Call to Order
Chamber Emergency Evacuation Plan Announcement and Public Speaker Guidelines
Public Comment Period
Approval of Minutes
May 20, 2026 - Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee Meeting Minutes
Paper(s) for Consideration
To amend City Code § 12-16, concerning publication of the City’s payment register, for the purpose of promoting transparency and accountability in the expenditure of public funds by providing public access to information regarding payments made by the City to vendors for goods and services and reimbursements to employees, while protecting confidential and personal information as required by law.
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $69,920.00 from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources’ African American Cemetery and Graves Fund and to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities called the “Historic African American Cemeteries Special Fund,” and appropriating the increase to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ “Historic African American Cemeteries Special Fund” by $69,920.00 for the purpose of providing funding for preservation, maintenance, and stewardship activities at historically African American cemeteries.
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $611,807.50 from the National Opioid Settlement Fund, resulting from settlement agreements with Settling Distributors, Walgreens, Walmart, Distributor, CVS, Allergan, Teva, and Kroger, and to amend Ord. No. 2025-057, adopted May 12, 2025, which adopted a Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026 and made appropriations thereto, by increasing revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services’ National Opioid Settlement Special Fund by $611,807.50, for the purpose of funding opioid abatement and remediation strategies to combat the opioid crisis.
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $1,000,000.00 from the National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund and to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities entitled “Broad Rock Creek Park Grant Special Fund,” and appropriating the increase to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ “Broad Rock Creek Park Grant Special Fund” by $1,000,000.00 for the purpose of providing funding for improving access to and installing amenities at Broad Rock Creek Park.
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Right-of-Entry Agreement between the City of Richmond and Capital Trees for the purpose of performing tree improvements in Byrd Park located at 1401 Pump House Drive, 2601 Police Memorial Way, and 2301 Amelia Street in the city of Richmond. (5th District)
To authorize the Council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee to investigate the City’s failure to publish a monthly payment register as required by City Code § 12-16 and application of exclusions allowed under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $150,000.00 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, and to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Richmond Recovery Court entitled “Byrne State Criminal Justice Improvement Program (SCIP) Grant Special Fund,” and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Richmond Recovery Court’s “Byrne State Criminal Justice Improvement Program (SCIP) Grant Special Fund” by $150,000.00 for the purpose of providing funding to combat the public health crisis caused by escalating substance use, opioid use disorders, and opioid-related overdose.
To amend City Code § 21-4, concerning definitions related to public procurement.
To amend City Code § 21-40, concerning joint and cooperative procurement, for the purpose of conforming the City’s cooperative procurement laws to the optional provisions of Va. Code § 2.2-4304.
To amend City Code § 26-610, concerning the evaluation and expiration of the partial exemption of certain rehabilitated commercial or industrial structures from real estate taxation, for the purpose of extending the expiration date from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2027.
Presentation(s)
P-Card Program Overhaul ~ Rene Almaraz, Director of Procurement Services
P-Card Program Overhaul
Board Vacancies
None
Discussion Item(s)
None
Staff Report
June 17, 2026 - Staff Report