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Council approves consent agenda, grants and several ordinances and resolutions; roll calls recorded
Summary
Roanoke City Council on March 17 unanimously approved the consent agenda and a series of grants, ordinances and resolutions, recording roll‑call votes for each item.
Roanoke City Council on March 17 unanimously approved the consent agenda and a series of ordinances and resolutions, recording roll‑call votes for each item.
Key votes and outcomes:
• Consent agenda — approved by roll call. Mayor Cobb opened the meeting and a motion to approve the consent agenda passed when the clerk recorded "Aye" from council members on the roll call.
• Acceptance and appropriation of the FY2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (BJA JAG) — ordinance adopted. City Manager Miss Turner said the grant funds will pay for subscriptions to crime‑detection software to increase investigation capacity. The roll call recorded unanimous approval.
• Acceptance and appropriation of the FY2024 HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes grant — ordinance adopted. Turner said the funds will support lead hazard reduction for an additional 50 households and contractor capacity building; council approved the measure unanimously.
• Acceptance of a donation from Branch Management Corporation for the Beautify Roanoke interchanges program — ordinance adopted. Council recorded unanimous approval and Mayor Cobb thanked Branch Management for the contribution.
• Amendments to Mattern & Craig contract for engineering design services for the Riverland Road greenway — resolution adopted. The resolution authorizes contract amendments for design work on the greenway between Garden City and the Roanoke River Greenway and passed on a unanimous roll call.
• Two ordinances granting additional time for nonprofit tax‑exemption filings — both adopted. The council approved extensions allowing Wellness Wagon and Restoration Housing additional time to file required documentation for personal property and real estate tax exemptions, respectively.
• Resolution appointing members to the Roanoke Neighborhood Advocates — adopted. Council approved appointments and established member terms.
Motions were moved and seconded as recorded in the meeting; the clerk recorded "Aye" votes from the council members present for each measure. No record of any "No" or "Abstain" votes appeared in the roll calls included in the transcript.
