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[96 -'=A.~TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1991 '..~Council acknowledged a status report on the Smith Lake Road HoUSing Project. Mr.'Brown reviewed a plat of the project site and responded toquestions from CounCil regarding several aspects of the project. Council acknowledged a report on bingo operations within the City in which the City Manager reported that the Police Department had investigated'bingo operations in the past but had found no improprieties. Mr, Brown said that the Department would continue to closely 'monitor these operations. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council accepted two separate grant awards for use in connection with drug enforcement by the Police Department and approved budget adjustments as follows: (1) the City received $29,424' from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, which is $10,125 less than the amount of the application; therefore, the FY91-92 Budget was adjusted by reducing revenue in the amount of $10,125 and reducing expenditures under the 1 ine item Communication Equipment/State Grants by an equal amount; and (2) the City received $51,915.60 from the Governor's Intensified Drug Enforcement Assistance Program (such funds were not anticipated in the Budget); therefore, the FY91-92 Budget was adjusted by increasing revenue in the amount of $51,915.60 and by appropriating funds to two' separate accounts in the Police Department as follows: Overtime/State Grants of $36,524 and Communication Equipment/State Grants of $15,390. Couhcil asked that a new line item be created to clearly delineate the local matching funds to be used for these grants. Councilman Adams questioned the accuracy of the jail study consultant's popuiation projections in light of a new State law which took effect July 1, 1991 which mandates that the State will be responsible for housing all prisoners with sentences exceeding two years by July 1, 1996. If the .State