Please take notice that there will be a Special Meeting (Budget Adoption) of City Council held on Wednesday, May 6, 1998, at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber of City Hall, Alexandria, Virginia, for the purpose of considering the following items. ______________________________ Vola Lawson, City Manager OPENING 1. Calling the Roll. Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 2. Consideration of The Proposed Annual Operating Budget for FY 1998-99 (including Schools) and The Proposed Capital Improvements Program for FY 1999-2004 (including the Schools CIP). (#2 3/31/98; #2 3/17/98) Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 3. Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Section 3-2-181 (LEVIED; AMOUNT) of Division 1 (REAL ESTATE), and Section 3-2-221 (LEVIED ON TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY OTHER THAN MOBILE HOMES, AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLES, TAXICABS, MOTOR VEHICLES WITH SPECIALLY DESIGNED EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE HANDICAPPED, MOTORCYCLES, CAMPERS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, BOATS AND TRAILERS; AMOUNT), Section 3-2-222 (LEVIED ON MACHINERY AND TOOLS USED IN MINING OR MANUFACTURING BUSINESS; AMOUNT), Section 3-2-223 (LEVIED ON MOBILE HOMES; AMOUNT) and Section 3-2-224 (LEVIED ON AUTOMOBILE, TRUCKS, TRAILERS, SEMI-TRAILERS, TAXICABS, MOTORCYCLES, CAMPERS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, BOATS AND TRAILERS; AMOUNT) of Division 3 (TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND MACHINERY AND TOOLS), all of Article M (LEVY AND COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES), Chapter 2 (TAXATION), Title 3 (FINANCE, TAXATION AND PROCUREMENT) of The Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as amended. The proposed ordinance sets the city’s 1998 tax rates for real property at $1.13 and tangible personal property at $4.75. (#14(b) 4/18/98; #5 3/31/98; #21 3/24/98) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 4. Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the City Code by increasing the transient lodging tax from five percent to five and one-half percent. (#3 3/31/98; #22 3/24/98) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_______________________________________________________________ 5. Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the City Code by establishing an admission tax on the price paid to gain entrance to places of amusement or entertainment and sporting events. (#4 3/31/98; #23 3/24/98) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Council Action:_______________________________________________________________