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Richmond City Council adopts consent agenda, funds legal aid and approves board appointments
Summary
Council members unanimously approved the consent agenda including a $500,000 allocation for tenant legal representation, amended a federal grant-support resolution for a local infrastructure project and appointed two city directors to the Greater Richmond Transit Company.
Richmond City Council on Jan. 27 adopted its consent agenda and several individual measures, including a $500,000 allocation to Central Virginia Legal Aid Society to provide attorneys for tenants facing eviction, an amended resolution supporting a federal infrastructure grant for a locally named replacement project and appointments to represent the city on the Greater Richmond Transit Company board.
The council voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda, which included multiple ordinances listed on the meeting packet and a resolution to fund tenant legal services. Martin Wegbrite of Central Virginia Legal Aid Society and the organization's executive director, Steve Dickinson, addressed the council in support of the…
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