,111
$ 3,715,897
Net Income Year to Este
$ 1,347,668
55,121
-0-
89,655
1,884
681
1,495,009
$ 1,957,936
$ 1,350,144
93,372
6,717
64,382
1,884
34,146
1,550,645
$ 2,165,252
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CITY C~ ~ PI~SICN PlAN
BALANCE
AS OF 0~]~ 31, 1987
(mazket value - 1987 $80,460,176 and 1986 $79,006,805)
Prepaid Expenses
Total Assets
1987
$ 155
81,468,170
3,296
$81,471,621
1986
$ 408
69,971,643
8,947
$69,980,998
Fund Balance, July 1
Net Inco~ Year to Date
$79,513,685
1,957,936
81,471,621
$81,471,621
67,815,746
2,165,252
69,980,998
$69,980,998
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Office of the City Cle~
November 25, 1987
File #137
~r. Wilburn C. Dibling,
City Attorney
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Mr. Dibling:
I am attaching copy of Resolution No. 28881, adopting and
endorsing a Legislative Program for the City for 1988, and
establishing a Special Meeting of Council for 3:30 p.m., on
December 7, 1987, for the purpose of presenting the Legislative
Program to the City's delegation to the 1988 Session of the
General Assembly, which Resolution was adopted by the Council of
the City of Roanoke at a regular meeting held on Monday, November
23, 1987.
Sincerely, ~~
Mary F. Parker, CMC
City Clerk
MFP:ra
Eric.
pc:
The Honor~l.e Mayor and Members of Roanoke City Council
Mr. W. Robert Herbert, City Manager
Mr. Joel M. Schlanger, Director of Finance
Mr. Edwin R. Feinour, Chairman, Roanoke City School Board,
3711Peakwood Drive, S. W., Roanoke, Virginia 24014
Dr. Frank P. Tota, Superintendent of Schools, P. 0. Box
13145, Roanoke, Virginia 24031
Mr. Richard L. Kelley, Executive for Business Affairs and
Clerk of the Board, P. 0. Box 13105, Roanoke, Virdinia
24031
Room 456 Municipal Building 215 C~urch A',,'~c~ue, $.W. Roanoke, Vlrg~io 2401 t (703) 981-254.1
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA,
The 23rd day of November, ]987.
No. 28881.
A RESOLUTION adopting and endorsing a Legislative Program for the
City for 1988, and establishing a Special Meeting of Council for 3:30
p.m. on December 7, 1987, for the purpose of presenting the Legislative
Program to the City's delegation to the 1988 Session of the General
Assembly.
WHEREAS,
be aware of
WHEREAS,
the members of City Council are in a unique position to
the legislative needs of this City and its people;
previous Legislative Programs of the City have been re-
sponsible for improving the efficiency of local government and the
quality of life of citizens of this City; and
WHEREAS, Council is desirous of again adopting and endorsing a
Legislative Program to be advocated by the Council and its represen-
tatives at the 1988 Session of the General Assembly;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by
as follows:
1. The Legislative Program
report, dated November 23, 1987,
the Council of the City of Roanoke
transmitted by the City Attorney's
is hereby adopted and endorsed by the
Council as the City's official Legislative Program for the 1988 Ses-
sion of the General Assembly.
2. A Special Meeting of City Council is hereby scheduled for
December 7, 1987, at 3:30 p.m., in Council's Conference Room, Municipal
Building, 215 Church Avenue, S. W., in this City, for presentation of
the Legislative Program to the City's legislative delegation to the
1988 Session of the General Assembly.
3. The City Clerk is directed to issue cordial invitations to
the City's Senator and delegates to the 1988 Session of the General
Assembly to attend Council's Special Meeting on December 7, 1987.
ATTEST:
City Clerk.
WILBURN C, DIBLING, ,JR.
CiTY AI-rORN£Y
[:ITY ~:: :
~[~ '87 ~'"'t~;
OFFICE: OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
464 MUNICIPAL BUILDING
ROANOKE. VIRGINIA 2401 I
703-981-2431
November 23, 1987
The Honorable Mayor and Members
of City Council
Roanoke, Virginia
Dear Mrs. Bowles and Gentlemen:
Please reserve space on the Agenda of November 23, 1987,
for presentation by the City Attorney of the City's 1988
Legislative Program.
With kindest personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Wilburn C. Dibling, -Jr.
