Richmond City Council / News
Release
Friday, 5 April 2024
Updated: Richmond City Council schedule for
establishing Fiscal Year 2025 Richmond Government Budget: Council
Budget Priorities
Upcoming key discussions: Overview of the Proposed Budget and Revenues from Estimated Interest Income
Richmond, Virginia – Richmond City Council’s annual Richmond Government Budget Establishment process is underway. At 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.
Upcoming key discussions include an Overview of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Richmond Government Budget and Revenues from Estimated Interest Income, scheduled for April 8, 2024. This builds on the initial Council Work Session from March 25, 2024 and the Mayor’s proposed Fiscal Year 2025 Richmond Government Budget to Council on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Council will review these proposals with the public and make amendments as needed to establish the city’s official budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2024.
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 residents are invited and encouraged to attend meetings and to share their thoughts comments, and ideas for their district.
Richmond City Council’s updated budget meeting schedule is as follows:
Richmond City Council
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 4.4.2024
·
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.
Council Special Meeting for Mayor to submit a proposed FY25 Richmond Government Budget to Richmond City Council
· (New) 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 2
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 8, 2024: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
(moved
to Monday, April 22, 2024 Council Formal Meeting on 3.26.2024)
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. (updated
on 3.26.2024)
Council
Budget Work Session #4 3
o
Council Discussion of Draft Amendments to Mayor’s Proposed Budget
o Update on
Non-Departmental Requests
· Mon., April 22, 2024; 1:00-3:00 p.m. (updated
on 3.26.2024)
Council
Budget Work Session #5 4
o Presentation,
discussion, and preparation of final Council Proposed Amendments to proposed FY
2025 Budget
o To be determined (TBD)
·
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, at 804.646.7955 (press option 3 when
prompted), by Noon, on Monday, 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.
Council Budget Amendment Work Session #7 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 Special Formal 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
Budget
Work Session #6
o Council Introduction of
Proposed Amendments (balanced) for proposed FY 2025 Richmond Government Budget
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.
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)
