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Richmond council authorizes up to $50,000 for strike support and approves multiple contracts including Craneway inspection
Summary
The Richmond City Council voted to authorize up to $50,000 for short-term programs to support families affected by a United Teachers of Richmond strike and approved a series of contracts, including a $169,500 condition assessment for the Craneway Pavilion and a $374,000 construction contract for the Richmond Art and Light project.
The Richmond City Council on Friday approved an emergency measure directing the city manager to identify short-term supports for families affected by labor negotiations between United Teachers of Richmond and West Contra Costa Unified School District and authorized up to $50,000 in available funds for emergency programming or other services as determined by staff. Council member Jimenez moved the item and the measure passed by recorded roll call with Council member Brown absent.
City Manager Shasta Curl told the council staff had already been reviewing options and could use the authorized funding for staff overtime, extended community-center hours, or partnerships with nonprofit providers. “It’s just essentially a not-to-exceed $50,000 so that it could include staff overtime, it could be calling in staff that were potentially not scheduled to work, it could include partnerships with…
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