AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT FOR OUR SPECIAL CALLED COUNCIL MEETING.
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IT'S FOR MAY 24TH 2022. IT IS 12 03. AND WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. AT THIS TIME, MADAME CLAIRE. COUNCIL OF A COMFORT. YEAH REMEMBER WILSON SMITH HERE . COUNCIL MEMBER, MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL SMITH LEE PRESENT MAYOR PERN. THANK YOU. NEXT IS, UM,[2.a. Consideration to approve and appropriate the budget for Petersburg City Public Schools for FY22- 23. (Page 2)]
ITEM TO DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, UM TO A CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE AND APPROPRIATE THE BUDGET FOR THE PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FY 22 23 SCHOOL YEAR. DR HAMLIN. OKAY? SURE. SURE. YOU CAN. HAND OF.TESTING TESTING. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE HANDOUTS? DR. HAMMOND? YES, SIR. HOW MANY MORE WE NEED? I WILL PULL THEM FROM THE CROWD. FEW MORE.
YES. COUNCILMAN AND WOMEN. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON OFFICIAL IN THAT. LAST WEEK. WE CAME BEFORE YOU ALL. WE WERE SEEKING APPROPRIATION FOR OUR ANNUAL WEST TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS. THIS BODY AFFORDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK. FOR YOU ALL TODAY. FOR LEAVING.
THERE WAS A QUEST TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON YOUR ROUND SCHOOLS RESEARCH AS WELL AS THE AMOUNTS THAT WE PLAN TO APPROPRIATE IF THIS BODY PROVIDES VOTES TONIGHT. WE IDENTIFIED IN THE PRESENTATIONS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. THOSE UPDATES TO INCLUDE IN HOW WE PLAN AND HOW MUCH WE PLAN APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT READING. IS ASKED BY MR COLBERT. AND COUNCILWOMAN, TRUSTEE WILSON SMITH REQUESTED THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS UPDATE. IN THAT BACK IT YOU DO SEE IT SECTION OFF INTO TWO SECTIONS. I KNOW THERE WAS A REQUEST TO RESEARCH TO SEE IF THE 11 MILLION CAN BE APPROPRIATED AND WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL. THIS BODY WILL WANT TO DO AS SUCH. I WILL STEP THROUGH.
PRESENTATION AS WE KNOW STUDENTS JUST RETURNED BACK FACE TO FACE COMING OUT ABOUT COVID PANDEMIC.
PENDANT ON WHO YOU ASK. ARE WE STILL IN IT OR NOT? BUT THE VERY FIRST SLIDE ON THE WHICH IS SLIDE NUMBER THREE CLOSING INSTRUCTIONAL GAP. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT COLOR CODED CHART.
IN YOUR PACKAGE. THAT. CURRENT SENIORS, THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE IN A NORMAL INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THEY WERE NINTH GRADERS. AND YOU CAN SEE AS YOU STEP DOWN THAT LEFT HAND COLUMN.
STUDENTS CURRENTLY ARE PLACED IN TERMS OF GRADE AND ON THE RIGHT IS WHERE THEY WERE THE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE IN SCHOOL. PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS GOING TO SHOW SOME GROWTH THIS YEAR. AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE. IT IS GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO BE. YOU'LL SEE. THEN THERE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH, SAYS 2022 23 READING SUPPORT AND CALLS ESTIMATES. THEY'RE LISTED IS THE. PERSONNEL THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED TO SUPPORT READING IN OUR DIVISION. TO THE TUNE OF OVER $3 MILLION. ALSO YOU WILL SEE AS WE TRANSITION TO SECTION TWO. OUR RESEARCH AND HOPEWELL CITY. PUBLIC SCHOOLS BLESSED US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH
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A NUMBER OF THEIR FISH ALS LAST WEEK. AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS. BUT BEFORE. WE GET INTO THOSE PIECES. YOU'LL ALSO SEE, UM, HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF WHEN PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND YEAR 14 15. THROUGH 16 17 BEGAN THE PROCESS OF YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS THAT AP HE'LL AT ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS NOW CALLED SPRINGS AND PEABODY MIDDLE, WHICH IS NOW CLOSED. THERE WAS SOME REQUESTS. MR COOPER ASKED ABOUT FUNDING STREAMS. TYPICALLY FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH HOPEWELL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, IT TOOK THEM AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO BEGIN THE PLANNING PHASE THEY DID APPLY FOR AND WERE AWARDED. WHAT THEY CALL IT PLANNING GRANT $50,000 THAT AFFORDED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO RESEARCH TO TRAVEL TO VISIT OTHER LOCATIONS BEFORE FINALIZING THEIR PLANS TO PITCH THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. WELL IN 14 15 APPLICATION WAS MADE BY PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IMPROVED BOB BOARD. INTRODUCED AS SUCH, THEY RECEIVED $50,000 GRANT FOR BOTH AP HILL. AND PEABODY AT THAT TIME. APPLICATION WAS MADE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND APPROVED BY STATE FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING AND 15 16 TO IMPLEMENT YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. 16 17 YOU SEE THE GROUND AWARD WAS ALSO AWARDED 700,000. CONTINUE. IN THE SPRING ABOUT THIS TIME OF 17. INITIATIVE WAS STOPPED, AND IT WAS A DECISION THAT TIME NOT TO GO TO VISION WIDE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THAT, BUT PRIMARILY WAS THE OUTCOMES AND THE EXPENSE. ASSOCIATED WITH FULL IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION. WHY. NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOME PROJECTIONS TO COST UM, THAT. WOULD JUST ADDRESSED THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT IT WOULD TAKE.TO DO WITH SUCH TEACHERS FIRST CATEGORY YOU'LL SEE THAT 267 TO REGULATED TEACHERS. EACH RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $1000 EXTRA IN THEIR CONTRACT. FOR MANDATORY WEEK PER WEEK. DURING WHAT WE CALL INTERCESSION. HOPEWELL DOES MULTIPLE INTERCESSIONS, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT REALLY, OF THE LENGTH OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL. OKAY? TOTAL OF 30 DAYS. THANK YOU. IF 75% OF OUR TEACHERS WERE TO ACCEPT YOUR INVITATION TO WORK DURING THE INTERSESSION PERIODS.
FIVE INTERCESSION WEEKS, ONE BEING MANDATORY, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL FIVE BE. LET'S SAY 200 TEACHERS AT 1000 EACH IT WOULD COST US ANOTHER MILLION. THEN WHEN YOU FACTOR IN, OF COURSE. COSTS AND BENEFITS WOULD BE 1.4. WE DID THE SAME THING FOR BUS DRIVERS. ON THE NEXT SLIDE. TUNE OF ABOUT 103,000. NURSES. 53 SPELLS. SECURITY. ANOTHER 38,000. GRAND TOTAL IS 11 POINT. FOUR. THEN WE FACTOR IN THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR ELECTRIC. WATER SEWER. GAS FUEL.
