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Portsmouth council adopts consent package including PFAS settlement funds, behavioral-health grants and utility appropriations
Summary
Council approved a large consent package that accepted PFAS settlement funds from 3M, appropriated behavioral-health grants, adopted the city's emergency operations plan, and approved multiple school reappropriations and capital project appropriations; staff said items were bundled and the motion to adopt passed by recorded roll call.
Portsmouth City Council approved a bundled consent package that included several grants, appropriations and administrative items.
Among the items listed by the clerk were a $288,215.13 payment from the PFAS settlement with 3M to be used by the Department of Public Utilities for water testing and treatment; acceptance of a dam-safety/flood-prevention assistance grant cited in the meeting record (amount as read at the meeting); adoption of the 2025 edition of the city's emergency operations plan; HAZMAT response cost-recovery funds for the regional hazardous-materials team; behavioral-health grants and appropriations, including supportive-housing funds and workforce development funding; and multiple reappropriations for Portsmouth Public Schools (food service, general fund transfers, grants and textbook funds).
City Manager Steven Carter asked council to adopt items 25 through a specified range as a single set. Council moved and seconded the measure and the clerk called roll; the bundle was adopted on a recorded roll call noted in the meeting transcript as adopted 6-0.
Staff said the PFAS funds would be used for water-supply testing and treatment and other authorized uses under settlement terms. The clerk identified the dam-safety/flood-prevention assistance grant as coming from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and the behavioral-health awards as coming from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
Because the clerk read several dollar amounts aloud, some figures in the transcript appear inconsistent or garbled; the city clerk and finance staff should be consulted for precise figures and account coding before publication or financial reporting.
