Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Civic Administration topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee approves forwarding board recommendations, agrees to continue several appointments for administrative review
Summary
The committee approved forwarding board and commission recommendations while agreeing to continue appointments to allow the new economic development director and a budget task force to weigh in; the committee also approved several reappointments and scheduled continuances.
The Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee voted to forward board recommendations as presented and agreed to continue several appointment items to allow new administration input and task-force review.
Pamela Nichols, council management analyst, presented a vacancy report and staff asked the committee to delay appointments to the Economic Development Authority to give the city’s new director of economic development an opportunity to review applicants. The committee agreed to hold the EDA appointments.
The committee also agreed to continue appointments to the local finance board for the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) trust to the October 15 meeting so the administration can appoint and submit applications. The participatory budgeting steering commission appointments were continued so the council-appointed task force reviewing budget reform can weigh in; the committee agreed to continue that paper to September. The committee had no objection to a reappointment to the minority business appointed committee (reappointment of Grace Washington) and approved a reappointment to the Richmond Retirement System for Carl and Gibson Sr. when no objections were raised.
A motion to forward the board recommendations as stated passed on a recorded voice vote: Ms. Lynch, Aye; Vice Chair Jones, Aye; Chair Robinson (Robinson/Robertson in transcript), Aye. Later, the committee voted to continue paper number 1 (an ordinance under consideration) to the September committee meeting; the vote to continue was recorded as: Ms. Lynch, Aye; Vice Chair Jones, Aye; Chair Robertson, Aye.