City Attorney
WCDJr:fcf
CITY ATTORNEY
OFFIC£ 01~ THE CITY ATTORNEY
464 MUNICIPAL BUILDING
ROANOKE. VIRGINIA 24011
703-981-2431
November 23, 1987
The Honorable Mayor and Members
of City Council
Roanoke, Virginia
Re: 1988 Legislative Program
Dear Mrs. Bowles and Gentlemen:
Attached is a draft of a proposed Legislative Program
for the City for 1988. Also attached is a Resolution by
which Council may endorse the Program and schedule a Special
Meeting of Council for presentation of the Program to our
legislators. Council may, of course, add items to the Pro-
gram, delete items or amend provisions of the Program.
shall be pleased to work with Council to insure that the
Program addresses all of Council's important legislative
concerns.
As you can see, the Legislative Program is probably the
most ambitious and extensive we have ever considered. There
are twenty-six specific legislative proposals, almost all of
which are new. Among the policy statements, you will find
that the statement on "Special Needs of Central Cities" has
been extensively rewritten and that the statement on "Govern-
mental Immunity" is new. The Legislative Program again in-
cludes the more important legislative items recommended by
the School Board and is, in fact, a joint Legislative Pro-
gram for City Council and the School Board.
The Legislative Program is the result of a twelve-month
process. Immediately after the 1987 Session of the General
Assembly, we began collecting ideas and background informa-
tion for the 1988 Legislative Program. Throughout the year,
the legislative file was updated. Prior to putting this
Legislative Program in draft form, comments and suggestions
were sought from members of City Council, constitutional
officers, council-appointed officers and the City Manager
The Honorable Mayor and Members
of City Council
November 23, 1987
Page 2
and his directors. This draft draws together many excellent
comments and suggestions, and I am indebted to all those who
have offered the benefit of their thoughts.
All the items included in the Legislative Program have
been evaluated by the following criteria:
1. magnitude of importance;
2. effect on efficiency of City government
or quality of life of residents; and
3. political feasibility.
I believe that each item included in this Program is impor-
tant; that each will improve the efficiency of City govern-
ment or improve the quality of life of our citizens; and
that each is politically feasible.
Attached to this report is a Resolution by which Council
may endorse the 1988 Legislative Program and schedule the re-
quired Special Meeting. As you know, this Program will be
presented to our legislators at a Special Meeting to be held
at 3:30 p.m., on December 7, 1987. A cordial invitation to
this meeting has been extended to each of our legislators
and to the School Board and Superintendent.
With kindest personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Wilburn C. Dibling, ~r.
City Attorney
WCDJr:fcf
Attachments
CC:
Honorable Chairman and Members, Roanoke City School Board
Dr. Frank P. Tota, Superintendent
W. Robert Herbert, City Manager
Joel M. Schlanger, Director of Finance
Mary F. Parker, City Clerk
POLICY STATEMENTS
Effective Government
Local governments were originally organized to provide
essential services and protection that citizens could
not or would not provide for themselves. Examples of
such essential local services are education, provision for
health and welfare, police and fire protection, delivery
of safe water, sewage treatment and refuse collection.
Local governments and their officials are continually
striving for economy and productivity in delivery of such
services. Unfortunately, the essential services for which
local governments were originally created have been over-
shadowed by numerous less critical programs mandated by the
federal and State governments.
The federal and State governments should recognize that
local governments are the best vehicle for the delivery of
basic public services because local governments are closest
to the people and most responsive to their needs. Further-
more, basic public services cannot be performed in the most
effective way if Virginia adopts the federal model of over-
regulation with the State dictating in minute detail the
structure of all local government, the administrative and
legislative procedures to be followed uniformly by all local
governments and the details of all programs administered at
the local level.
With more and more programs and functions being returned
to the states and localities by the federal government, it
is important that local governments be granted greater auton-
omy to manage their own affairs and that the Commonwealth re-
frain from intervention in local policy and administrative
issues.
Mandated Programs
Efforts to reduce huge federal deficits will almost certainly
involve more responsibility at the State and local levels.
As the federal government eliminates programs and functions,
there will be a continuing temptation for the State to pass
these programs and responsibilities down to its already
financially stressed cities, towns and counties. It is,
however, unrealistic to expect local governments to assume
any new mandates, either through law or regulations, which
require expenditure of local funds. Moreover, local tax-
payers are not supportive of local tax increases to fund
mandates from Richmond.
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The General Assembly and the Governor are urged to actively
seek the reduction of excessive regulatory and statutory
mandates. As noted in the 1984 Joint Legislative Audit and
Review Commission (JLARC) study of Local Mandates and Fiscal
Resources, State mandates in the area of education and
social services are of serious financial concern to locali-
ties. The General Assembly is strongly urged to address
the local fiscal impact of State mandates during the 1988
Session.
Revenue and Finance
The study of local governments conducted by the JLARC in
1983 found that most local governments are fiscally stressed
and that cities are generally more fiscally stressed than
counties. Furthermore, the same study found that the fiscal
stress of localities has been increasing in recent years.