ANOTHER 125,000. AND RESEARCHING WHAT HAS BEEN AWARDED BY NOT ONLY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. BUT THROUGH ANY FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS OF CRR S A AND S OR TWO YOU CAN SEE A SUMMARY ON THE FINAL SLIDE. OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE AFFORDED. SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WANTED TO EXPLORE PLAN AND MAKE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH. LAST SPRING, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR. THERE'S CURRENTLY NOTHING THAT I COULD FIND THAT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE GOING INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT AFTER TODAY, THEY WON'T BE MADE AVAILABLE BY WAY OF A GRANT APPLICATION. THAT CONCLUDES THE SUMMARY UPDATE THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THIS BODY LAST WEEK, AND WE'LL ENTERTAIN. ANY QUESTIONS? AND WE'LL ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. FOR THE $11 MILLION APPROPRIATION. OKAY THANK YOU, DR HAMLET. NEXT WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR,
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HAMLIN AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. ON PAGE SIX. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF YEAR ROUND SCHOOL THAT SCHOOL. THOSEE MONTH OF AUGUST. OR WAS IT LONGER THAN JUST THE MONTH OF AUGUST? YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND I'LL HAVE TO YIELD TO. MY HISTORIANS DON'T KNOW ON THE BOARD DURING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD IF THEY CAN HELP, TOO. CLEAR UP. AUGUST.JULY AND ALL. CORRECT IT WAS TWO SCHOOLS AND IT WAS THE MONTH OF AUGUST. THAT CANNOT BE TERMED AS A YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. THE DEFINITION OF WHAT YOU DID IS ACTUALLY CALLED A. EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, SO WE ADDED ONE YEAR ON TO THE SCHOOL. ACTUALLY I MEAN, ONE MONTH ONTO THE SCHOOL, SO IN ACTUALITY THIS IS NOT A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. THIS IS A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF AN EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR FOR ONE MONTH RIGHT NOW AT ONE MONTH AT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. SO WE SPENT. MISTRUST WILSON SMITH. THAT IS A DEFINITION THAT THE STATE GAVE US. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS. WE'RE GOING BACK WITH THE STATE TOLD US WE WERE DOING. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT WE HAD TO FOLLOW WHAT THE STATE TELLS US. IT'S OK. WELL, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING YEAR ROUND. UM. BUT IT'S STILL ACTUALLY NOT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATES AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING IT. BUT AN ACTUALITY. IT WAS SCHOOL FOR A MONTH, WHICH MAKES IT AN EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR. BUT THE THING IS, IF WE HAD $700,000 TO IMPLEMENT A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM, BUT WE ACTUALLY INTERVAL A MINUTE, ONE MONTH PROGRAM. IT MAKES IT ALL OF IT QUESTIONABLE.
AND WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE PERSONNEL COST WHEN TEACHERS ARE OUT FOR THE SUMMER. LET'S SAY A TEACHER MAKES A SALARY OF 50,000 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. WHEN THEY'RE OUT FOR THE SUMMER. THEY CONTINUE TO GET PAID. IF THAT'S THE WAY THEY'RE CONTRACTORS, IS THAT CORRECT? IF THEY ELECT FOR 12 MONTH APPROPRIATION TO BE SO THEIR SALARY STRETCHED OUT OVER 12 MONTHS. YES, MA'AM. THEN IF YOU WENT TO YEAR ROUND SCHOOL THERE, SAME SALARY WAS STRETCHED THE SAME WAY. WHAT IS THAT? CORRECT NO, MA'AM, THAT IT WOULD STRETCH THE SAME WAY. THAT IS CORRECT. HOWEVER FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WORK DONE, YOU HAVE TO COMPENSATE FOR THEM FOR THE EXTENT YEAR ROUND SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AN ADDITIONAL WORK IF THE IF THE DEPARTMENT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DOING YEAR ROUND, AS OPPOSED TO REGULAR SCHOOL DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH OF CONTRACT. SO IF YOU ARE EXPECTING TEACHERS TO WORK THROUGH THE YEAR LONG YOU HAVE TO COMPENSATE THEM AND STRETCH THE CONTRACT. I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING. BUT SO YOU'RE SAYING IT AS IF IT'S AN ADDITIONAL TIME I'M SAYING IF YOU'RE HIRED FOR SCHOOL YEAR. SEPTEMBER 20 THROUGH AUGUST 21, YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT. YOU'RE PAYING THE SAME THING TO THAT TEACHER. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST GIVEN DIFFERENTLY. THEY'RE JUST WORKING DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE SAME SALARY.
