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Virginia Beach council approves consent agenda including opioid abatement, library grants and JAG funding
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda carrying multiple appropriations and grants including opioid abatement funds, library grants and an Edward Byrne JAG award; the consent package was approved as read by the vice mayor.
The Virginia Beach City Council approved its consent agenda, which bundled multiple ordinances and appropriation actions into a single vote.
Items on the consent agenda included appropriations from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority totaling $636,105 for FY2024–25 to several city departments for substance-use disorder services and prevention; acceptance and appropriation of $51,604 from the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant to the police and related operating budgets; and multiple public library grants totaling approximately $43,267 for materials and equipment.
The opioid-related funds were distributed across departments as listed by staff: $278,500 to human services for a community engagement/prevention van and related services; $140,000 to provide substance use disorder services in the juvenile detention center and to implement the law-enforcement-against-drugs program in city public schools; $132,605 to health department programming including community engagement specialists and a teen-to-teen social media campaign; and $15,000 for park and recreation curricula on substance use intervention.
The Edward Byrne JAG allocation of $51,604 included purchases requested by the police department and other units: repurchase of two canines ($19,000), community policing activity items ($2,281), bicycle and steering wheel locks, mounted patrol equipment ($17,433), training and health and safety equipment ($1,110), juvenile court-related television equipment ($6,315), Virginia Criminal Information Network workstations and community corrections equipment ($5,465).
Other consent items included a $25,000 sponsorship agreement with Urban League of Hampton Roads Inc. for a Martin Luther King Jr. awards event, and library grants from the Library of Virginia and the Public Library Association. The vice mayor read the consent agenda aloud; council approved the entire package by voice vote.