A major factor in the fiscal stress of localities is the
level of State aid and State mandates. State aid to locali-
ties has grown at a rate considerably less than the rate of
growth in State general fund revenues, and, at the same
time, the State has continually imposed new unfunded man-
dates on the localities. These factors are compounded by
rapidly shrinking federal aid.
The problem of fiscal stress is further complicated by the
continued erosion of the local tax base. The General
Assembly is urged not to cap, remove or further restrict any
revenue sources that are currently available to localities,
including taxing authority and user fees. Investigation and
study of additional local revenue sources is also encouraged.
Historically, real and personal property taxes have been the
foundation of local tax revenues. The State's restriction
and erosion of other local resources, however, have resulted
in over reliance on property taxes, placing local govern-
ments in financial jeopardy. JLARC's own study shows that
the real property tax rate in Virginia is the second highest
among fifteen Southern states and fifty percent higher than
nine Southern States. The City supports additional and more
equitable sources of revenue, but the decision on which, if
any, local revenue sources should be reduced or eliminated
should be strictly a local decision.
Education
The Report of the Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future
states that education should be the highest priority of the
Commonwealth. Yet, the Report notes that Virginia has not
honored its commitment to education.
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Inadequacy of State funding of education is readily apparent
in our own City. Using new methodology, the General Assembly
set the per pupil cost of the Standards of Quality (SOQ) at
$2,400 for Fiscal Year 1987-1988. Actual per pupil cost for
City students, however, is estimated to be $3,923 for Fiscal
Year 1987-1988. Moreover, the City schools actually receive
only $848 per pupil for this Fiscal Year after application
of the composite index and State sales tax to the SOQ fund-
ing formula.
Full funding of the State's share of the actual cost of the
Standards of Quality and full funding of categorical educa-
tional mandates is a high legislative priority of the City.
Special Needs Of Central Cities
The larger, more urbanized, central cities of the Common-
wealth, such as this City, provide a full range of housing,
health, mental health, transportation, social and humanitari-
an services. School systems in these cities provide excel-
lent special education programs, and private charities
located in central cities provide a broad range of chari-
table assistance. These factors make the Commonwealth's
central cities a magnet for those in need of services.
Consider these examples:
The school superintendent of a small, rural
county finds that he must implement a very
costly education program for a disabled child.
He knows that this program is already in place
in a nearby city school system, and he suggests
that the family consider moving to the city
where the child can receive the needed ser-
vices.
A young, unemployed resident of a suburban
county needs work, but he has no transporta-
tion and needs training to qualify for most
jobs he sees listed in the newspaper. He
decides to move to the city where he can par-
ticipate in a public jobs training program
and make use of the public bus system.
An elderly welfare recipient needs to be
nearer to medical facilities. Her rural
county has no hospital, no public transpor-
tation, no public housing and no subsidized
housing units. She hears about a new subsi-
dized housing project for the elderly in a
nearby city. She decides to move to the city
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where more affordable housing is available
and where she can be closer to medical facili-
ties. *
It is not surprising that our central cities include a dis-
proportionate number of elderly, mentally ill, handicapped,
disabled, illiterate, unemployed, impoverished and homeless
persons. The City of Roanoke has graciously shared its
municipal resources with those in need of services· The
City's generosity continues while the communities from which
these persons come make no contribution toward their sup-
port. The magnet effect, however, creates an unfair finan-
cial burden for the central city and its taxpayers.
The financial drain of the magnet effect is compounded by
the need of central cities to provide police, fire, trans-
portation and water and sewer services at a level not re-
quired in adjoining suburban or rural localities. These
services benefit the entire region, but are paid for pri-
marily by City taxpayers.
Historically, the fiscal stress of central cities has been
relieved by annexation. Recently, however, the power of
annexation has without logic, been denied to the central
cities which need it most. If the central cities of the
Commonwealth are to remain strong, viable units of govern-
ment, which is in the best interest of the Commonwealth,
decisive action needs to be taken. Among those actions
which should be considered are:
Special funding by the Commonwealth of
those services provided by central cities
which benefit the entire region;
Reinstitution of the annexation power of
central cities; and
Creation of financial incentives for local
government mergers which result in stronger,
more viable units of local government.
Economic Development
Economic development is a way of improving the economy and
tax base of the Commonwealth and its localities. Virginia has,
unfortunately, lagged behind neighboring states in its economic
development programs and activities. The City endorses the em-
phasis of Governor Baliles on economic development, which includes
all those activities that enhance the economic well being of the
The author gratefully a~knowledges that the idea for these examples ~,~ from
deliberations of the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia Task Force on Local
Gove~-i.,~nt Structure.
