MINUTES RECESSED CALLED MEETING MAY26, 2020  5/26/202( staffing. other city Brief disi thel FY2 CLOSEI A closed A.1 fort Followil was disc No furtl 2020at  Thei recessed called meeting/budget works session of the Council for the City was held on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers ofCity Halll located at 333 W. The meeting was called to order by! Mayor Thomas H. Sibold, Jr. with all members present as follows: Mayor Sibold, Vicel Mayor David S. Crosier, Councilman Edmond. J. "Eddie. Joe" Entsminger, Councilman Raymond C. Hunter and Councilman S. Allan' Tucker. At thist time, a motion was made by Vicel Mayor Crosier, seconded by Mr. Tucker, to addt tot the agenda, ac closed session pursuant tot the Virginia Freedom of] Information Act Sec. 2.2-3711 A.1 regardingi performance ofas specific public appointee. Motion carried 5t to0. The following individuals presented information to Council regarding their budget request for FY 20/21: Melinda Snead-Johnson, Superintendent ofCovington City Schools; Sheriff Kevin Hall and Indgrid Barber, Executive Director oft the Community Services Board. Melinda Snead-Johnson, Superintendent of Covington City Schools, gave ap presentation to Council regarding: (1)t the FY20/21 School Budget; (2) Impact ofCOVID-19 ont the School System; (3) thel Feeding Program; and (4) CARES Funding. Mrs. Snead-Johnson explained the priorities need related to staffing, return of staff and students following the early closure of schools due to COVID-19, remediation fors students andt the One on One Initiative for Pre-Kt to 12. She noted thei impact oft the teacher shortage and building needs for all schools. Requirements due to COVID-19 will require items such as masks, gloves and additional cleaning. No date has beens set fort the reopening ofs schools at thist time. Thel Feeding Program to assist students duet the COVID-19 closure of schools wille end on Wednesday. The Summer Feeding Program willl begin on. June 1,2020. At this time, 8,199 meals have been served to students. The CARES ACT Funding has been receivedi in the amount of $209,851. The number one priority is education witht the purchase of approximately- 475 Chrome Books and the One on One Program. Otheri items that funds willl be used fori include the cleaning requirements, masks, gloves, remedial efforts, feeding costs and the support ofs students when they return. Mrs. Snead- Johnson thanked Council: fort their continued support for the Covington School System. Mayor Sibold expressed appreciation to Superintendent Snead-Johnson for her presentation. Council discussed the changes from the draft budget presented onl May 19th. The budget has an Discussion was also held regarding the reopening of City Hall and the economy. Mayor Sibold noted that we need tol be working with the City Attorney to safely reopen the economy. City Manager Onaitis noted that shei is developing guidelines for reopening of government, recreation Discussion was alsol held regarding the Governor's mandate for wearing masks beginning Friday, May 29th. Mayor Sibold noted that thisi is not tol be al Police Dept. enforcement. Sheriffl Kevin Hall was present to address vehicle concerns for his Department where funds! had been cut in the. Joint Services budget. Discussion was held regarding the "special fund" that was created to clarify thei items billedt to the City ofactual services received. This isa a worki in progress asi no actual agreement has been made between the City of Covington and Alleghany County at this time. Following discussion, Mayor Sibold thanked SheriffHall: for attending the Ingrid) Barber, Executive Director oft the Community Services Board, presented information regarding the growing number of services being provided to the community and costsi involved. She noted that the City of Covington has 34% oft the clients being served. An explanation ofher budget request was tol be able tor receive appropriate state fundingi ift the City met the 10%1 match as requested. Mrs. Barber also noted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services and  Locust Street, Covington, Virginia.  City Manager: Krystal Onaitis  ATTE: L EDITI  overall 10% cut in departments and agencies.  and businesses.  work session and presenting hisi information.    5/26/2020 PG.2  staffing. Mayor Sibold expressed his concerns related tot the inability to fund city schools and Brief discussion was held regarding the funding of the DEQ Consent Order which is currently in the FY 20/21 Budget, and thej proposed budget with no taxi increase or fee increases.  other city needs and departments that havel been cut by 10%.  W. :as  CLOSED SESSION  A closed session was held pursuant tot the Virginia Freedom ofl Information. Act Sec. 2.2-3711 A.1 for the purpose of discussion regardingas specific public appointee. Following the closed session, Council reconvened and votedt to certify that only thei item stated was discussed. There was no action taken att this time. Noi further business to come before Council, the meeting was recessed to Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. for an additional work session ont the FY20/221 Budget.  othe 1A.1 for vin  AEAS THOMAS H. SIBOLD, JR., MAYOR PRESIDENT OFTHE CITY COUNCIL. AND, AS SUCH, EX-OFFICIO OFFICER OF THE CITY OF COVINGTON,  Ithe to am ler iber eon sks, ead- yor an old tion  VIRGINIA  ATTEST:  Ehhg EDITHS. WOOD, CITY CLERK  had was y he d. her tch  2