AND YOU'RE SAYING IT AS AN ADDITIONAL TIME THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN. BUT IF THE IF IT IS ACTUALLY A YEAR ROUND SCHOOL BASED ON THE SAME DAYS IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. OH THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOUR STUDENTS GO NOW IT'S JUST BROKEN DOWN DIFFERENTLY. INSTEAD OF GETTING ALL SUMMER OFF, YOU MIGHT GET LIKE HOPE WAS GETTING READY TO LET OUT JUNE THE NINTH AND THEY'LL GO BACK. JULY 21ST CORRECT THE DAYS ARE BROKEN DOWN DIFFERENTLY. SO IT'S STILL THE SAME AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT THE STATE SAYS YOU HAVE TO TEACH A CHILD. BUT THE DAYS ARE BROKEN DOWN DIFFERENTLY. IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL TIME THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE TO WORK. IT'S JUST DIFFERENT. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FIVE WEEKS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS AN ADDITIONAL AND I DON'T WANT BECAUSE THE TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK AT LEAST ONE OF THE SIX WEEK INTERCESSION PERIODS THAT THEY'RE CONTRACTED FOR. SO THE ADDITIONAL BREAKDOWN THAT THAT YOU SEE WOULD BE ADDITION TO THEIR STANDARD CONTRACT. THEY'RE ON EARTH 210 DAY CONTRACT AND WHEN USED HOPE WELLS MODEL THE TEACHERS WERE ACTUALLY WORKING 240 DAYS. YES SO 30 MORE DAYS AND THEY BROKE IT DOWN INTO TWO WEEKS IN THE SPRING, TWO WEEKS IN THE FALL, TWO WEEKS AND WINTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEN SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD PAY TO
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THOSE TEACHERS BECAUSE THEIR CONTRACT ONLY ALLOWS FOR 210 DAYS AND WE STRETCH THEIR PAPER THE SUMMER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT WORKING. THEIR PAY. WE TAKE THEIR CONTRACT AND WE STRETCH IT OVER 24 PAYROLLS. BUT IF WE'RE ADDING WEEKS TO THE SCHOOL YEAR , WHICH IS WHAT HOPE WILL DID, AND THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WE USED BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH TIME OR STRENGTH TO GET THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER. WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING 30 EXTRA DAYS TO TEACHERS AND BUS DRIVERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HAS A CONTRACT. OKAY THANK YOU. ALSO SEE THAT YOU HAVE SECURITY GUARDS AT EACH SCHOOL.YES, MA'AM. WE DO. DOES THE PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY USED TO HAVE THE OFFICERS IN THE SCHOOLS. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IS THAT WHAT THEY WERE CALLED? IS THAT THE SAME THING AS THE SECURITY GUARDS? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? NO, MA'AM. NO MA'AM, WE HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED OFF SCHOOL CUBA THIS SCHOOL YEAR . WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. OUR POLICE FORCES IS NOT IT FULL CAPACITY, SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE RESOURCE OFFICER TO MANEUVER. IF WE HAVE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS, WE ALSO NEED THE SECOND LAYER OF OUR SECURITY GUARDS THAT WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR THOSE 30 DAYS. AND WHAT ADULT SEA IS. DO WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS IN EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS? AND SO YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WE WOULD NEED. BUT THESE WERE THE PREMIER. UH, HIGH DOLLAR WANTS? YES, MA'AM. SO IN ADDITION TO THEIR RESOURCES THAT THAT THAT ALSO NEED TO BE PURCHASED THERE ALSO REMEMBER IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE SOFTWARE THAT WE USE, WE WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE OTHER COSTS. ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADDITIONAL 30. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THE PREVIOUS WHEN THEY DID THE YEAR ROUND OR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE OTHER TWO SCHOOLS. A LOT OF US WEREN'T HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED, BUT THOSE TEACHERS THAT WORKED AT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS DID HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS THAN THE REST OF OUR TEACHERS THAT WERE LONGER. I WOULD EXPECT THAT IF YOU DID GO TO YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS CONTRACTS WOULD DEFINITELY CHANGE FROM EXCUSE ME FROM WHAT THEY PREVIOUSLY WERE LOOKING AT THE COST OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER, SO IT'S ALL THIS GOING TO GO UP. THE COST OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THE STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOLS FOR THOSE 30 EXTRA DAYS WILL INCREASE ALL OF OUR UTILITIES BECAUSE WHEN THE KIDS ARE NOT IN THE SCHOOLS, WE TURNED DOWN A LOT OF THE WE SHUT OFF PARTS OF THE SCHOOL THAT WE'RE NOT USING. SO THAT UTILITIES WOULD HAVE TO GO UP TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN AND BEING IN THE SCHOOL FOR 30 EXTRA DAYS. OKAY? AND THE LAST PAGE DO WE KNOW WHY, UM WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCES AS OF YET. TYPICALLY IF IT WAS GOING TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH AND WHETHER IT'S ANSWERED THREE OR THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THE APPLICATION OUT, AND TYPICALLY, YOU GET A SPRING DAY LAND TO APPLY. THAT HAS NOT NOT OCCURRED. AS AT THIS TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL AGREE. OKAY. WAIT A MINUTE. LET ME BE SURE. I'M UNDERSTANDING. YOU COULD APPLY FOR A GRANT. FOR YEAR ROUND SCHOOL AND YOU SHOULD TYPICALLY DO IT IN THE SPRING. THE APPLICATION IS MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE AND FEDS. THOSE APPLICATIONS WE TYPICALLY COME OUT IN THE SOUPS MEMO AND IT AFFORDS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO IN THIS SPRING, GO AHEAD AND MAKE APPLICATION FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR'S APPROPRIATION. AND WHAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD IS WHERE THE APPLICATIONS APPLICATION HASN'T BEEN FILLED. YES, MA'AM. CHECK WITH WHOMEVER IS SUPPOSED TO ISSUE THESE APPLICATIONS AND TRADITIONALLY IT'S A GENERAL ASSENT, ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION OR FEDERAL, UM, APPROPRIATION, HOWEVER. STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY THEY'RE NOT SURE IF AND WHEN A APPLICATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. AND THAT MAY CHANGE. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE ON ON OUR ON OUR STATE'S WEBSITE TO EVEN BEGIN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR LARGE GRANTS, SUCH AS THE DO YOU THINK THAT, UM J LOCK SUPPORTS THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. AND THERE WAS A STUDY IN THINKING 2000 AND 10. BUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, SUPPORT AND THEN MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE TO APPROPRIATE IS LIKE TWO DIFFERENT PIECES, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR AVENUES TO POTENTIALLY EXPLORE ALL OPTIONS . WHETHER WE GO WITH THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL OR WE GO WITH SOME OF THE SUPPORT JUST AS WE ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER SCHOOL NEEDS. UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T FIND A AVENUE TO MOVE MOVE FORWARD TO FUND AT THIS SUCH LARGE SCALE THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SO IN ORDER TO
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IMPLEMENT YEAR ROUND SCHOOL, YOU WOULD MEET ABOUT A MILLION 500 MORE DOLLARS. ACTUALLY YOU NEED A LOT MORE. HOWEVER THAT'S A START, AND YOU WOULD STILL ALSO NEED THE TWO YEARS TO PLAN AND TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY. TWO YEARS TO PLAN FOR YEAR ROUND SCHOOL HOPEFULS TOOK 18 MONTHS FROM NOW. TO PLAN THE WHOLE. IF WE CHOOSE TO COPY. YES MA'AM , BUT I'M GONNA BE HONEST. IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT. WE WANT TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT TO TRY TO YIELD THE BEST OUTCOMES. THEY ALSO IN IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT SOME PITFALLS, AND THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO SHARE AND, UH WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP, SO I'M SURE WE PROBABLY COULD LOOK TO GO TO AN 18 MONTH MONTH ADOPTION IF UM IT WERE BENEFICIAL AND OUR BOARD SUPPORTED IT. I THINK WE COULD, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY CAUSE A LITTLE MORE THAN THE ONE POINT POINT FOUR YOU SEE. THANK YOU, MR HAMM. DOCTOR HAM? YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN HILL. GOOD AFTER GOOD AFTERNOON. GARY CAN YOU TURN THE MONITORS ON ON THE ON THE FLOOR RIGHT HERE. HE TURNED THOSE UP BECAUSE WE KEEP THE HOUSES ON. BUT WE CAN'T HEAR HIM. BECAUSE THESE BECAUSE ON THE FLOOR ARE NOT UP. CAN YOU TURN THE MONITORS ON? FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. I KNOW THIS MAY BE AN AX FROM A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. BUT THE BOARD ARE YOU ALL? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO GO TO YEAR ROUND. AS FAR AS THE BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU , COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HILL. WHAT WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND WHEN DR NEWSOME CAME ON, HE WAS HE WAS A SUPERINTENDENT AT THE TIME, AND HE RAISED MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. NOT TO CONTINUE BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED CONCERNED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.WILL CITY COUNCIL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE FUNDING FOR US TO MAINTAIN YEAR ROUND SCHOOL? SO THAT IS THE REASON WE VOTED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD? WITH DOING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE SAW THE COST JUST FOR THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WE DID PEABODY AND AP. HELL AND IF WE DID THE ENTIRE DIVISION, WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT COUNCIL COULD AFFORD IT. SO THAT WAS THE REASON WE DECIDED TO STEP AWAY FROM IT. SECOND QUESTION. 2000. 2000 AND 16. WOW. ALRIGHT NUMBERS GOING DOWN AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN PETERSBURG SCHOOL SYSTEM. ENROLLMENT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC IS RISING. RIGHT AND THAT'S THAT'S THE PRIMARY REASON WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY AS ONE TEAM TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES. WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT I JUST WANT TO, UH, NO. IF THE TREND IS GOING UP, OR IS IT GOING DOWN? FROM YEAR TO YEAR. DO WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS OR LESS STUDENT? IN 2000 AND 16. OUR ENROLLMENT WAS AT THAT TIME 4200 STUDENTS.