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Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, and the increased
efforts of the Division of Industrial Development to foster eco-
nomic development in Virginia.
According to the Report of the Governor's Commission on Vir-
ginia's Future, Virginia needs an economic development strate-
gy. The Commonwealth is implored to form a partnership with
its localities to develop a stat·wide strategy which should
recognize the unique economic development problems of Virgi-
nia's land poor cities· Tourism and convention activity
should be recognized as integral components of economic
development. The Commonwealth is also urged to study the
idea of a grant program to allow localities to make the
necessary capital improvements to compete effectively for
economic development opportunities.
Drugs
The City and School Board are vitally concerned about the
problems caused by drugs in our society and support efforts
to increase programs designed for the prevention and cure
of drug abuse.
Governmental Immunity
Every session of the General Assembly brings new assaults
on the doctrines of governmental immunity for political sub-
divisions and official immunity for local government employees·
These doctrines should be retained, and in fact strengthened,
for, among others, the following reasons:
Local governments would be forced by loss of
immunity to eliminate or cut back high risk
functions or services, such as operation of
nursing homes, parks and playgrounds and
athletic programs, and such action is not in
the public interest.
Frivolous suits would be encouraged. Local
governments would be viewed as a "deep pocket"
making them an easy target for plaintiffs who
could bring suit without even attempting to
identify the employee allegedly at fault.
Cost of local government would increase rapid-
ly at a time when localities can ill afford a
new major drain on financial resources. Cost
of defense of litigation may be a more serious
problem than the obvious cost of paying judg-
ments. When the City and an employee are sued,
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conflicts may require a separate attorney for
each party. A recent authoritative study shows
that, of every $4 paid out in litigation by
local government, $3 goes to legal costs; only
$1 actually goes to compensate plaintiffs.
Threat of harassing lawsuits may make local
government officials less likely to act deci-
sively where courageous or difficult actions
are in order. Good government is difficult
to achieve when officials operate under con-
stant fear of lawsuits.
The $25,000 cap on liability under the Virginia
Tort Claims Act is illusory. Constant pressure
will keep the cap spiraling upward.
The City is opposed to any extension of the Virginia Tort
Claims Act to localities and supports extension of immunity
to certain groups of municipal employees and volunteers who
are particularly vulnerable to suits which jeopardize the
very existence of programs desired by the community. An ex-
ample of a group of employees and volunteers needing immunity
is coaches and officials serving in youth athletic programs
sponsored by the City.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
SALES TAX - LOCAL OPTION
The City strongly urges the General Assembly to enact
legislation authorizing all localities to levy an additional
one-half cent local option sales tax, the revenues from such
additional tax to be used for general government purposes.
This tax authority would be in addition to the one cent
local option sales tax now available to cities and counties.
If authorized and levied by the City, the Director of Finance
estimates an additional $5.7 million would be generated for
the City's general fund.
EXTENSION OF LOCAL EXCISE TAX TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALONE
State Code $58.1-3840 authorizes cities or towns having the
general taxing power to levy an excise tax on "meals". The
"meals" tax has been applied to alcoholic beverages which
are sometimes considered to be an integral part of a "meal".
Authority would not seem to exist, however, to apply the
"meals" tax to alcoholic beverages alone because alcoholic
beverages alone are not normally considered to fall within
the definition of a "meal".
The City seeks the flexibility to apply a local excise tax
to (1) food served as a meal alone, (2) food served as a
meal and alcoholic beverages or (3) alcoholic beverages
alone. To accomplish this objective, it is suggested that
$58.1-3840 be amended to read "...meals, alcoholic bever-
ages, whether or not served as part of a meal, .... " There
is, of course, no intent to apply such tax to alcoholic
beverages sold by State-operated stores or by retail estab-
lishments for off-premises consumption.
FINANCIAL STRESS OF URBAN SCHOOL DIVISIONS
As an urban school division, the Roanoke City Schools are
faced with the dilemma of educating an increasing number of
disadvantaged youngsters while struggling with decreasing
financial resources as a result of municipal overburden evi-
dent in the cities of the Commonwealth. The fiscal stress
experienced by urban localities and their school divisions
is demonstrated by the 1986 JLARC study of local fiscal
stress and state aid.
Ten of fourteen major urban school divisions in Virginia
were classified by this study as "High Stress--Poor Fiscal
Position" category. The factors which caused the classifi-
cation of these urban school divisions as fiscally-stressed
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included: high tax effort, large special education popula-
tion, a significant number of low income housing units, a
transient student population and a high per pupil cost.
