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Task force recommends earlier budget introduction, portfolio work sessions and clearer amendment rules
Summary
A budget review task force recommended moving the mayor’s budget introduction up 16 days, organizing council budget work sessions by department portfolios and adopting a standardized amendment process to give council more time and clearer procedures to review the city’s FY26 budget.
RJ Warren, the council chief of staff, presented recommendations from the Budget Review Task Force aimed at improving how Richmond’s mayoral budget is developed and reviewed by council. The group’s principal proposals include advancing the mayor’s budget submission by 16 days, structuring budget work sessions around departmental portfolios, instituting a standardized amendment process and increasing early collaboration between the mayor’s office and council.
Under the recommended schedule the mayor would introduce the budget on March 11; the first public hearing on the proposed budget…
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