New Council members insist on competitive process for potential land sale to state delegate McQuinn estimated that it would cost her and her husband around $10,000 to clean up the fallen trees and overgrown areas of the city parcel.
Council recap: $5.8M budget transfer to pay wrongfully convicted man approved; affordable housing given a boost The Avula administration agreed to move $2 million left in the tax sale fund to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Richmond officials are overhauling the city’s budget process. Here’s what could change The task force suggested extending the formal budget process by 16 days.
Warner asks Richmond-area officials to seek regional solutions to infrastructure issues The group convened to talk about infrastructure challenges local governments have in common, and ways to attract more state and federal resources.
Council advances plan to pay wrongfully convicted man, after fierce debate on financial policies “When there’s $9 million sitting in a cushion somewhere, something’s not right.”
How Richmond’s tax sale fund swelled to $9M, with no clear use for the money The revelation of the sum has raised questions about why a supposedly cash-strapped city had that amount of money available and apparently uncommitted to any particular purpose.
Richmond officials float plan to get politicians out of nonprofit funding decisions The four focus areas would be economic mobility, children and education, arts and culture and health.