One of the prime recommendations of the 1986 JLARC study was
that stressed urban areas should receive special considera-
tion in State funding formulas. The study recommended that
these formulas be periodically reassessed and should include
measures of local fiscal stress. The City Council and
School Board urge the General Assembly to include measures
of local fiscal stress in the formula used for the distribu-
tion of Basic State Aid to local school divisions.
The evidence of the JLARC study also indicates that
Virginia's urban school divisions require improved State
categorical funding assistance if they are to provide the
educational services needed to educate disadvantaged youth.
State funding assistance is required for preschool programs,
remedial reading and literacy programs, dropout prevention,
summer school, special education and innovative technology
programs. Such funding must represent a real increase in
the total State funds received by urban school divisions and
not a mere shifting of funds from one appropriation category
to another.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Since FY80-81 the cost of special education services in the
Roanoke City Schools has increased by 110%. The JLARC study
on fiscal stress indicated that priority State funding should
be provided to special education programs to meet the
State's commitment to fund program mandates.
The City Schools now employ llS special education teachers
and 60 special education aides, or 8.4 teachers per 1,000
students and 4.4 aides per 1,000 students. The State Basic
Aid formula, however, only provides funding for 3.4 special
education teachers per 1,000 students and .S special educa-
tion aides per 1,000 students. The State is requested to
increase the number of special education teachers and aides
in the Basic Aid funding formula in order to reflect the
actual number of such positions employed by school divisions
with a high incidence of special education children.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS
The Roanoke City Schools now serve 75 preschool pupils
through Chapter I funds. An additional 475 four-year old
youngsters from disadvantaged, single parent or moderate
income homes require preschool educational services. Since
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preschool education has proven to be an important factor in
developing the academic potential of low income students, it
is imperative that State assistance be provided to urban
school divisions for this program. The State is requested
to fund 50% of the cost of this program.
REMEDIAL READING AND LITERACY PROGRAMS
The Roanoke City Schools now receive approximately $450,000
in remedial educational funds which are used to provide
junior high school reading teachers and to reduce primary
grade class size. The State's new literacy passport program
will require additional reading instruction in grades I - 6
to provide low-achieving students with the reading skills
necessary to obtain the passport. State funding should be
approved to employ an additional 3.0 reading teachers per
1,000 students and subsequently raise the number of State
funded instructional positions from 58.3 to 61.3 per 1,000
students.
CAPITAL NEEDS OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS
The General Assembly should appoint a Study Commission to
review the capital needs of local school districts and de-
termine if State categorical funding is required for capital
maintenance and equipment replacement requirements. Several
states now provide capital funds directly to local school
districts with the proviso that these funds must be used for
capital items. The study should specifically focus on
short-term, recurring capital replacement items such as
equipment, buses, furniture, roofs and other minor capital
outlay items. A recent VEA study showed that over $1.4 bil-
lion in school capital requirements are projected for local
school divisions through FY92.
EDUCATIONAL MANDATES
The City and School Board are strongly opposed to legisla-
tion that takes away the authority of local school boards and
governing bodies to finance and manage local school divi-
sions. Specifically, the City and School Board are opposed
to mandates relating to teacher salary increases and the
school calendar, requirements of additional school personnel
without full funding, and State intervention in personnel
policies.
TRADE AND CONVENTION CENTERS
A number of states around the country, including many in
the Southeast (Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama), have
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begun participating in funding of trade and convention cen-
ters for localities. In some states, direct grants are be-
ing given to localities to construct these facilities which
generate substantial State and local tax revenues. There-
fore, we would urge the General Assembly to set up a study
committee to look at whether the State should be partici-
pating financially, in some way, in the funding of trade and
convention centers.
The City of Roanoke has now completed a feasibility study
as to whether there is a market for a trade center in
Roanoke, and this study establishes the economic viability
of such facility. A more detailed study now needs to be
undertaken on location. Assuming the State concludes that
it has a role in encouraging these facilities, the City
requests $250,000 to do the planning, architectural and
engineering work necessary to site this facility which
would foster the economic development of all Southwest
Virginia.
FUNDING OF PARKING GARAGES AS "TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES"
The Governor's Commission on the Twenty-First Century is
continuing its work. The Subcommittee on Finance, headed
by Senator Hunter Andrews, will be making a series of recom-
mendations on giving localities additional local option
revenue sources to support transportation activities. The
City of Roanoke urges that the definition of "transporta-
tion activity" be written so that parking garages are inclu-
ded in the definition. Certainly, for urban areas, such as
Roanoke, parking garages and the ability to build them are
an integral part of transportation planning.
