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06 TUESDAY MAY 24, 1983 budget for 1983-84 would be less than 7~% over 1982-83, with the expectation that the City and the School Board will not be faced with as large increases in the next few years. Mr. J. Ronnie Minter, Commissioner of the Revenue, appeared before Council and urged Council to reinstate the position for an additional appraisor, without which, Mr. Minter asserted, the City's property reassessment program would be adversely affected to the extent, aside from other important factors, that certain funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia might be reduced if the ratio of assessed valuation to appraised valuation falls below the State-mandated 70%. Meanwhile, Mr. Minter assured Council that, if this position is funded by the Council for 1983-84, he will attempt to persuade the State Corrpensation Board to reinstate the pC1sition of chief deputy, which was eliminated when Mr. Minter (who formerly served as chief deputy and appraisor) became Commissioner of the Revenue and which position of chief deputy and appraisor was formerly funded by the State and the City on a shared-cost basis. In reviewing the list of items City Manager Edmonds proposed to eliminate from his recommended General Fund budget for 1983-84, Mayor Cole cited the need to reinstate the sum of $8,000.00 (initially included for 1983-84) for the installation of storm drainage facilities in the J. Frank Wilson Memorial Park. In connection therewith, although it was determined that these storm facilities will not alleviate the flooding of properties east of the park in the Zee Street-Stratford Court area, Mr. Franklin P. Foard, of 700 Zee Street, while appreciative of what the City has already done to help reduce flooding at and near his property, urged that additional measures be undertaken and debris be regularly removed (from the branch that flows nearby) to avert future damage and incon- venience in the area.