City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2013
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Recommendation and Status Report on Legislation Introduced in the 2013 General Assembly Session.
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ISSUE: Recommendations and status report (No. 2) on legislation introduced at the 2013 General Assembly Session.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council approve the following recommendations of its Legislative Subcommittee (Mayor Euille and Councilman Smedberg):
(1) Approve the legislative positions included in Attachment 1 (Recommended Position on Bills Before the 2013 General Assembly Session); and
(2) Support budget amendments to provide additional funding to Healthy Families; and State funding for the local match for the State-required bonus for local Health Department employees (both of these are discussed briefly later in this memorandum).
DISCUSSION: The 2013 General Assembly Session is scheduled to adjourn in less than two weeks, on February 23. Over half of the 2,326 bills and resolutions that were introduced are now dead, and some of the remaining ones will be defeated before Session ends. A good deal of the remaining days of Session will likely be spent on budget issues.
City Package. The following bills and budget amendments seek the enactment of proposals from the City's legislative package (Attachment 2 is a status report on “City Package” bills):
· The Governor’s proposal to end the Local Aid to the State program has been accepted by both the House and the Senate. This will save the City about a million dollars that otherwise would have gone to the State in FY 2014.
· More than half a dozen bills were introduced to allow school boards to set the opening day of school on the day they determine to be best for their schools. The Senate overwhelmingly killed...
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