TRANSPORTATION - IMPROVED ACCESS TO BLACKSBURG/VIRGINIA TECH
Direct access between the Roanoke Valley and Blacksburg/
Virginia Tech is important to economic development efforts
in Southwest Virginia. The City supports a study commis-
sioned by the Town of Blacksburg which finds that a new road
leading from the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center
east to a point near the existing intersection of Route 641
with Interstate 81 is the best solution to the problems
associated with access between the Roanoke Valley and
Blacksburg/Virginia Tech. See Resolution No. 28762, August
10, 1987, at Appendix page A-1.
FULL FUNDING OF STATE MANDATED PROGRAMS
JLARC's July, 1985, update to its 1984 State Mandates on Local
Governments study recommended that State ~-~-nding e- e~ncreased
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substantially for special education, social services auxiliary
grants and State-mandated health programs. The City strongly
supports this recommendation and also strongly supports full
funding of the State's share of the actual costs of both
Standards of Quality education mandates and categorical educa-
tion programs, and continued State support of human services
programs. Furthermore, the General Assembly and the Governor
are urged to actively seek the reduction of excessive regula-
tory and statutory mandates.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND STATE AND LOCAL HOSPITALIZATION FUNDING
JLARC is currently completing a study of discrepancies in
funding of local health department and State and local
hospitalization programs. On November 9, 1987, JLARC re-
leased a preliminary staff briefing entitled "Funding the
State and Local Hospitalization and the Cooperative Health
Department Programs." The City commends to the General
Assembly JLARC's new funding formulas for both programs
which utilize the local revenue capacity ratio with an in-
come adjustment.
Ail cities and counties are required to have a health
department by $32.1-30, Code of Virginia (1950), as amended.
These departments provide a wide variety of medical and
environmental services. The current State formula for
funding local health departments, which was developed in
1954, provides for a minimum local contribution of 18 per-
cent and a maximum local contribution of 45 percent. This
City's local contribution is currently at the maximum 45
percent level. According to the new JLARC study, the local
share currently required bears no relationship to community
health needs or to community ability to pay for services.
JLARC has recommended a new funding formula for health
departments which recognizes local revenue capacity and
variations in the income of residents in each locality.
Applying the JLARC-recommended funding formula, this City's
local share of the health department budget would be reduced
from 45 percent to 31.09 percent. If applied to the current
City budget, this reduction in local share would have re-
sulted in savings of $310,273.
Applying JLARC's new formula to the State and local hospi-
talization program, this City's local share of program costs
is reduced from 25 percent to 17.27 percent. If applied to
the current City budget, this reduction in local share would
have resulted in savings of $14,300.
The City urges support for the new JLARC-recommended funding
formulas for health department and State and local hospi-
talization programs. The new JLARC-recommended formulas
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represent a very positive step toward more equitable funding
of central cities whose residents have a high demand for
these services, but little ability to pay for them.
MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION - STATE FUNDING
The State should provide adequate funding, including Title
XX funds, to local community services boards for mental
health, mental retardation services and substance abuse
services. The City supports the community services com-
ponent of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retar-
dation and Substance Abuse Services' comprehensive plan
which calls for an additional $70 million a year in fund-
ing for community services boards. This sum would be a
step toward fulfilling the financial commitment the State
made when it began the process of deinstitutionalization.
This funding should not be diverted to State institutions
and should not be at the expense of other human services
programs.
The City of Roanoke also believes that in-kind services
should continue to be included as part of the local con-
tribution to community services boards.
The General Assembly must recognize through its method of
funding for mental health and mental retardation programs
the heavy, additional burden which is borne by those com-
munities in close proximity to State institutions and fa-
cilities.
MENTAL HEALTH/MENTAL RETARDATION - DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
The City supports deinstitutionalization if it is done on a
case-by-case basis which coordinates the needs of the indi-
vidual with the resources of the community and if funds
follow the patient or resident from the institution to the
community. We do not support continued deinstitutionaliza-
tion if done on the basis of a general percentage reduction
in the census of State institutions.
CORRECTIONS BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR JUVENILE FACILITIES
Block Grant funding from the Department of Corrections for
the Juvenile Detention Home, Sanctuary, and Youth Haven I
has not kept pace with inflation resulting in an increasing
local share of the cost of operations. Block grant funding
should be provided at least at the same percentage of State
funding that existed prior to the initiation of block grants.
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NURSING HO~E FUNDING
As in the past, the City requests the General Assembly to
fund locally-owned nursing homes in the same way State
facilities are funded.
REPORT OF SUBCOmmITTEE TO STUDY OUTDOOR RECREATION NEEDS OF
COMMONWEALTH
House Joint Resolution No. 204 enacted by the 1987 Session
of the General Assembly created a joint subcommittee to
study the outdoor recreation needs of the Commonwealth. This
subcommitee, chaired by Delegate Thomas, has made important
recommendations to improve outdoor recreation opportunities
in the Commonwealth. One of the subcommittee's recommenda-
tions would create substantially improved funding of the
Virginia Outdoor Fund Grant program which makes grants to
localities on a 50-50 matching basis.
