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Richmond council adopts ordinance requiring agency budget requests and side-by-side comparison
Summary
The City Council approved an ordinance requiring publication of agency-level budget requests and a side-by-side comparison with the mayor's proposed budget; vote was 7–2.
Richmond City Council on Monday adopted an ordinance that requires the mayor’s office to publish agency-level budget request documents and a side-by-side comparison with the mayor’s proposed budget.
Councilwoman Stephanie Lynch, the ordinance sponsor, said the change is meant to give council members and the public more “insight, intel, and knowledge” about departmental needs before budget decisions are finalized. “All of us have to defend the budget that we vote…
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