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Committee forwards package of grants, loans and ordinances to full council; one budget transparency paper continued

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Summary

The Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee voted to forward a set of funding ordinances and grant agreements to Richmond City Council with recommendations to approve, and continued consideration of a budget-transparency ordinance to the July meeting.

The Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee voted on a set of ordinances, grants and a resolution and forwarded them to the full City Council with recommendations to approve.

The items approved by the committee included grant acceptances, a low-interest financing package for a wastewater plant project, contracts to fund substance-use and peer-recovery programs, funding to equip sheriff vehicles with cameras, and several city code amendments. One ordinance — requiring earlier publication of agency-level budget submissions and a side-by-side comparison with the mayor’s proposed budget — was continued to the committee’s July meeting for further work.

Votes at a glance

- Ordinance 20250-032 (EDA grant agreement to facilitate construction of affordable housing at 5009–5015 Snead Road): Motion forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Councilmember Lynch (Aye), Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Carolyn Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.

- Ordinance 20250-097 (Amend FY25 general…

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