AND OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR IS 4249, SO IT IS A SLIGHT SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCIL CUPPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. AND DR HAMLIN. THANK YOU. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THE TIME AND THOUGHT YOU PUT INTO THIS PRESENTATION. AH! YOU HAVE EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU. WE HAVE AH, AM A. GREAT CHEERLEADER FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE SINCE THAT YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU AND I SHARE SOME OF THE SAME DESIRES. TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AND. THE ISSUE THAT WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH. IS HOW CAN WE AFFORD TO DO? YES, SIR. LET ME LET ME GO TO WORK. BIG PICTURE QUESTION. WHAT IS HOPE WELLS. UM TAKE AWAY. ARE THEY PLEASED THAT THEY ARE ON YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS OR AH, IS THAT SOMETHING THEY REGRET DOING AND ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SAVE FACE AND GET BACK
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TO SEPTEMBER TO LATE SPRING. NO THEY'RE THEY'RE THEMED, REALLY IS ON ON INNOVATION AND AUTONOMY , TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO YIELD BETTER OUTCOMES. SO WE SHARE THAT THAT THEME AND MANTRA. RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE IN THE EXPLORATORY PHASE AS A AS A RESULT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION. UM WHAT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS DURING THEIR INTERCESSION PERIOD. THEIR TEACHERS HAVE HAVE AUTONOMY TO CREATE NEW CONTENT, RIGHT AND ALL FOR A VERY, UH, VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS TO SIGN UP FOR IT IS. NOT MANDATORY THAT ALL TEACHERS SIGN UP FOR ALL SIX WEEKS THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST SELECT ONE OF THE INTER SESSIONS JUST AS IT'S NOT MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS TO ATTEND DURING THOSE INTERCESSIONS, BUT WHEN YOU ADD THE EXCITEMENT OF NEW PROGRAMMING AND SOME AUTONOMY TO CREATE THAT THAT PROGRAMMING UH YOU AND ENHANCE THE EFFICACY OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. SO THEY'RE SEEING, UM GREAT GREAT RESULTS IN TERMS OF AT LEAST MORALE. THEY'RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOMES WILL BE AFTER THIS FIRST FULL YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION. HOW LONG HAS HOPEWELL HAD YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS ? THEY JUST ADOPTED THEIR BALANCE CALENDAR AND BEGUN IT THIS THIS SCHOOL YEAR AFTER THE INITIAL 18 MONTHS OF PLANNING, THEY HAD SOME DELAYS. OF COURSE , COVID HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT. SO THIS IS REALLY REALLY THEIR FIRST FULL YEAR. OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEY'RE STILL AWAITING SOME DATA. AND WHEN DID THAT FULL YEAR BEGIN THE FALL OF 2021. JULY JULY OF LAST LAST JULY. ALL RIGHT. UM.LET ME GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS A MOMENT HERE OF THIS. KIND OF RAINBOW. UH, ON PAGE TWO, CLOSING THE INSTRUCTIONAL GABBA. I HATE PUBLICLY TO CONFESS MY IGNORANCE, BUT I'M ABOUT TO DO SO. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SHOWS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT, PLEASE? YES SIR . SO LAST NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR, COME ON. SURE. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. SO THE CHART THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CHART TELLS US THAT STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE GRADE ON THE LEFT THEIR LAST FULL SCHOOL YEAR WAS THE GREAT ON THE RIGHT. SO LET'S LOOK AT SECOND GRADERS ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE YOU SEE SECOND GRADE OUR SECOND GRADERS THAT STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN SECOND GRADE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT, IT SAYS NEVER. THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A FULL SCHOOL YEAR. OUR SECOND GRADERS HAVE NEVER HAD A FULL SCHOOL YEAR GO UP TO THE TOP WHERE IT SAYS 12TH GRADE. THE LAST TIME OUR 12TH GRADE STUDENTS HAD A FULL SCHOOL YEAR. THEY WERE NINTH GRADERS.
THEY WERE NINTH GRADERS. AND THE REASON A FULL SCHOOL YEAR IN PERSON LEARNING. I'M SORRY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BE IN 1920 SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL, UM ENDED IN PERSON IN MARCH. OKAY AND THEN 2021 SCHOOL WAS PART VIRTUAL. PART FACE TO FACE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST FULL IN PERSON YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND.
YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, MISS COLOR, BUT I'M SORRY THERE ANY INFORMATION IN THIS CLOSING THE INSTRUCTIONAL GAP TABLE. TO INDICATE ANYTHING ABOUT AS A WELL SCORES. NO. NOT NOT IN THIS TABLE. OK, THAT'S FINE. I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS SOMETHING IF IT WAS THERE. ALL RIGHT. AH! AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT MR PRITCHARD SAID ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. I WAS SEARCHING FOR THE WORD AND COULDN'T COME UP WITH IT. BUT UM , I THINK THAT HITS THE BULL'S EYE. CAN WE? CAN YOU YEAR AFTER YEAR. OF FORD. AH! YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS AND AS I GATHER IT BECAUSE YOU HAD DEEP. THEN WELL FOUNDED CONCERNS. AH ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER
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YEAR. YOU DECIDED THAT YOU JUST WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STOP IT IS THAT WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO YES, SIR . WHAT YOUR INDICATED? YES, SIR . THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. AND TO YOUR POINT. REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT HOPE. WELL UM, THAT AWARD THAT THEY RECEIVED AND THEN THEY HAD TO DELAY OPENING. UM THEY WERE ALLOWED TO EXTEND THE END OF THAT GRANT FUNDING BEYOND THE INITIAL APPROPRIATION TIMELINE, SO THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO USE MONEY THAT WERE APPROPRIATED. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RENEW AS LONG AS THE GRAND AWARD AND APPLICATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS MADE AVAILABLE. SO THEY HAVE PROJECTED USING THE BUILD UP OF FUNDS AND THE ANNUAL REQUEST FOR THOSE FUNDS FOR AS LONG AS THE APPLICATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, THEY HAVE PROJECTED THAT THEY COULD SUSTAIN GIVEN ALL OF THEIR APPROPRIATIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL FEW MORE YEARS. BUT ONLY A FEW MORE YEARS AND AT SOME POINT THE CAROUSEL IS GOING TO STOP. EXACTLY RIGHT, SIR. THAT'S THE CONCERN, AND IT APPEARS THAT BECAUSE OF THE APPLICATION HASN'T BEEN MADE TO THE COMMONWEALTH AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT IT MAY HAVE STOPPED UNLESS YOU WERE ALREADY IN IN THE QUEUE. IF YOU UNDERSTAND. MHM. ALRIGHT, WELL. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. I THINK WE ALL DO.AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE AND DOESN'T. DISAPPOINTING REALITY THAT WE ALL DEAL WITH.
WE ALL RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY THE THERE WILL BE BENEFITS FROM MANY SOURCES. IN MANY AREAS IF WE COULD FIND A SUSTAINABLE INCOME SOURCE. WE WOULD INCREASE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS. AND WE LIKELY WOULD. HELP WITH OUR, UM. OF VIOLENCE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE GOT HERE IN PETERSBURG. AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MY EXPECTATION. FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS. ONE.
KEEP THE CHILDREN BUSY, BUT TWO WE ALSO HELP THEM SEE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. TO PURSUE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH . DOCTOR HAMLIN. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALRIGHT AT THIS TIME, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY. 21ST 2022 ENDED JUNE 30TH 2000 AND 2023 SO MOVE RIGHT? VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE PROMOTION TO SECOND DISCUSSION. UM COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. UM. DISCUSSION PLEASED WITH THE FINANCE PEOPLE. TELL ME. UM, THERE WAS NO WAY WE COULD INCREASE. THE FINANCES TO THE SCHOOL HAS REQUESTED LAST AT THE LAST MEETING. RIGHT, MR MILLER. MR MAYOR. MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WE'VE INCREASED BY $140,000. I'M I'M GUESSING SOMEWHERE ABOUT WITH RESPECT EMPLOYING. I'M SORRY. BRINGING ON INTERNS. UM FROM THE FROM THE LAND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THE NUMBER THAT WAS ASKED IF I COULD BE INCORRECT, BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD, UM SUPERINTENDENT. C. $11 MILLION WE WERE BUDGETING $10 MILLION, MA'AM. I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION. I KNEW WE WERE BUDGETING. 10 MILLION. I WAS ASKING US AT THE LAST MEETING.
WE COULD GO UP ONE MILLION AND BUDGET 11 MILLION, AS OPPOSED TO THE TENT. BECAUSE IT 10 MILLION WE HAVE BEEN GIVING THEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMING IN. AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO GIVE THE SAME THING AND THE SAME THING AND THE SAME THING. YET WE ALL EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS AND WELL, WE KNOW THE DEFINITION OF THAT. SO IT JUST LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD TRY TO FIND A WAY. TO GIVE THE STUDENTS MORE TO GIVE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ALSO THAT THE STUDENTS COULD HAVE MORE AND WE COULD DO MORE. YES MA'AM. WE DID . THERE'S JUST NO, THERE'S NO MORE MONEY WE USED. WE DID A RATE DECREASE WITH RESPECT TO, UM I THINK EIGHT CENTS FOR PROPERTY TAXES. UM WE'RE ON A VERY, VERY, VERY TIGHT BUDGET, AND THERE'S NO MORE REVENUE. THE STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT, UM. WE JUST DON'T DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR YEAR ROUND SCHOOL OR TO SUSTAINED SUSTAIN A YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. IF WE DON'T PUT UP MONEY NOW. FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING UP A LOT MORE. CITYWIDE. FOR THE THINGS THAT
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THEY'RE NOT GETTING, ESPECIALLY THE THINGS THAT NOT GETTING IN SCHOOL. I UNDERSTAND WHAT MR MILLER'S TELLING ME. I'M JUST SORRY THAT WE CANNOT INCREASE IT. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND IT. I JUST IT'S JUST DISHEARTENING THAT. NO MATTER HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE GOING, IT'S THE SAME $10 MILLION THAT WE CONTINUE TO DIVIDE WHETHER IT'S 100 STUDENTS OF 500 STUDENTS. I JUST WISH WE COULD DO MORE. I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD. UM UM JUST THANKFUL FOR HAVING OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE. BECAUSE IF YOU SEE HERE UM, THE STATE IS CHIPPED IN WITH AN EXTRA $10,195,000. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE FROM 22 TO 23. SO THEREFORE THEY THEY SEE THE NEED THERE AND YOU'VE SEEN THE INCREASE. WE MAY HAVE DONE IT ON OUR CITY SIDE.BUT WE DO SEE THAT. THAT FROM THIS STATE CONTRIBUTION WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UM, DEFINITELY BEEN BEEN, UM I SHOT IN HER ARM TO HELP US WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF STATE SUPPORT UM THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE AND THEY KNOW WE ARE STILL DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THE CITY ON SOUTH FINANCIAL FOOTING AND KEEP OUR BOND RATING IN A GOOD LIGHT THAT WHEN THAT TIME COMES FOR US TO BUILD A SCHOOL THAT WILL FINALLY BE HAVE THE DEBT CAPACITY TO DO SO. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL OF A CUPBOARD. COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I.
