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Committee forwards grants, procurement and tax ordinances to council with recommendations to approve
Summary
The Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee voted to forward several ordinances to full council with recommendations to approve, including grants for cemetery preservation ($69,920), opioid settlement funding ($611,807.50), a $1,000,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund award for Broad Rock Creek Park, a $150,000 criminal-justice grant for Richmond Recovery Court, procurement-code updates, a right-of-entry for tree work, and an extension of a commercial tax exemption.
The Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee voted to forward multiple ordinances to the Richmond City Council with recommendations to approve.
Key items forwarded with committee recommendations:
- Ordinance 2026‑130 (Item 2): Authorize the CAO to accept $69,920 from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (African American Cemetery and Graves Fund) and create the Historic African American Cemetery Special Fund for preservation and maintenance; Kimberly Jackson, community engagement manager, urged acceptance.
- Ordinance 2026‑130 (Item 3): Accept $611,807.50 from the National Opioid Settlement Fund and appropriate it to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services for opioid abatement and remediation strategies; the public hearing had no speakers and the committee recommended approval.
- Ordinance 2026‑132 (Item 4): Accept $1,000,000 from the National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund to improve access and amenities at Broad Rock Creek Park; forwarded with recommendation to approve.
- Ordinance 2026‑133 (Item 5): Authorize the CAO to execute a right‑of‑entry agreement with Capital Trees for tree improvements at Bird Park and two other sites; forwarded with recommendation to approve.
- Ordinance 2026‑148 (Item 7): Accept $150,000 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for the Richmond Recovery Court; forwarded with recommendation to approve.
- Ordinances 2026‑149 and 2026‑150 (Items 8 and 9): Amend city procurement code definitions and joint/cooperative procurement provisions to conform to optional sections of the Virginia code; both were forwarded as a block with a recommendation to approve.
- Ordinance 2026‑151 (Item 10): Amend the city code to extend the expiration date of partial real-estate tax exemptions for certain rehabilitated commercial or industrial structures from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2027; forwarded with recommendation to approve.
The committee recorded motions and seconding actions on each item and the clerk announced recorded 'Aye' votes (Vice Chair Jones and Chair Robinson were recorded in multiple roll-call moments). Each motion to forward carried and the items will appear on the full council agenda for final action.
