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Councilors file text amendments to budget ordinance; proposals include removing non-budget items and a contracting wage requirement
Summary
Two councilors submitted draft changes to the city’s budget ordinance: one would strip non-budget provisions from the ordinance and another would require janitorial and security contractors to pay at least the city minimum wage; staff said legal drafting and cost estimates were still pending.
Council staff presented draft text amendments to Richmond’s primary budget ordinance during the council’s operating amendment work session, and councilors discussed whether those changes should remain in the budget ordinance or be handled separately.
Will Perkins, senior legislative services manager, said he had received draft amendments from Councilor Newbill and Councilor Gibson and outlined seven proposed changes. Newbill’s submission would remove non–budget-specific provisions from the budget…
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