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Votes at a glance: Richmond City Council approves consent agenda, most appointments; continues select items
Summary
Council approved the consent agenda and most board appointment recommendations, continued RHA and EDA vacancies to a later meeting, and voted to amend and continue resolution 2024 R 40 to Feb. 24, 2025.
Richmond City Council conducted a series of routine votes Monday, approving the consent agenda, confirming most board appointments, accepting agenda amendments and voting to amend and continue a biannual real estate strategy resolution to a future meeting.
Key actions and outcomes
- Motion to continue RHA and EDA appointment recommendations to the next council meeting: Approved. The council voted in favor; recorded “aye” votes included Mister Breton, Miss Gibson, Miss Jones, Miss Robertson, Miss Lynch, Miss Trammell, Miss Abu Bakr, Vice President Jurden and President Newbill. The motion passed and the RHA and EDA vacancies will be considered at the next council meeting.
- Motion to approve the remaining board appointment recommendations: Approved. Recorded “aye” votes were Mister Breton, Miss Gibson, Miss Jones, Miss Robertson, Miss Lynch, Miss Trammell, Miss Abu Bakr, Vice President Jurden and President Newbill. The appointments were adopted with the exception of the RHA and EDA recommendations that were continued.
- Motion to accept the evening’s agenda as amended (amendments included continuations and one amendment of a resolution): Approved. The vote was recorded as unanimous among voting members present.
- Adoption of the consent agenda (ordinances listed on the consent agenda): Approved. The consent agenda included the following ordinance identifiers as read into the record: ordinance 2024-306; ordinances 2025-012 and 013; ordinances 2025-015, 016, 017, 018, 019, 020 and 021. Council voted to adopt the consent agenda as presented.
- Motion to amend and continue resolution 2024 R 40 (the biannual real estate strategy plan for city-owned surplus properties) and continue it to the Monday, Feb. 24 council meeting: Approved. Motion carried with recorded ayes from the same council members listed above.
Votes recorded in the public minutes listed council members individually as voting “aye” for these motions; no roll-call “no,” “abstain” or recusals were recorded for these items during the meeting.
The council also approved minutes from preceding meetings and introduced new legislation for public inspection and posting on the city website on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Several items were explicitly continued to future meetings and one resolution was amended and continued; no ordinances were adopted on second reading during this meeting.
