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Chesapeake council approves multiple budget and transfer requests, schedules closed-session interviews
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the council approved agenda and multiple financial transfers and appropriations, confirmed consent items, and authorized a closed meeting to interview board nominees; all recorded motions passed by unanimous 9-0 votes.
Chesapeake City Council on March 18 approved the meeting agenda, multiple items on the consent and regular agendas, several budget transfers and appropriations, and a motion to hold a closed meeting for interviews of board and commission nominees. All recorded motions were adopted by nine-zero votes.
Key formal actions recorded at the meeting included:
- Approval of the proposed agenda (adopted 9-0).
- Approval of the consent agenda with the exception of City Manager item 2 (adopted 9-0). The consent agenda included zoning reclassification requests to be scheduled before the planning commission (PLNRREZ 2024-019 B&G Compressor Station; PLNRREZ 2025-002 Etheridge Lakes Data Center) and several grant application authorizations.
- Approval to apply for the cooperative partnership grant for the Harbor Hope Center Recovery High School (consent item 2, later moved and adopted 9-0).
- De-appropriation of $3,100,771 from the FY 2025 operating budget of Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare (adopted 9-0).
- Acceptance and appropriation of $137,946 received from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to CIBH’s FY 2025 operating budget (adopted 9-0).
- Transfer of $7,811,020 between programs and the health insurance internal service fund for FY 2025 (adopted 9-0).
- Transfer of $1,500,000 from the Chesapeake Expressway repaving phase 1 project to the Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge Toll System upgrades project (adopted 9-0).
- Motion to conduct a closed meeting on March 18 at 2:40 p.m. to interview prospective candidates for appointment to city boards, commissions and authorities, as permitted by section 2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia (adopted 9-0).
Where transcripts recorded a roll call, nine members were present and votes were recorded as unanimous where noted. Several motions, including the budget transfers and appropriations, were requested by departments (Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare, Finance, Public Works) and briefly presented by staff before the council voted. Questions from council on project timelines and staffing were noted for follow-up but did not delay approval of the motions.
