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Friday,
7 May 2021
Richmond City Council will hold
Public Hearings and vote on Richmond Public Schools FY 2022 Budget, on Monday,
May 10, and final legislation for the FY 2022 Richmond Government Budget, on Monday, May 24, 2021
Note: Council had formerly scheduled to vote on the entire Fiscal Year 2022 Richmond Government Budget on Monday, May 10 and now will split that
between two meetings.
WHAT Richmond, Virginia – Working toward the completion of its Fiscal Year 2022 Richmond Government
Budget Establishment process, Richmond
City Council has updated its schedule and will hold Public Hearings and vote on the Richmond Public Schools FY
2022 Budget, during its Formal
Meeting on Monday, May 10, and the final pieces of legislation for the FY 2022 Richmond Government Budget, during
its Formal
Meeting on Monday, May 24, 2021.
Council
had formerly scheduled to vote on the entire Fiscal Year 2022 Richmond
Government Budget on Monday, May 10 and
now will split that between two meetings, as noted below. The Fiscal
Year 2022 Richmond Government Budget begins
July 1, 2021.
All Richmond
residents wishing to make public comments on the budget legislation are invited
and encouraged to do so. Instructions for participating are available
at the links below:
·
Schools Budget:
Richmond
City Formal Meeting; Monday, May 10, 2021 - Meeting Agenda - Participation
Instructions
·
Final Richmond Budget:
Richmond
City Formal Meeting; Monday, May 24, 2021 Meeting Agenda - Participation
Instructions
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.
The Richmond City Council Fiscal Year 2022 Richmond Government Budget Meeting Schedule,
which is subject to updates, is as follows:
Richmond
City Council Office of the Council Chief of Staff Working DRAFT
Richmond City
Council - Fiscal Year 2022 Richmond Government Budget Establishment Meetings
Schedule
NOTE:
Schedule subject to updates. (rev. 5.7.2021/1528 hrs/srs)
Meetings held virtually and livestreamed
per below:
Fri., March 5,
2021; 3 p.m.
Council
Special Meeting: DEADLINE: Mayor submits to Richmond City Council a proposed
Richmond Govt. Budget
Mon., March
22, 2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session 1
Mon., March
29, 2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session 2
Mon., April 5,
2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session 3
Mon., April
12, 2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session 4
Mon., April
12, 2021; 6-8 p.m.
Council
Budget Public Hearing
Fiscal
Year 2022 Richmond Government Budget
Mon., April
19, 2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Budget Work Session 5
Wed., April
21, 2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Amendment Work Session 1
Mon., April
26, 2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Amendment Work Session 2
Wed., April
28, 2021; 1-3 p.m.
Council
Amendment Work Session 3
Mon., May 3, 2021; TBA 3:30-4:00 p.m. (time of meeting updated on 4.13.2021)
Council
Special Meeting – Budget Amendments Introduction
Mon., May 3, 2021; 6:00-8:00 p.m. (meeting added 4.30.2021)
Council Budget Work Session (6)
Tue., May 4, 2021; 3:00-5:00 p.m. (meeting added 4.30.2021)
Council
Budget Work Session (7)
Thur., May 6, 2021; 4:00-7:00 p.m. (meeting added 5.4.2021)
Council Budget Work Session (8)
Mon.,
May 10, 2021; 6-8 p.m. (Updated 5.7.2021)
Richmond City Council Formal Meeting - Council Budget Public
Hearing
Richmond
City Council Establishes Budget for Richmond Public Schools
Establishes Official Fiscal Year 2022 Richmond Government Budget
The
Richmond Government Budget includes amendments; Operating Budget: General Fund,
Special Funds, Enterprise Funds, Internal Service Funds, Federal, and State
funds; Richmond Capital Improvement Plan; and, funds provided to Richmond
Public Schools.
Mon.,
May 24, 2021; 6-8 p.m. (Updated 5.7.2021)
Richmond City Council Formal Meeting - Council Budget Public
Hearing
Richmond
City Council Adopts Final Parts of Official
Fiscal Year 2022 Richmond Government
Budget
The
Richmond Government Budget includes amendments; Operating Budget: General Fund,
Special Funds, Enterprise Funds, Internal Service Funds, Federal, and State
funds; Richmond Capital Improvement Plan; and, funds provided to Richmond
Public Schools.
Sat., May 15,
2021
DEADLINE:
Council must adopt Schools budget by May 15, or within 30 days of receipt of
state school funding estimates to localities (whichever later), per
Virginia
Code of Laws: Title 22.1. Education; Chapter 8. Article 1; §22.1-93.
