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Richmond City Council invites Residents to participate
in Budget Public Hearing on April 22nd
Key discussions and presentations: Richmond Capital Improvement Plan; Updates on
Non-Departmental and New Dept. Reviews & Enhancements; etc.
Richmond, Virginia – On April 22, 2024, 6-8pm, Richmond City Council will be hosting the first public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2025 Richmond Government Budget. Council is inviting residents to participate in conversations that inform the vital investments that the Budget will make in programs and projects around Richmond. An effort that is at the core of its responsibilities.
Residents can follow the budget process as it continues to move forward by watching
past and future work sessions via the City Clerk’s website. The first work session focused on sharing Council Budget Priorities, followed by the Mayor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Richmond Government Budget. On April 8th the City Administration then did a deeper dive into the proposed general fund and revenue projections, which Council responded with specific questions.
Today, the City Administration presented details of the Compensation Pay Plan and Capital Improvement Plan. On April 22 the City Administration will present on Non-Departmental Funds, and New Departments, which will be followed by the Council Chief of Staff’s overview and next steps.
Richmond City Council encourages public transparency, engagement, and involvement and is committed to a budgeting process that efficiently and accurately reflects the voice of our community.
Richmond City Council’s updated budget meeting schedule is as follows:
Fiscal Year
2025 Richmond Government Budget Establishment Meetings Schedule
This
is a working draft. Meetings, unless otherwise noted, to be held in Richmond City Council Chambers; Richmond City Hall; 2nd
Floor; 900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219; Updated 4.10.2024
· 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
· Wed., March 27, 2024:
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
· Mon., April 1, 2024: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
(added 3.26.2024)
Council Budget Work Session
#2
o Richmond
Public Schools Budget
o Children’s
Funding Project
· Mon., April 1, 2024: 4:00-6:00 p.m. (added 3.26.2024)
Council
Organizational Development Standing Committee
o Council Offices FY25 Budget request specifics
· Mon., April 8, 2024; 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session
#3
o Overview of Mayor‘s Proposed Budget
-
Richmond
General Fund
-
Richmond
Capital Improvement Plan and Revenue
o
Revenues from Estimated Interest Income
Budget Work Session To access the meeting via Microsoft
Teams, please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/Council-Budget-April-8 or dial *67-804-316-9457 and enter ID: 550 211 172#.
· Mon., April 15, 2024: 1:00-3:00 p.m. (updated on 3.26.2024 and
4.10.2024)
Council Budget Work Session #4
o Update on Non-Departmental
Requests
o
Richmond Capital Improvement Plan
o
Compensation Pay Plan
o OCCOS
Overview, Debrief, and Next Steps
Budget Work Session To access the meeting via Microsoft
Teams, please use the following link: https://tinyurl.com/Council-Budget-April-15 or dial
*67-804-316-9457 and enter ID: 438 274 779#
· Mon., April 22, 2024; 1:00-3:00 p.m. (updated on 3.26.2024 and 4.10.2024)
Council Budget Work Session #5
o Update on Non-Departmental Requests
o New Department Review &
Enhancements
-
Department of General
Services
-
Community and
Neighborhood Support
-
311 & Proposed
Enhancements
· OCCOS Overview, Debrief and Next Steps
·
Mon., April 22, 2024; 6:00-8:00 p.m.
(moved from Monday,
April 8, 2024 Council Formal Meeting on 3.26.2024)
Public Hearing on Mayor’s Proposed FY 2025 Budget
(Held during Richmond City Council Formal
Meeting)
o 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, Mon., April 22, 2024
· Wed., April 24, 2024; 1:00-3:00 p.m. (added 3.26.2024)
Council Budget Work Session #6
o Due Date:
Proposed Budget Amendments
o To be
determined (TBD)
· Mon. April 29, 2024; 1-4:00 p.m. (updated on 3.26.2024
Council
Budget Amendment Work Session #7
(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 Special
Meeting on 5.6.2024.
· Mon., May 6, 2024; 1:00-3:00 p.m. (updated 4.1.2024)
Council Special
Meeting for Introduction of Budget Amendments
o
Council Introduction of 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.
Council Budget
Priorities
In its first
budget work session, City Council declared its shared priorities for the Fiscal
Year 2025 Government Budget. Through collaborative deliberations and careful
consideration, the council has identified key areas for investment and
development.
Council’s Budget Priorities include:
1. Strong Futures for
Children, Adults, and Families
2.
Safe
and Clean Neighborhoods
3.
Responsive,
Accountable, and Innovative Government
4.
Strategic
Infrastructure Investments
5. Planned Growth,
Economic Progress, and Affordable Housing
Based
on ongoing conversations with the residents, Councilmembers identified specific
projects within these themes. As Council continues to review and analyze the
budget, these shared priorities guide their decision making.
OVERVIEW
- Richmond Government Budget
Establishing the annual Richmond
Government Budget is Richmond City Council’s most fundamental role and
responsibility as the governing legislative institution of Richmond, Virginia
and serves as the foundation and ultimate act of
its policymaking and stewardship of our community’s government operations on
behalf of all Richmond residents.
As Richmond residents, we pool our resources to operate our local
government and decide what public services we want to invest in; the
priority (investment levels) for these services; and, how we pay for them.
Examples of some of the services we invest in include the
management and delivery of such things as clean, safe water; streets,
sidewalks, parks, laws, and law enforcement, firefighting, emergency
services/rescue; trash and sewage removal; and, our children’s education.
Together, we own, operate, use, and benefit from these services on a daily
basis. Funding for
these services comes from state, local and federal sources, including fees and
taxes.
In
order to set the investment levels we want for these services, Richmond City
Council establishes an official annual Richmond Government Budget in May of
each year for the upcoming Fiscal Year.
The Richmond Government Budget is based on a Fiscal Year
that runs July 1 to June 30 annually and includes the Richmond General Fund, Richmond
Capital Improvement Plan, Richmond Special Funds, Richmond Enterprise Funds,
Richmond Internal Service Funds, the City Government contribution to Richmond
Public Schools, and additional state, federal, and other funds provided to
Richmond Public Schools.
The Richmond Government Budget is established annually
and every year a draft proposed budget is submitted to Richmond City Council by
the Mayor. Council then reviews,
analyzes, and amends it to establish the Official Richmond Government Budget
based on the needs and priorities of Richmond residents.
Per Richmond City Charter Chapter
6: Section 6.03, and per the Richmond Code of Laws (Ordinances); Chapter 12;
Article 1; Section 12-11, the Mayor must submit a proposed upcoming fiscal year
Richmond Government Budget to Richmond
City Council each year.
Richmond
Residents
Richmond
residents are invited and encouraged to attend meetings and to share their
thoughts, comments, and ideas directly with the individual Councilmember
for 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)