The City supports the recommendations of this subcommittee
which will allow this City to compete for Virginia Outdoor
Fund Grants to improve and expand urban parks. Because
federal funding of state and local park projects in the
Commonwealth has declined from $7.9 million in FY1980 to
$720,000 in FY1987, the recommendations of the subcommit-
tee are very timely and important to the future well being
of the City's park system.
EXPLORE PROJECT
The Explore Project has always consisted of three elements:
(1) a destination point (zoo, theme park, museum, etc); (2)
a parkway; and a (3) connection to Downtown Roanoke. Ini-
tially, the connection element was a steam train connecting
Downtown Roanoke and the Project site. Recently, it has
been suggested that technical problems may make construction
of the steam train element unlikely.
The City Council views the Downtown connection element as
being an essential ingredient of the Explore Project. If a
steam train is not to be included in the Project, alternatives
for other Downtown Roanoke connections must be developed and
presented to Council for review and comment as quickly as
possible. State funding of the Explore Project should ear-
mark funds for study of the essential Downtown connection.
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION
The Virginia Museum of Transportation suffered massive
flood damage in November, 1985. Since that time the
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Museum has moved to a new location and commenced a con-
certed fund raising campaign to support flood restoration
and continued operations. The 1987 Session of the General
Assembly assisted by funding operating monies for the Museum
in the amount of $100,000. Requested flood recovery money,
however, could not be provided by the General Assembly.
The City supports the Museum's request to the 1988 Session
that a $500,000 one time appropriation for flood recovery
be provided. The financial burden of exhibit restoration
and relocation of the entire facility has been tremendous.
The City also supports an increase in operating funding for
the Museum from $100,000 to $125,000 per year due to the in-
crease in the size of the Museum and its operations costs.
DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES
State Code $15.1-503.2 authorizes counties and cities to
designate historic landmarks, buildings and structures and
historic areas; to create an architectural review board to
review and approve reconstruction or alteration of historic
structures; and to prohibit the razing or demolition of
historic structures without following certain procedures.
The State statute further provides that a historic structure
may not be razed until it has been offered on the market at
a price reasonably related to its fair market value for a
certain number of days without any bona fide contract for
such structure being executed. For example, a structure
valued at $40,000 to $50,000 must be offered on the market
for five months before it can be razed.
This City has implemented the historic district zoning
authorities authorized by the State Code in the Market
District and in Old Southwest. There is a problem, how-
ever, with the minimal penalties authorized by the State
Code for razing a historic structure without following
the required procedures. Section 15.1-503.2 is part of the
State zoning enabling legislation, and for violations of
local zoning ordinances, $15.1-491(e) authorizes a penalty
of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000.
No person should be permitted to destroy a priceless part of
the community's heritage and pay a mere fine of $1,000 as a
cost of doing business. It is recommended, therefore, that
$15.1-503.2 be amended to state that razing or demolition
of a historic structure in violation of a historic district
zoning ordinance adopted pursuant to $15.1-503.2 shall be
punishable as a Class I misdemeanor which carries a penalty
of confinement in jail for not more than twelve months and a
fine of not more than $1,000, either or both.
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HEALTR INSURANCE
Risk spreading is a prime objective of any sound insurance
program. When the number of insureds in a group plan is
too small, however, risk spreading cannot be satisfactorily
achieved, and premiums may be artificially inflated. This
is a problem with the health insurance programs of many
local governments.
It is, therefore, recommended that legislation be enacted
to permit local government employees to participate in the
health insurance plan established by the Governor for State
employees. The cost of such participation would be a re-
sponsibility of the local governing body which should be per-
mitted the flexibility of recovering a portion of such cost
from its participating employees. Consideration should also
be given to the effects of permitting retired local govern-
ment employees to participate on the same basis as retired
State employees.
EXTENSION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE PRESUMPTIONS
Police officers, deputy sheriffs and firefighters have the
advantage of nearly irrebuttable presumptions that heart
disease and hypertension are occupational diseases under the
Workers' Compensation Act. Firefighters have an additional
presumption with respect to lung disease. The City current-
ly has a Workers' Compensation Act liability of $ *
for heart, hypertension and lung awards made to public
safety officers as a result of the statutory presumption.
Without voi~ing any opinion as to the wisdom of the current
presumptions, the City urges the General Assembly not to
extend the occupational disease presumption to new diseases,
such as cancer. The high incidence of cancer among Americans
is known to all of us, and, as terrible as this disease is,
it should not be the subject of a work related presumption.
