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Council approves consent agenda, including $1M tourism advertising appropriation; unanimous votes recorded
Summary
Council approved a broad consent agenda by an 11-0 vote, including an ordinance to appropriate $1,000,000 from the tourism advertising program for visitor marketing, renamed a boat ramp for the late Barry D. Knight and confirmed an appointment to the development authority.
The Virginia Beach City Council approved its consent agenda by roll call (recorded 11 to 0), moving a package of ordinances and resolutions that included capital transfers, appropriations and planning approvals.
Notable items approved on consent included:
- An ordinance to appropriate $1,000,000 from the tourism advertising program (TAP) fund balance to the Convention and Visitors Bureau budget for advertising and marketing efforts (vice mayor read as item 9).
- Multiple capital appropriations and transfers for stormwater and storm-renewal projects, Sportsplex and field-hockey complex improvements, and the establishment of several capital projects including a King's Grant sidewalk project and Atlantic Avenue lighting and camera purchases.
- A planning item approving a conditional rezoning for a multifamily development (as read by the vice mayor).
The council also adopted a resolution renaming the Owls Creek Boat Ramp in honor of the late Barry D. Knight and recognized his family, and by separate vote (11 to 0) appointed Patrick Schuler to the development authority as read by Vice Mayor Wilson.
A certification of the closed session was also taken earlier in the evening (roll call noted as "5 out of 11 to 0" in the record).
