Richmond City Council / News Release
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2 January 2025
New 2025-2028 Richmond City Council members
administered oaths of office: Council President
and Vice President elected
Councilmember Newbille elected Council President and
Councilmember Jordan elected Council Vice President
(Richmond,
Virginia U.S.A. 1.2.2025) – The nine
newly elected members of Richmond City Council were administered their oaths of
office today during the scheduled special organizational meeting held for that purpose.
Individual members of Richmond City Council
are elected to serve four-year terms. The current 2025-2028
Richmond City Council term runs January 2, 2025 to December 31, 2028. The new
Council includes five newly re-elected members, one previously appointed newly
elected member, and three new first-time members. https://richmondva.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1264400&GUID=CA588E5B-C172-4075-9F32-B8328F9DB683&Options=info|&Search=
Councilmember contact information and maps of the nine Richmond City Council Voter Districts, used for 2024 local elections, which began use in 2025, are on the
Richmond City Council website.
https://www.rva.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/Richmond%20City%20Council%20Map%20Info%20Govt.%20Org%20Chart%2012.20.2024.pdf
https://www.rva.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/Richmond%20Voter%20District%20Maps%20BIG%20Package%20lower%20rez%204.2.2024.pdf
Following administration of oaths, Council elected
Councilmember Cynthia I. Newbille, Richmond
East End 7th Voter District, to serve as Council President and Councilmember Katherine L. Jordan, Richmond
North Central 2nd Voter
District, to serve as Council Vice
President.
Richmond City Council elects a Council
President and Vice President from amongst its members, who serve two-year terms
in those roles.
The role of Council President is to serve
as the presiding officer of the institution in performing such duties as
consistent with the Richmond City Council Rules of Procedure, which includes
presiding over Council Formal Meetings. The Council Vice President serves in
the absence, disability, or by the request of, the Council President.
Richmond City
Council represents Richmond residents as its official legislative institution
governing Richmond, Virginia and is responsible for creating and amending local
laws; providing government policy and oversight; levying local taxes; and
establishing an annual Richmond Government Budget.
During the meeting, Richmond City Council also introduced and
adopted a resolution to adopt the Richmond City Council Rules of Procedure,
pursuant to Richmond City
Charter; Chapter 4.; Section 4.06. https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH_CH4CO_S4.06RUPR
Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to engage and
communicate directly with the individual Richmond City Council Councilmember
representing them in their Richmond Voter District.
CONTACT INFO
Helpful
individual Councilmember contact information is as follows:
Richmond
West End 1st Voter District
Councilmember
Andrew S.
Breton
804.646.5935 (office tel); andrew.breton@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond
North Central 2nd Voter District
Councilmember Katherine L. Jordan (Council Vice President 2025-2026)
804.646.6532 (office tel); katherine.jordan@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond
Northside 3rd Voter District
Councilmember Kenya J. Gibson
804.646.6055 (office tel); kenya.gibson@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond
Southwest 4th Voter District
Councilmember
Sarah M.A.
Abubaker
804.646.5646 (office
tel); sarah.abubaker@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
804.646.7964 (office tel);
ellen.robertson@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond
East End 7th Voter District
Councilmember Cynthia I. Newbille
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); reva.trammell@richmondgov.com (email)
Richmond
South Central 9th Voter District
Councilmember
Nicole Jones
804.646.2779 (office
tel); nicole.jones@richmondgov.com (email)
FIND YOUR DISTRICT
Please use the
following helpful link to assist in confirming individual Voter Districts:
·
Richmond Real Estate Property Search Database https://apps.richmondgov.com/applications/PropertySearch/Default.aspx
(note:
enter and choose address and use Government tab to show voter districts)
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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
