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Committee continues budget-transparency ordinance, forms subcommittee to craft broader budget reforms
Summary
An ordinance that would require publication of side-by-side agency budget requests with the mayor's proposed budget was continued to the July 16 committee meeting; council leaders agreed to form a working group to integrate the proposal into broader budget-process reforms.
A proposed ordinance to change the form of the budget submitted to City Council — requiring publication of a side-by-side comparison of agency-level budget requests and the mayor’s proposed budget — was continued by the Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee to the July 16, 2025 meeting to allow more collaborative work with a newly formed subcommittee.
Why it matters: The measure aims to increase council and public transparency in Richmond’s budget process by giving councilmembers earlier access to agency-level budget submissions and justifications, modeled in part on state-level practices described during the meeting.
What the committee decided and why: Lauren Kirk, senior…
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