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Council authorizes federal grant application for sexual-assault services and affirms federal funding priorities
Summary
Council authorized staff to apply for U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) funding for the city's sexual-assault center and domestic-violence programs, and adopted a resolution outlining the city's federal funding priorities; one councilmember recused from the vote.
Alexandria City Council on May 27 authorized a grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) for the city’s sexual-assault center and domestic-violence program, and adopted a separate resolution that lists city priorities for federal funding and requests support from the congressional delegation.
Councilman John Chapman (note: for attribution purposes, the transcript identifies the mover as Vice Mayor Amy Bagley for the block motion) moved to approve items 10 and 11 in a block; Councilwoman Green seconded. Councilman Mike Pike announced a recusal, saying that because of federal-rules and government-relationship considerations he would not participate in discussion or vote on the matters. The motion passed on a roll-call vote, with council members present recorded as voting aye.
The two actions authorized the city manager to pursue OVW grant funding for victim services and a separate resolution affirming the city's federal funding priorities and seeking assistance from its congressional delegation. The transcript does not include the grant application text or the specifics of the federal-priorities resolution; staff indicated both items were routine federal-grant and advocacy actions.
