HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/29/1990 - RegularACTION NO. A-52990-1
ITEM NO.
AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ROANOKE
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, HELD AT THE ROANOKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION CENTER
MEETING DATE: May 29, 1990
AGENDA ITEM: Amendments to the Consolidation Agreement
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS:
BACKGROUND'
On February 27, 1990 the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke
County, Virginia authorized the execution of the Consolidation
Agreement between the County of Roanoke and the City of Roanoke.
On March 13, 1990 the Board requested that Roanoke City Council
consider several modifications to the agreement. Over the past
two months representatives of the County and City have discussed
these modifications.
On April 10, 1990 the Board voted to amend the proposed
Charter for the Roanoke Metropolitan Government and the Consolida-
tion Agreement to change the composition of the school board by the
addition of two members. Since the "veto" session of the Virginia
General Assembly was scheduled to commence in mid-April, it was
decided to address this issue at that time.
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION:
Representatives of the County and City have completed their
negotiations with regards to amendments to the Consolidation
Agreement. These amendments are as follows:
1) Section 12 Education. Expand the composition of the
school board by the addition of two members.
AYES: SUPERVISORS EDDY, MCGRAW, JOHNSON, ROBERS
NAYS: SUPERVISOR NICRENS
2) The addition of a provision concerning reassignment of
school faculty and personnel.
SUPERVISOR JOHNSON MOTION TO DELETE.
AYES: SUPERVISORS EDDY, MCGRAW, JOHNSON, NICRENS,
ROBERS
NAYS: NONE
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
If the Board concurs with the amendments and modifications
discussed above, it is recommended that staff be authorized to
publish the appropriate legal notice as required by law and
schedule the public hearing on the amendments to the Consolidation
Agreement. Following the public hearing the Board could vote upon
the amendments to the Agreement.
Respectfully submitted,
`~ ~.
Paul M. Mahoney i
County Attorney
Action Vot
No Y Abs
Approved (X) Motion by Bob L. Johnson Eddy x
Denied ( ) moved to separate issues Johnson x
Received ( ) _(see each item for vote) McGraw x
Referred Nickens x
to Robers x
cc: File
Paul Mahoney, County Attorney
5) Authorize the preparation of a separate agreement between
the City of Salem, the County and Roanoke City to specify
the terms and conditions under which this territory would
be combined with the City of Salem.
It is recommended that the Board follow the same procedure in
adopting amendments to the Agreement as it followed in adopting the
Agreement on February 27, 1990: schedule a public hearing on these
amendments, following the publication of appropriate legal notice
as provided in Section 15.1-1137 of the Code of Virginia. Legal
notice (and a copy of the amendments to the Agreement) should be
published once a week for four successive weeks. The public
hearing and action to approve and adopt these amendments could be
scheduled for July 10, 1990.
It is also recommended that these amendments be submitted to
the Circuit Court for the entry of an appropriate Order, amending
the Order entered April 18. 1990_
Finally, the City and County Attorneys have directed outside
counsel to submit the request for approval of the voting changes
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act to the Justice Department.
ALTERNATIVES AND IMPACTS:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
If the Board concurs with the amendments and modifications
discussed above, it is recommended that staff be authorized to
publish the appropriate legal notice as required by law and
schedule the public hearing on the amendments to the Consolidation
Agreement. Following the public hearing the Board could vote upon
the amendments to the Agreement.
Respectfully submitted,
~'\'
Paul M. Mahoney
County Attorney
Approved ( )
Denied ( )
Received ( )
Referred
to
Motion by
Action Vote
No Yes Abs
Garrett
Johnson
McGraw
Nickens
Robers