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Councilors press for publication of budget amendments, ask for extra public hearing before adoption
Summary
Council members raised procedural concerns at a Richmond City Council budget work session, asking administration to publish unfiltered council amendments submitted last week, provide responses, and schedule an additional public hearing so residents can review changes before final votes.
Council members at a Richmond City Council budget work session asked the administration to publish unfiltered council amendments and to schedule an additional public hearing so residents can review proposed changes before the council adopts the fiscal year budget.
Councilmember Phoebe Gibson (identified in the transcript as Councilmember Gibson) said she had submitted an amendment to fund the city’s participatory “People’s Budget” and expressed concern that the public would not be able to see amendments before a scheduled public hearing. “I did put in an amendment to fund it,” she said, and asked that unfiltered submissions be uploaded immediately so constituents can review them.
Matthew Slatz, interim chief of staff, told council the administration had compiled council priorities submitted late last year into amendments and that a batch of…
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