Richmond
City Council /
News Release
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Richmond City Council schedule for establishing the Fiscal Year 2025 Richmond Government Budget
Richmond City Council Chambers: Live streamed and in person
WHAT Richmond,
Virginia – The 2025 Richmond Government
Budget Establishment process encourages
public transparency, engagement, and involvement. Richmond City Council’s budget meeting schedule is as follows:
Fiscal Year
2025 Richmond Government Budget
Establishment
Meetings Schedule
Meetings,
unless otherwise noted, to be held in Richmond City
Council Chambers; Richmond City Hall; 2nd Floor; 900 E. Broad
Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219
· Mon., March 25, 2024: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session
#1
(Same day as Council Formal Meeting)
o
Collective/shared
priority review
o
Discussion
of Richmond General Fund Budget Priorities - Council & Staff
o
Discussion
of Richmond Capital Improvement Priorities - Council & Staff
To access the
meeting via Microsoft Teams, please use the following link:
https://tinyurl.com/Council-Budget-March-25 or dial *67-804-316-9457 and
enter ID: 955 467 696#.
· Wed., March 27, 2024:
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Council Special Meeting for Mayor to submit a proposed FY25 Richmond
Government Budget to Richmond City Council
To access the meeting via Microsoft Teams,
please use the following link:
https://tinyurl.com/Council-Special-March-27 or dial
*67-804-316-9457 and enter ID: 468 257 467#.
· Mon., April 8, 2024; 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session
#2
o
Overview
of Mayor‘s Proposed Budget
o
Richmond
General Fund
o
Richmond
Capital Improvement Plan and Revenue
· Mon., April 8, 2024: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Public Hearing on Mayor’s Proposed FY 2025 Budget
(To be held during Richmond City Council Formal Meeting)
Richmond residents are invited and
encouraged to participate in person or virtually via Microsoft Teams.
Interested persons may pre-register by calling the Office of City Clerk, 804.646.7955
(press option 3 when prompted), by Noon, on Mon., April 8, 2024
· Mon., April 15, 2024: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session #3
o
Council
Discussion of Draft Amendments to Mayor’s Proposed Budget
· Mon., April 22, 2024; 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session #4
o Presentation, discussion, and preparation of final Council Proposed Amendments to proposed FY 2025 Budget
· Mon. April 29, 2024; 1-4:00 p.m.
Council
Budget Amendment Work Session #5
(DUE DATE/5:00 p.m. for Final Proposed
Amendments)
o Discussion
and finalization for Council Final Proposed Budget Amendments (balanced) for
proposed FY 2025 Richmond Government Budget
o DUE DATE/5:00 p.m. to provide Final Proposed
Budget Amendments to Council for Council Chief of Staff and time to prepare,
write, verify, and submit Proposed Budget Amendments to Richmond Office of City
Attorney for legal review, preparation, approval as to form and legality, and
introduction of legislation for Council Formal Meeting on 5.6.24
· Mon., May 6, 2024; 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session #6
o Presentation,
discussion, and preparation of final Council Proposed Amendments (balanced) for
proposed FY 2025 Richmond Government Budget
· Mon., May 13, 2024; 6:00-8:00 p.m. (During
Council Formal Meeting)
PUBLIC
HEARING: Public Hearing held on proposed amended budget legislation
o Richmond
City Council Establishes Official FY 2025 Richmond Govt. Budget
o Richmond
Government Budget includes Council amendments; Richmond General Fund (Operating
Budget), Special Funds, Enterprise Funds, Internal Service Funds, Federal, and
State Funds, Richmond Capital Improvement Plan, and funds provided for Richmond
Public Schools.
· Wed., May 15, 2024
o Council
must adopt Schools budget by May 15, or within 30 days of Receipt of state
school funding estimates to localities (whichever is later), per Virginia Code
of Laws: Title 22.1. Education; Chapter 8. Article 1; §22. 1-93.
· Fri., May 31, 2024
o
Council
must establish Richmond Government Budget by May 31 each year, per Richmond
City Charter: Chapter 6. Budgets.
· Mon., July 1, 2024
Fiscal Year 2025 Richmond Government
Budget begins; runs July 1- June 30 annually.
NOTE: The Council Budget schedule is a working draft and subject to updates and budget topics, question, and discussions may also be included in other public Richmond City Council Meetings, as needed. Please check Richmond City Council meeting dates, at https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx and/or any meeting update announcements, at https://richmondvacitycouncil.blogspot.com/
Richmond Residents
Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to attend meetings and to share their thoughts, comments, and ideas directly with the individual Councilmember in their district.
CONTACT YOUR COUNCILMEMBER
Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to share their thoughts
regarding the many compelling and competing city
budgetary needs directly with the individual Councilmember representing them. (https://www.rva.gov/richmond-city-council/council-contacts)
FIND YOUR
DISTRICT
The following helpful link can be used by residents, if
needed, to further assist in identifying their individual Richmond Voter
District:
Richmond
Real Estate Property Search Database https://apps.richmondgov.com/applications/propertysearch/Search.aspx
(note: Click for “Search by Property Address” - Once
you’ve entered your address, use the Govt. tab to identify your Voter
Districts)
Council Formal Meeting - Live TV
Richmond City Council Formal Meetings (typically held 2nd/4th Monday of month, beginning 6:00 p.m.) air live on TV: Free/Over-the-Air channel 57.1 on VPM Plus/WCVW night of meetings; Via cable: Verizon Fios 524/24; Comcast 797/24; Direct TV 57; Dish 9392/57
Council Formal Meeting - TV Replay
Recent Council Formal Meetings are typically replayed twice daily on Richmond
Government Access TV Cable Channel 17 in Richmond; beginning at Noon and 7:00
p.m.
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Council Formal, Informal, Standing, Budget,
Special Meetings (Agendas, Etc.)
Typically held in Richmond City Council Chambers; Richmond City Hall, 2nd
floor; 900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, VA 23219 (Schedule on back)| https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
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Council meetings: Live/Audio/Video Streaming
| richmondva.legistar.com
Go to meeting agendas for live links of individual
meetings
Council Meeting Audio/Video Streaming Replay | https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
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Council Legislation, Laws/Ordinances,
Resolutions, Richmond City Charter, etc.| https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
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Council Webpage | https://www.rva.gov/richmond-city-council
Council Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/RichmondCityCouncilVirginiaUSA
Council News Releases | https://richmondvacitycouncil.blogspot.com/
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Richmond City Council overview
Richmond City Council is the official governing
legislative institution of Richmond, Virginia and represents residents in
creating and amending local laws/ordinances, providing government policy and
oversight, and establishing an annual Richmond Government Budget.
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Richmond
City Council - Richmond City Hall - 900 East Broad Street, Suite 300 -
Richmond, Virginia 23219 U.S.A. - rva.gov/richmond-city-council (web)
