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Committee forwards package of grants, loans and ordinances to full council; one budget transparency paper continued
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 fund: accept $25,000 from the Regents of the University of California for Commonwealth's Attorney participation in anonymized research on plea agreements): Motion forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.
- Ordinance 20250-098 (Accept $160,000 from the Virginia Department of Forestry to create a tree maintenance team for East End and Evergreen Cemeteries): Motion forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.
- Ordinance 20250-099 (Establish a disposable plastic bag fee under state enabling law; effective 01/01/2026 if adopted): Motion forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.
- Ordinance 20250-100 (Require publication of agency-level budget submissions and a side-by-side comparison with the mayor’s proposed budget): Committee voted to continue the paper to the 07/16/2025 Finance and Economic Development meeting (motion to continue for 60 days). Committee recorded votes on the continuance: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: continued to 2025-07-16 committee meeting.
- Ordinance 20251-107 (Accept $75,000 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and designate a $25,000 match to equip sheriff fleet vehicles with camera equipment): Motion forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.
- Ordinance 20251-108 (Accept $1,500,000 from the Virginia Resources Authority for wastewater plant thickening and dewatering improvements) and Ordinance 20251-109 (Execute a $28,500,000 financing agreement with the Virginia Resources Authority on the same project): Motions forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.
- Ordinance 20251-110 (Richmond Ambulance Authority agreement to fund peer recovery specialists) and Ordinance 20251-111 (Health Brigade grant agreement to fund a substance use disorder treatment program): Motions forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.
- Resolution 2025-R19 (Request CAO study on requiring janitorial and security contractors to pay the city minimum wage and recommendations for implementation by 11/01/2025): Motion forwarded to council with recommendation to approve. Committee recorded votes: Vice Chair Jones (Aye), Chair Robertson (Aye). Outcome: approved by committee.
What the committee vote means
Committee approval sends the listed ordinances and resolution to the full City Council with a recommendation to adopt. The continued ordinance on budget publication will return to the Finance and Economic Development committee on July 16, 2025, for further work and potential endorsement.
