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TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1998 <br /> <br />surprises. The Vice-Mayor noted that Sales Tax revenues were trig projections slightly, and <br /> <br />Mr. Bartlett reminded him that revenue estimates in this area had been raised slightly from the <br />previous year, and that this was just one part of the overall General Fund, which was in good <br />shape. Mr. Teague asked whether School Fund Revenues would be received as expected, and <br />told that they should, and that necessary adjustments would be made in the budget accordingly. <br /> <br />Under items not on the Agenda, Council Member Teague congratulated Council Member. Haskell <br />on her appointment as Chair of the Virginia Municipal League Finance Policy Committee:' Mrs. <br />Haskell noted that it will be challenging in the future to find ways to improve revenues for local <br />government, and Mayor Adams noted that Mayor James Eason of Hampton, Virginia, had done a <br />good job of characterizing these challenges in recent times, and expressed his hope that the <br />studies to be done by the VML would result in some answers to improve conditions. Vice-Mayor <br />Crabtree expressed his hope that the General Assembly would help local governments by fully <br />restoring 599 Funds. Mrs. HaskeH noted that the State may find it has even less money to work <br />with as a result of the refund of Personal Property Tax payments. <br /> <br />Mayor Adams then directed the City Manager' s attention to a recent newspaper article in which <br />he had found apparent discrepancies regarding the Virginia Department of Transportation' s <br />funding figures for street projects within the City, and described his observations in detail. Mr. <br />Tom Hasned, Assistant to the City Manager for Development, noted that the information in the <br />article was probably the result of VDOT' s arcane accounting system that shows allocations as <br />expended dollars. <br /> <br /> <br />