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Newport News council approves $5,000 contingency grant to Alzheimer's Association
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting the council approved a $5,000 fiscal-year 2026 contingency request for the Alzheimer’s Association to support an unspecified police-related program; the motion passed 6–0 on a roll call.
The Newport News City Council approved a $5,000 council contingency request to the Alzheimer’s Association during the Sept. 23 joint work session. A council member introduced the request as a fiscal‑year 2026 council contingency allocation “for the Alzheimer’s Association” to support police-related work; the mover and seconder were not identified in the public roll call.
The council proceeded to a roll-call vote. The meeting record shows the six council members present — Councilman Coleman, Councilman Harris, Mayor Jones, Councilman Long, Councilwoman Vick and Vice Mayor Bethany — voted in favor. The clerk announced the motion carried, 6–0.
The public record in the work session identifies the purpose only as support for the Alzheimer’s Association “for the support of, like, the police and, of their path,” and did not provide further programmatic details during the discussion. The council did not solicit additional testimony about the grant at the time of the vote.
The allocation was announced during the joint session’s closing remarks and recorded on the meeting roll call. The council did not attach additional conditions or a reporting requirement on the record at the time of approval; any further program details or reporting obligations would be reflected in subsequent administrative or agenda materials.