COUNCILOR FOR MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. REMEMBER HILL SMITH LI HAI PERM I PASSED.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR. AMBLIN THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL BORN ON BEHALF OF ALL YOUR WORK BOARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, WE APPRECIATE IT. UM ALSO, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM TO BE WHICH IS
[2.b. Consideration of the City of Petersburg's FY2022-23 Proposed Operating and Capital Budget and Appropriation Ordinance to include rate of taxation on real property. (Page 6)]
CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FY 2022 23 PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE RATE OF TAXATION OR REAL PROPERTY. MISS JORDAN'S. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR COME PARENT, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ADOPTED PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 TO 23. THE TOTAL REVENUES OF 104,000,201. OH, 22 FOR REVENUES AS WELL AS EXPENDITURES AS WELL AS THE TAX RATE DEEP DECREASE, WHICH WILL BE ON ANOTHER ORDINANCE. OH, I'M SORRY. IS THIS BETTER? YES. I'M SORRY. PLEASE REFER TO THE HANDOUTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL. WE DID THE PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 19TH, AS WELL AS TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSELOR? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS JOINING ON THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET? COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. YES, UM CAN YOU EXPLAIN? COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. IS THIS ACTUALLY WHAT WE GIVE GETTING IS IT A DIFFERENT AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GETTING? DID WE HAVE TO SEND MONEY BACK ON THE BLOCK GRANT OR ARE WE GETTING SOMETHING TAKEN FROM THIS AMOUNT? THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL. THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR 22 23. NOW WE DID END UP HAVING TO SEND SOME FUNDS BACK FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE NOT USED. THE HOPE IS THAT EVERYTHING GETS USED THIS FISCAL YEAR SO THEY WILL NOT CUT OUR FUNDING. AND THAT'S ALL IT IS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL BLACKGROUND . WE WILL GET THIS ACTUAL AMOUNT. YES, MA'AM, THIS IS WHAT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY? CAN YOU SCROLL UP, PLEASE? GARRETT. OKAY? SO THE TOP HALF IS JUST THE REVENUES IN THE BOTTOM HALF IS EXPENDITURES AND IT'S STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET. THERE SOME MORE. THE THERE WAS THERE WAS AN AMOUNT OF FOUR THAT HAS CHANGED. IN THE BOOKLET, BUT. ANY RISK ROLLED UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THE MONEY'S FOR THE I THINK IT WAS SOCIAL SERVICES. I'M SORRY GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE. 14,000. SPORT HIM,[00:40:19]
BUT I DON'T SEE IT EVEN SEE THAT THAT'S A BREAKDOWN ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. I C 14,000,596 UNDER EXPENSES. BUT UNDER THE EXPENSES FOR THEM. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE UNIFORMS ARE? FOR THOSE EXPENSES. I WOULD ASSUME IS THE UNIFORMS PROVIDE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE DO HAVE UNIFORMS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL EXPENSES. MAYBE IT'S THE T SHIRTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, FOR THEM GOING ON TO THE FIELD STANDARD UNIFORM FOR THEM VISITING I WOULD HAVE TO RUN THAT BY MR STEVENSON DOWN THE THERE IS A FEE OF 40 TO 42,000 FOR BUILDING AND REPAIRS. WHICH ACTUALLY. WHAT ARE WE REPAIRING IS AND I REMEMBER I ASKED THIS LAST YEAR, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT WE WEREN'T REPAIRING ANYTHING BUT AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE'S AN INCREASE IN THE RENT. YES BUT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 42,000 TO MAKE REPAIRS AND THE BUILDING I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE BASED OFF OF REPAIRS FOR HAVOC FROM OR THE ROOF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASSUME THE REPAIRS IS FOR IN CHINA. EXCUSE ME INTERNAL REPAIRS FOR MAYBE THE ELEVATOR THAT'S OVER THERE OR ANYTHING WITHIN THAT ACTUAL BUILDING. WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE'RE PAYING TO RENT THE BUILDING. AND WE'RE PAYING AN INCREASE EVERY YEAR THAT WE RENTED. WE STARTED OUT WITH 384,000 AND 387,000. NOW WE HAVE 400,000 AND WE'RE MAKING 42 ALLOTTING $42,000 FOR REPAIRS. I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. WE'RE WE'RE REPAIRING. WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I ASKED ALSO. AT THE LAST MEETING. IF WE COULD GET THE DEFINITE AMOUNT THAT WE PAY FOR THE FOR THE BUILDING, NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S BEING STATE. PAY SOME AND WE PAY SOME . YES, MA'AM. WHAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE PAY? A LITTLE OVER 60,000 BECAUSE IT'S 14.5. I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTES. 14.5 BELIEVE SO STAY CONTRIBUTES WHERE 85% OF THE MAJORITY OF YES. AND WHEN THEY GO UP, THEN IS THE STATE. UM PART GOING UP WITH IS IT US THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IS STILL THE SAME BREAKDOWN REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH IT GOES UP. IT'S STILL THE 85% I THINK IT'S 85.5% FROM THE STATE IN THE 15TH 14.5 FROM THE CITY. OKAY? I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. CORDED COUNCIL MYERS WHILE YOU LOOKED IN, OKAY, OKAY. MYERS. YEAH.PASTE IT DOING. UM WOULD YOU MIND ANSWERING THIS QUESTION FOR ME? OR MAYBE, UH, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER MAY BE ABLE TO WITH RESPECT TO COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH QUESTIONED EARLY ABOUT CDBG POON. WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN REDUCED? AND THE CAUSES OF THE REDUCTION. SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO LOSE 277,000 BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS JUST NOT BEING ALLOCATED IN A TIMELY FASHION.