CORRECTIONS - OVERCROWDING OF LOCAL FACILITIES AND STATE
FUNDING
The City urges the Department of Corrections to share
equally the burden of overcrowding with local governments so
that no local facility is more overcrowded than State faci-
lities as a whole.
In addition, the City urges the State to fund fully the per
diem reimbursement for all prisoners and to fully fund its
*Figure to be supplied
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share of capital costs for renovation and construction of
local corrections facilities.
WATER MANAGEMENT
The City recognizes that certain areas of the Commonwealth
have water supply and allocation problems. The City further
believes that the Commonwealth should assume a meaningful
role in water management planning. Specifically, the role
of the Commonwealth should be as follows:
To provide imaginative, positive and compre-
hensive leadership in water management plan-
ning;
To study water deficit and allocation problems
and to gather and compile information and data
necessary to permit the development of a sound
water management policy; and
To provide technical expertise to local govern-
ments in water management planning as authorized
by $62.1-44.38,F, Code of Virginia (1950), as
amended.
The City, however, is vigorously opposed to any State legis-
lation which would regulate or limit the City's use of its
existing water sources or which would impair the existing
authorities of the City to develop new water resources.
As is well known, the City has excellent water sources which
will meet the City's needs until at least 20~5. In present
day dollars, it would cost more than $110 million to develop
these sources (more than $60 million in source development
and more than $50 million for land acquisition). Inasmuch
as these water sources were developed totally with local
funds, it would be most unfair and inequitable for the Com-
monwealth to attempt to regulate or limit the City's use of
these sources. Moreover, any legislation which would allow
other persons, including the Commonwealth and its cities,
counties and towns, to make use of the City's water resour-
ces would amount to subsidization of others by City taxpayers.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Any legislation authorizing collective bargaining for public
employees in general or for any public employee group should
be opposed.
All public employees now have effective grievance procedures.
Both the City and the School Board have developed effective
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means of communication which permit public employees to voice
their concerns. Collective bargaining would be a detriment to
the progress which has been made.
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FLOOD PROTECTION
Flood protection is one of the highest priorities of City
Council. In this regard, the City is being requested by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to contribute approximately
$9 million as the non-federal share of a $24 million project
to widen the Roanoke River and provide flood walls.
The City requests the State to contribute 50% or $4.5 million
of the non-federal share of this project. Such request is
reasonable since the State maintains that the waters of the
Roanoke River constitute "State waters."
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF flOANOKE, VIP431NIA,
The 10th day of August, 1987.
No. 28762.
A RESOLUTION supporting the improvement of access between the
Roanoke Valley and Virginia Tech.
WHEREAS, direct access between the Roanoke Valley and
Virginia Tech is a key ingredient in the success of economic
development efforts in Southwest Virginia; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of Virginia has identified improvement
of transportation facilities as an important part of the
Commonwealth's economic development strategy; and
WI~EREAS, a study commissioned by the Town of Blacksburg shows
that a new road leading from the Virginia Tech Corporate Research
Center east to a point
641 with Interstate 81
ciated with the access
Roanoke Valley.
THEREFORE, BE
Roanoke that:
near the existing intersection of Route
is the best solution to the problems asso-
of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech to the
IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
1. The Council joins with the Town of Blacksburg and
Virginia Tech in requesting that the Commonwealth Transportation
Board and the Virginia Department of Transportation accept the
corridor solution the Town of Blacksburg has identified as the
best answer to the needs of the Commonwealth and provide the
funds necessary for timely completion of the project.
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2. The City Clerk is directed to forward attested copies of
this resolution to the members of the Commonwealth Transportation
Board, the Honorable Roger E. Hedgepeth, Mayor of the Town of
Blaeksburg, and Dr. William E.
Tech.
Lavery, President of Virginia
ATTEST: ~
City Clerk.
Office c~ ?ne Ory Oed~
November 25, 1987
File #178-244
Mr. W. Robert Herbert
City Manager
Roanoke, Virginia
Mr. Wilburn C. Dibling,
City Attorney
Roanoke, Virginia
Mr. Joel M. Schlanger
Director of Finance
Roanoke, Virginia
Gentlemen:
At a
1987,
report
regular meeting of Council held on Monday, November 23,
the following matters were referred to you for study,
and recommendation to Council:
The position to be taken by the City on the disbur-
sement of lottery funds; viz: whether or not funds
will be requested for return to the City, and the
formula therefor·
The position to be taken by the City on a proposal
to request the Virginia Housing Development
Authority to co.nit a portion of its $63 million
reserve for construction of housing for the poor.
Sincerely, ~~
Mary F. Parker, CMC
City Clerk
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