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28 February 2023
Richmond City Council schedule for establishing the Fiscal Year 2024 Richmond Government Budget
Richmond City Council Chambers: Live streamed and in person
WHAT Richmond, Virginia – The Richmond City Council Fiscal Year 2024 Richmond Government Budget Establishment Meeting Schedule, which is an open process that encourages public transparency, engagement and involvement, is as follows:
Richmond City
Council – WORKING DRAFT
Fiscal Year 2024 Richmond Government Budget Establishment Meetings Schedule
Meetings, unless otherwise noted, to be held in Richmond City Council Chambers; Richmond City Hall; 900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219 Richmond City Council Office of Council Chief of Staff (updated 2.28.2023/1001 hrs./srs)
·
Mon., February
13, 2023: 4:00 p.m.
Richmond City Council Informal Meeting
Reminder of Survey & Draft Calendar “Save the
Dates”
·
Mon., February
27, 2023: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session #1
Refining process: Collective/shared priority review
Discussion of Richmond General Fund Budget Priorities -
Council & Staff
Discussion of Richmond Capital Improvement Priorities -
Council & Staff
Video:
·
Mon., March 6,
2023: 3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Council Special Meeting: DUE DATE for Mayor to submit a
proposed
FY 2024 Richmond Government Proposed Budget to
Richmond City Council
Council Special
Meeting for Mayor to submit a proposed FY 2024 Richmond Government Proposed
Budget to Richmond City Council
Per Richmond City Charter Chapter 6: Section 6.03, and per 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 by March 6 of each year.
· Wed., March 8, 2023: City Holiday
·
Mon., March
13, 2023; 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session #2
Overview of Mayor‘s Proposed Budget Submission
Richmond
General Fund - Lincoln Saunders,
Richmond Chief Executive Officer
Richmond Capital Improvement Plan and Revenue - Jason May, Director, Richmond Dept. of Budget & Strategic Planning
·
Mon.,
March 20, 2023; 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session #3
Council
Analysis and Questions of Mayor‘s Proposed Budget Submission
FY 2024 Compensation and Pay Plan for Personnel and Staffing – presenter: To be determined
·
Mon., March
27, 2023: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
(Held during Richmond City Council Formal
Meeting)
Public Hearing of Mayor’s Proposed FY 2024 Richmond Government Budget
· Wed., March 29, 2023 (Due Date/NOON for Council Draft Proposed
Amendments)
Due Date/NOON for Council Draft Proposed Amendments (this is not a meeting) for individual Councilmembers to submit proposed draft proposed Richmond General Fund Budget and Richmond Capital Improvement Amendments (Balanced) to the RCC Office of Council Chief of Staff to prepare, write, and verify for Council consideration.
· Mon., April 3, 2023:
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session #4
Council Discussion of Draft Amendments of Mayor’s Proposed Budget Submission
· Fri., April 7, 2023: City Holiday
·
Mon., April
10, 2023; 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Council Budget Work Session #5
Presentation, discussion, and preparation of final Council Proposed Amendments (balanced) for proposed FY 2024 Richmond Government Budget
· Wed. April 12, 2023; 1-4:00 p.m. (DEADLINE/5:00 p.m. for Final Proposed
Amendments)
Council Budget Amendment Work Session #6
Discussion
and finalization for Council Final Proposed Budget Amendments (balanced) for proposed FY 2024 Richmond Government Budget
DEADLINE/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 4.24.2023.
· Mon., April 24, 2023; 6:00-8:00 p.m.
(During Richmond City Council Formal
Meeting)
Council Final Budget Amendments Introduced during Council
Formal Meeting
DEADLINE for Council Proposed Budget Amendment legislation to be introduced to provide time required for public hearing and discussions for Budget adoption prior to May 15 deadline for adopting Richmond Public Schools Budget. (Proposed legislation required to be advertised seven days before adoption.)
·
Mon.,
May 8, 2023; 6:00-8:00 p.m.
(Held during Richmond City Council Formal
Meeting)
PUBLIC HEARING:
Public Hearing held on proposed amended budget legislation
Richmond City Council Establishes
Official
FY 2024 Richmond Govt. Budget
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.
·
Mon., May 15,
2023
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.
·
Wed., May 31,
2023
Council must establish Richmond Government Budget by May 31 each year, per Richmond City Charter: Chapter 6. Budgets.
·
Sat., July 1,
2023
Fiscal Year 2024 Richmond Government Budget begins; runs July 1- June 30 annually.
Each year, Richmond City Council reviews city government budgetary needs, analyzes expenditures, amends a proposed Budget, and establishes the Official Richmond Government Budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs July 1 through June 30 annually.
Richmond City Council established the current FY 2023 Richmond Government Budget last year at $2.3 billion. An informative and helpful Richmond City Council Official FY 2023 Richmond Government Budget Summary Booklet of that budget is at: https://www.rva.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/Budget%20Booklet%20FY%20FY2023%2010.10.2022.pdf
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.
Richmond Residents
While reviewing the many compelling and competing budgetary needs of our city, 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)
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
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond West End 1st Voter District
804.646.5935 (office tel); andreas.addison@rva.gov (email)
Richmond North Central 2nd Voter District
Councilmember Katherine
L. Jordan
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond North Central 2nd
Voter District
804.646.6532 (office tel); katherine.jordan@rva.gov (email)
Richmond Northside 3rd Voter District
Councilmember Ann-Frances Lambert
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond
Northside 3rd Voter District
804.646.6055
(office tel); ann-frances.lambert@rva.gov (email)
Richmond Southwest 4th Voter District
Councilmember
Kristen Nye (Council Vice President)
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond
Southwest 4th Voter District
804.646.5646
(office tel); kristen.nye@rva.gov (email)
Richmond Central 5th Voter District
Councilmember
Stephanie A. Lynch
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond Central 5th Voter
District
804.646.5724 (office tel); stephanie.lynch@rva.gov (email)
Richmond Gateway 6th Voter District
Councilmember
Ellen F.
Robertson
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond Gateway 6th Voter
District
804.646.7964
(office tel); ellen.robertson@rva.gov
(email)
Richmond East End 7th Voter District
Councilmember Cynthia I. Newbille
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond East End 7th
Voter District
804.646.3012
(office tel); cynthia.newbille@rva.gov (email)
Richmond Southside 8th Voter District
Councilmember
Reva M. Trammell
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond Southside 8th
Voter District
804.646.6591 (office tel); 804.240.5050 (mobile tel);
reva.trammell@rva.gov (email)
Richmond South Central 9th Voter District
Councilmember
Michael J. Jones (Council President)
Richmond
City Council,
Richmond South Central 9th
Voter District
804.646.2779
(office tel); michael.jones@rva.gov (email)
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
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 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 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 by March 6 of each year.
Schedule
Schedule of upcoming meetings: https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
Council Meetings
Meetings agendas, instructions livestream, and archives are available 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".
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
- E N D -
Richmond
City Council - Richmond City Hall - 900 East Broad Street, Suite 305 -
Richmond, Virginia 23219 U.S.A. - rva.gov/richmond-city-council (web)
