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City work session reviews 17-item legislative package ahead of General Assembly season
Summary
Council members and staff discussed a broad legislative package — from zoning authority and school-board structure to cryptocurrency investment authority, election rules, transportation funding, and public-safety provisions — and asked staff to refine language for the Oct. 28 agenda.
Lynchburg—s city staff and councilmembers convened Oct. 14 for a work session to shape a proposed legislative package the city will ask state lawmakers to carry during the upcoming General Assembly session. The package contains roughly 17 distinct requests or positions, and staff said each will be converted to bill language and presented for final direction on Oct. 28.
Items discussed included proposals to expand local zoning authority; a request from one councilmember to give localities the option to invest in cryptocurrencies or alternative assets for specific capital needs; opposition to any statewide mandate requiring collective bargaining; and a request to permit the city, by ordinance, to establish an elected school board (a local option)…
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