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Portsmouth council approves nearly $2 million in grants, appropriations and agreements
Summary
At its meeting, the Portsmouth City Council unanimously approved a package of grant awards, appropriations and agreements — totaling about $1.96 million in specified funds — for foster care, summer meals, opioid abatement, recovery court programming, downtown revitalization and other purposes.
Portsmouth — The Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously to accept a series of grants, donations and intergovernmental agreements and to appropriate the specified funds for fiscal 2026.
The measures, each adopted by a 7-0 roll call, included grant awards and appropriations to Social Services, the Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, Behavioral Healthcare Services and other city programs, plus a property sale and a downtown revitalization support resolution. Together, the items with specified dollar amounts total $1,963,294.35; additional measures adopted on the consent calendar included an agreement with the Virginia Department of Health and an amended Community Services performance contract whose dollar amounts were not specified in the clerk’s reading.
Council members approved these items after the city clerk read each ordinance or resolution and the council moved and seconded for adoption. There was no public discussion recorded on the measures during the manager’s report.
Key items adopted
- An ordinance accepting additional foster care funding of $252,461 from the Virginia Department of Social Services and appropriating the amount in the FY 2026 Social Services Fund to pay foster care costs.…
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