THAT IS A DETRIMENTAL LOSS TO THE CITY. IF YOU DISS FERG HOWEVER AGAIN, THE 628 IS WHAT CAME BEFORE AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO GIVE US THAT AMOUNT. NOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO SAY ABOUT IT IN THE NEXT YEAR THAT IF WE DON'T SPEND THIS MONEY, WE WILL LOSE IT. CDBG IS THERE FOR A REASON? WE'RE GUARANTEED THIS MONEY. WE HAVE TO USE THIS MONEY IN HERE. THAT IS, IS, UM CAN CAN YOU REPEAT THAT OF SORRY? YOU ASK HER TO REPEAT IT. SORRY. CAN'T HEAR IT. I'M SORRY. THE CDBG FUNDS WE ENDED UP LOSING ABOUT $277,000 FROM CDBG OF MONEY THAT JUST WAS NOT SPENT AND THE SCIENCE PROJECTS. SO WHATEVER MONEY WHATEVER YEAR WE RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS THOSE FUNDS EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE TO USE THAT MONEY WITHIN THAT FISCAL YEAR, OR WE WILL LOSE IT. SO THIS IS WHAT THAT'S 628,000 IS WHAT CDBG HAS GIVEN US FOR 2022 23, HOWEVER, IF THAT MONEY IS NOT USED, AND WE LOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THEY WILL REDUCE OUR FUNDS NEXT YEAR. AND. WHAT IS
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THE ROOT CAUSE OF US LOSING THESE FUNDS. I MEAN, ARE THERE NOT BEING ALLOCATED AS THEY SHOULD BE, OR THEY'RE NOT BEING AH. APPROPRIATED APPROPRIATELY. WITHIN. DEPARTMENT. YES, SIR. MR MYERS. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM IF WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AN EMPLOYEE. I DON'T THINK I'M NOT DISCUSSING EMPLOYEE. I'M ASKING WAS THE FUNDING NOT BEING APPROPRIATED CORRECTLY. I HAVE NOT POINTED A FINGER AT ANY EMPLOYEE JUST SIMPLY ASKED. THE QUESTION IS TO THE ROOT CAUSE YOU KNOW IF IT IMPLIES OR IMPLICATES THAT, THEN? YES SIR. YOU YOU MAY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. I APPRECIATE IT. IN A CLOSED SESSION. YES, SIR. WELL, MR MICROCOSMIC UPPER INTO CLOSED SESSION TO GET AN ANSWER TO THIS. RIGHT, LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT, MR. WILLIAMS CAN YOU GIVE ME THE TERMINOLOGY FOR A CLOSED SESSION? SURE THE MIRRORED ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO POINT TO 37 11, A SEVEN OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE PERFORMANCE OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC. OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT ENTERTAINING MOST TO PROVE THE STATEMENT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY COUNCIL MYERS ALL RIGHT. KASMAN WESTBROOK. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR BECAUSE BERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH I KNOW. BUT MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE MAYOR PERN CLOSED CLOSED SESSION CALLED THIS AFTERNOON IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2.2 37 12 AFTER CERTIFYING THAT ONLY MATTERS UNDER WHICH THE CLOSED SESSION WAS LAWFULLY CALLED, WERE DISCUSSED. ANY MATTER WHO BELIEVE IN ANY MEMBER WHO BELIEVES IT WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE FOREGOING SHALL SO STATE FOR THE RECORD IDENTIFYING THE SUBSTANCE OF DEPARTURE, WHICH HE OR SHE BELIEVES OCCURRED. THIS RECALLS. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE, MR MAYOR. COUNCILMAN HILL. MOVED. COUNSELOR MYERS MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK HILL, SMITH LEE BY MAYOR PERN BACK IN OPEN SESSION. OKAY WE ARE BACK AT, UM , ITEM TO BE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S 2022 23 PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE. TO INCLUDE RATE OF TAXATION. ON REAL PROPERTY. QUESTION UM COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. Q. IN THE BOOK. THAT WE HAD THE BUDGET. UNDER GENERAL GOVERNMENT. IS A CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. RISK MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SUMMARY ALL INCLUDED UNDER GENERAL GOVERNMENT. YES, THEY'RE INCLUDED IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL. SO IT'S UM. FINANCE BILLING AND COLLECTIONS. IT'S QUITE SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENT HUMAN RESOURCE. WERE THE SALARIES FOR CLERK MAY HAVE BASED ME AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL CORRECTED. IN THE NEW AND WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US? YES MA'AM. IT'S POSTED ONLINE. IT'S BEEN POSTED SINCE APRIL. 21ST ONLINE INCLUDES THE INCREASE FOR THE SALARY. NO. WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE BOOKLET IS THE INCREASE, BUT THE INCREASE WON'T TAKE PLACE.NOT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL 2023. ACCORDING TO MR MR WILLIAMS. 93 IN JANUARY, 23. NO JULY 2023 IS WHEN THE COUNCIL PAY RAISES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT UNDER THE ORDINANCE. OKAY WELL, WE WERE UNDER IMPRESSION. IT WOULD GO FOR 2022 23. SO WE INCREASED IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS. BUT BUDGET IS COMPLETELY PERFECT. SO THEN, UM THEN THAT LINE ITEM HERE WILL CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AN AMENDMENT ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE'LL BE RECEIVING OUR SECOND TRANCHE OF FUNDS. AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TRANSIT. THERE HAS TO BE UPDATED, SO WE WERE DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO DO IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. WE HAVE TO ANYWAY. SO WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS A LITTLE CONFUSED. IS THERE. IF WE VOTE ON THIS WITH THAT FIGURE ON THAT. CAN WE JUST STRIKE THAT OUT AND THEN VOTE? THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO IT. NO MA'AM TO HAVE THAT LINE ITEM. WE'RE STILL
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GONNA HAVE TO HAVE IT. EVENTUALLY THAT LINE THAT WILL REMAIN THE SAME. YES, MA'AM.ALRIGHT COUNSELOR. COVER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. WE'LL LET ME SUGGEST THIS MISS JORDAN'S.
WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT HR KNOWS NOT TO OVER. PAY US. YES I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEND BE SENDING MONEY BACK. YES SIR. YES, SIR. AND WE'LL JUST APPROVE THIS BUDGET AND WE GOT TO DO AN AMENDMENT ANYWAY, AND THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA CASH. TO USE WHEN WE DO THE AMENDMENT , PLEASE MAKE SURE HR KNOWS. OKAY IT MY WIFE MIGHT SPEND THAT MONEY. OKAY YES, SIR.
ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR MYERS. MOVE THAT WE ADOPTED BUDGET 22 23. I HOPE THAT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BONUS FOR THIS YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET, MR MAYOR, UM THE MANAGER LIKE TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE RECORD FOR COUNCIL REGARDING THE PAY INCREASE. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING I SAID EARLIER. UM THE THERE YOU'LL SEE, UH, WHEN WE DO OUR AMENDMENT FOR STARTING JULY ONE THE EMPLOYEES WILL ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT FALL UNDER THE CITY MANAGER UNDER COUNCIL NARROW CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND OUR STATE OFFICERS. ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 5. PAY INCREASE. HOWEVER. ANY EMPLOYEE THAT HAS HAD A WRITTEN REPRIMAND OR HIGHER SUSPENSION, OR, UM, BEEN PUT ON THE STREET BUT FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS FOR FOUR FORM FOR BEHAVIOR OR AN EMPLOYEE, THAT IS NOT A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN. HE OR SHE WON'T BE ELIGIBLE TO GET THAT 5% STARTING JULY ONE.
THEY'LL BE ELIGIBLE AFTER THE 12 MONTHS FROM THE INFRACTION UNTIL THE INFRACTION HAS BEEN CLEARED OR THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLANS COMPLETED. THEN HE OR SHE THREW HIS REHEARSAL SUPERVISOR.
