The Chesapeake City Council on Oct. 14, 2025 voted 9-0 to approve concurrent advertising for the Hampton Roads Sanitation District(HRSD) DozierCorner pump station replacement and adopted the nightconsent agenda, clearing a package of grant applications and capital-project transfers.

HRSD representative Phil Hubbard told the council the replacement is tied to a federal consent decree and said the district will build the pump station, then the city will maintain it. "We have a federal consent decree that we are working with," Hubbard said when asking the council to permit concurrent advertising so the project could move forward more quickly.

The consent agenda, approved by a unanimous vote, included several items that city staff said were requested or required by public-safety departments and Public Works. Among the items listed in the consent packet were applications and authorizations to apply for grant funds: $500,000 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services Operation Ceasefire calendar-years 2026through 2028 grant program; $245,448 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services Operation Ceasefire Forensic and Analytical Technology grant program; and $655,928 from the U.S. Department of Justice FY 2025 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative grant. The consent agenda also authorized transfers of $1,100,000 and $350,000 between Chesapeake Expressway capital projects to consolidate funds into the Expressway renewal and replacement Phase 4 project.

City staff said the Dozier's Corner pump station proposal will come to the Planning Commission before the council for formal land-use review; HRSD asked for concurrent advertising so council consideration could follow in a tighter schedule because of the federal consent decree timetable. The council also approved a city attorney-drafted ordinance amending Chapter 18 of the Chesapeake City Code (business licenses) as part of the packet; staff said the change updates refund and proration language to reflect recent state code changes.

Motion records: the council adopted the motion for concurrent advertising for PLN USE 2025-035 (DozierCorner pump station replacement) by a 9-0 vote. The consent agenda was also adopted by a 9-0 vote.

Whathappens next: HRSD said the project will be scheduled for the Planning Commission and subsequent council action as required; city staff will continue processing the grant applications and capital-project transfers as routine items under the adopted consent agenda.