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r~ ~~ TUESDAY MAY 5, 1981 On the basis of updated information presented by Mr. Jan C. Reed, Director of the area Court Service Unit, Council reduced this unit's 1981-82 request of $18,750.00 for detention home expense to $16,250.00. And, on the basis of Council's previously-expressed conviction that the FOCUS agency should be funded entirely by the United Fund, Council informed Ms. Angela Mize, Director of this agency, that the City will discontinue, as of the 1981-82 City Budget, the City's support of the agency heretofore in the amount of $2,739.00. Council reversed its recent decision to reserve in escrow the sum of $38,000.00 anticipated as being unspent from the 1980-81 budget for the thoroughfare construction program, having been advised that funds already reserved for this account are deemed sufficient until such time as State-Federal funds become available for thoroughfare projects scheduled several years hence. Other budgetary matters discussed by Council were: (1) the City's contribution to the V.P.I. Extension Service; (2) the recommended rate increase in sewer service charges; and (3) the City's net cost of various operations supported in part by State-Federal funds, particularly the Social Services Department, meanwhile suggesting that proposed salary increases for personnel of this department be brought in line with the ceiling of 10% recently established by Council for employees under the jurisdiction of the City Manager. Upon motion, duly seconded and carried by a vote of four-to-one (Vice Mayor Cole voting against the motion as it pertained to a proposed 92~ real estate tax rate for 1981-82, with Mr. Cole advocating a 90~ rate and the usage of surplus to off-set reduced revenue), Council tentatively approved the 1981-82 City Budget, as revised, predicated upon a 92~ real estate tax rate, and