IS ALWAYS BEFORE THE 5. BUT THAT NOTHING. AH PROHIBITS ANY EMPLOYEE WHO IS A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS. WHO IS NON CONSTITUTIONAL WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS 5% PAY INCREASE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT OUT THERE, SIR. OKAY THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 23 BUDGET NEXT TO HAVE VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. GET A SECOND. AT THIS TIME, ADAM CLERKS YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CASTLE RECOVERED. AH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I PLASMA. BUT MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. CAST. REMEMBER HILL.
VICE VERSA. BRIEFLY I PERM FAST. NEXT MOVE ON ITEM TO SEE CONSIDERATION OR ORDINANCE TO
[2.c. Consideration of an ordinance to authorize the City Attorney to proceed with condemnation of a portion of parcel 065-110004, 2793 South Crater Road. (Page 12)]
AUTHORIZE THE CEDAR ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATION OF A PORTION OF PARCEL 065-1100. 27 93 SOUTH KOREA ROAD. ALL RIGHT, MR BARNES. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK FROM THE, UH, FROM WHEN IT WAS TABLED AT THE LAST MEETING. WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ADJUSTED ALL OF THE NECESSARY LANGUAGE TO REFER TO AN ORDINANCE AS OPPOSED TO A RESOLUTION. THOSE ARE THE ONLY MATERIAL CHANGES AT THIS TIME.IT'S THE MAYOR COUNCILMAN HILL THAT WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR MYERS MOTION THE SECOND DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER KOZBERG REMEMBER WILSON SMITH, I MYERS UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL BY SMITH LEE I ALPERN PAST NEXT ITEM TWO D IS CONSIDERATION OF AN
[2.d. Consideration of an appropriation of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) - Group Violence Intervention Grant - $300,000 - 2nd Reading (Page 69)]
APPROPRIATION OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OPERA GROUP VALENCE INTERVENTION GRANT. AND $300,000 2ND READING. THIS IS THE SECOND READ FOR THE, UM GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANTED $300,000 FOR MS MARGO HARDY TO APPROPRIATE. THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRANT IN THE MOUTH 300,000. CALCIUM MYERS MOVIE. COUNCILMAN HILL SECOND.ALRIGHT. NEXT. WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR, UM A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE.
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. GROUP. VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GRAND AMOUNT OF 300,000. ALRIGHT SEEING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSE COUNSELOR MELISSA SMITH. THANK YOU. THE AT THE FIRST READING. WE AGREED. THEN THAT. BEFORE THIS MONEY IS SPENT THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO
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COUNCIL. IS THAT STILL IN PLACE? YES. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CASANOVA COMFORT. REMEMBER WILSON SMITH, I. MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL BY SMITH[2.e. Consideration to amend Ordinance Section 106-1. - Rate of taxation on real property. (Page 71)]
WEEK PERM MOTION BACK NEXT ITEM E CONSIDERATIONS TO AMEND ORDINANCE SECTION 106 THAT'S ONE RATE OF TAXATION ON REAL PROPERTY. MISS JORDAN'S. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. THIS IS TO A MAN SECTION ONE. OH, 6.1 PERTAINING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG CODE HAS CONFESSED. CONFIDED INSPECTION THAT THIS FIT THE APPLIQUES. EXCUSE ME A REAL PROPERTY FOR ALL TRACKS OF LAND LOTS AND IMPROVEMENT THERE ON AND WHEREAS. THAT AFTER MENTIONED TAX IF REFERENCE IN SECTION ONE. OH 6.1 OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG CODE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG COUNCIL REVISITS SECTION OF PETERSBURG CITY CODE CORRELATION WITH REVIEWING BUDGET OPTIONS FOR THE IMPENDING FISCAL YEAR AND AMEND THE TREMENDOUS TAX RATE TO ACCOMPLISH COUNCIL PARTIES IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET NOW THEREFORE IT BE ORDAINED THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE SHALL IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION ONE. OH 6.1 OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG CITY CODE. TO CHANGE THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE TO A DOLLAR AND 27 CENTS PER 100 OF ASSESSED VALUE, TAKING IT FROM 1 30. OKAY, MR MAYOR, JUST CLEARANCE. YES MR WILLIAMS. CLARIFICATION THIS IS JUST A HOUSE CLEANING EFFORT TO ALSO ONE SET THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE WHICH COUNCIL NEEDS DO BUT TO START THE PROCESS OF DOING ABOUT ORDINANCE, WHICH WHICH IS HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT. NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE AN ACTUAL TEXT REVISION OF ONE OH 6.1 TO MAKE IT CLEANER AND EASIER, BUT MISS JORDAN'S NOTED THAT YOU KNOW THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN DONE. WE NEED TO START DOING IT THIS WAY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE. YES, THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF TOO, FOR HELPING US GET THERE BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY IS A HUGE, HUGE WIN FOR THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG GETTING THIS TAX RIGHT NOW, WHICH HAS BEEN 1035 FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.SO DEFINITELY COMMENCE STAFF OF BUILDING A BUDGET. AND FACTORING THAT DOLLAR 27 ST. AIN'T GIVING THE CITIZENS APPEASE, BURY SOME RELIEF HERE IN A TIME WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING THROUGH THE ROOF. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN HILL. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE. THAT WAS REALLY ABOUT, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT. ALRIGHT. THAT IS A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE FOR THE TAX RATE COUNSELOR. MYERS SECOND UM, AT THIS TIME. WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. ON THE RATE OF TAXATION OF REAL PROPERTY TAX FROM 1 35 TO 1 27 SEEING NO HANDS, IT IS CLOSED. SO AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT. THIS IS A LANDMARK IS SAY IT AGAIN. SAY IT AGAIN COUNSELOR COMPANY. PLEASE SAY THAT IT IS A LANDMARK ON. FOR 30 YEARS ALSO, UM WE'VE BEEN THE SECOND HIGHEST. HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST REAL ESTATE TAX RATE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS PUTS US.
BUT I THINK IT TAKES US A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE LADDER, THEN THE SECOND WRONG, SO IN ANY EVENT I VOTE ARE ALL RIGHT. I. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I MYERS I'M GOING TO SEE EYE AND I'M GOING TO THANK DOWN FROM THE CUPBOARD AND THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY ELSE HERE ON COUNCIL BECAUSE CHARLIE LIKE TO CALL YOUR SUNDAY AND SO WE FINALLY GOT THIS THROUGH. SO THANK YOU.
SO I COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK I REMEMBER HILL SMITH LEE MAYOR PERN. I PASSED. WONDERFUL THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. IT WAS A GREAT DAY HERE IN PETERSBURG. NEXT IS ITEM THREE ADJOURNMENT. DON'T MOVE.
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