Mon., May 31,
2021
DEADLINE:
Council must establish the Richmond Government Budget by May 31 each year, per
Richmond City Charter: Chapter 6. Budgets; §6.11
Thurs., July
1, 2021
Fiscal
Year 2022 Richmond Government Budget begins
Virtual
The Richmond City Council Budget Work sessions and
Special Meetings are being held through electronic communication means pursuant
to and in compliance with Richmond City Council Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted
April 9, 2020, as most recently amended by Council Ordinance No. 2020-232,
adopted December 14, 2020.
The
meetings will be accessible through electronic communication means by the
public and closed to in-person access by the public. Less than a quorum of
Richmond City Council will assemble for the meetings in Richmond City Council
Chambers, Richmond City Hall, 2nd Floor, 900 E. Broad Street in
Richmond, Virginia. Most Councilmembers and other staff will participate by
teleconference/videoconference via Microsoft Teams.
Meetings
agendas, instructions livestream, and
archives are provided via the Council website, at https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.
To access livestream
broadcasts, click the “In Progress” link, in the far right hand column
entitled, “Video".
CONTACT INFO
Richmond
residents are invited to share their thoughts and ideas regarding the budget
directly with the individual Councilmember representing
them.
Please
find the following helpful contact information for individual Councilmembers:
Richmond
West End 1st Voter District
Councilmember Andreas
D. Addison
804.646.5935 (office tel); andreas.addison@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond North Central 2nd
Voter District
Councilmember Katherine L.
Jordan
804.646.6532 (office tel); katherine.jordan@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond
Northside 3rd Voter District
Councilmember Ann-Frances Lambert
804.646.6055
(office tel); ann-frances.lambert@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond
Southwest 4th Voter District
Councilmember
Kristen Nye Larson
804.646.5646 (office tel); kristen.larson@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Central 5th Voter
District
Councilmember Stephanie
A. Lynch
804.646.5724 (office tel); stephanie.lynch@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Gateway 6th Voter
District
Councilmember
Ellen F. Robertson (Council Vice
President)
804.646.7964 (office tel); ellen.robertson@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond East End 7th
Voter District
Councilmember Cynthia I. Newbille (Council President)
804.646.3012 (office tel); cynthia.newbille@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond Southside 8th
Voter District
Councilmember
Reva M. Trammell
804.646.6591 (office tel); 804.240.5050 (mobile tel); reva.trammell@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond South Central 9th
Voter District
Councilmember
Michael J. Jones
804.646.2779 (office tel); michael.jones@richmondgov.com (email)
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: once
you’ve entered your address, use the Govt. tab to identify your Voter Districts)
OVERVIEW - Richmond
Government Budget
Establishing
the annual Richmond Government Budget represents
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 policy making and stewardship over our local
government operations on behalf of all Richmond residents.
As Richmond residents, we pool our resources in order to own
and 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
typically amended and established annually. Thus, 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 priorities of Richmond residents.
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Richmond City
Council meetings: Live/Audio/Video
Please find the following schedule, agendas,
and meeting information for Richmond City Council Formal, Informal, Standing
Committee, Budget, and Special Meetings: https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Due to concerns regarding COVID-19, meetings,
unless otherwise posted, will be held through electronic communication means
pursuant to and in compliance with Richmond City Council Ordinance #2020-093,
adopted April 9, 2020. Meetings will be open to participation through
electronic communication by the public and closed to in-person public
participation. Less than a quorum of Richmond City Council will assemble for
meetings in Richmond City Council Chambers, located in Richmond City Hall, 2nd
Floor; 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, and most Councilmembers
and Council staff will participate by teleconference/videoconference via Microsoft
Teams.
Schedule
Schedule of upcoming meetings: https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Live TV
Richmond City Council Formal Meetings air live on TV on local PBS station WCVW
the night of the meeting: Over-the-Air channel 57.1; Comcast/Verizon FIOS
channel 24; DirecTV/DishTV channel 57.
Live Audio/Video Stream
The live video stream link for Richmond City Council Formal Meetings and the
live audio stream of Richmond City Council Informal, Standing Committee, and
Special Meetings is: richmondva.legistar.com (Note: if using Google Chrome as your browser, you may need to adjust
settings, as per the following instructions: Chrome >Settings > Show
Advanced Settings > Content Settings > Flash > Allow Sites to Run
Flash)
TV Video Replay
The most recent Richmond City Council Formal Meeting is typically replayed
twice daily for two weeks on Richmond Government Access TV Cable Channel 17 in
Richmond; beginning at Noon and 7:00 p.m.
Audio/Video Archive
Video of Richmond City Council Formal meetings and audio of Council Informal,
Standing Committee, Budget, and Special Meetings - are digitally archived for
streaming replay, at: https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
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