Committee backs school tax referendum
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The committee forwarded a proposal asking voters whether Richmond may levy a local sales tax of up to 1% for public school construction and renovation, and recommended approval of a budget amendment that would shift funds to grants and Neighborhood and Community Services administration.
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What this means
The committee supported putting a sales-tax question on the ballot. If voters approve it, the city could use up to 1% in local sales tax revenue only for building or renovating public school facilities. The committee also moved forward a budget change that would reallocate funds to support grants and administration services in the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services.
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- Forwarded Ord. 2026-169 to the July 27, 2026 Council meeting with a recommendation to approve.
- Forwarded Res. 2026-R028 to the July 27, 2026 Council meeting with a recommendation to approve.
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Education and Human Services Standing Committee
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Agenda
- Call to Order
- Chamber Emergency Evacuation Plan Announcement and Public Speaker Guidelines
- Public Comment Period
- Approval of Minutes
- June 11, 2026 - Education & Human Services Standing Committee Meeting Minutes
- Presentation(s)
- None
- Paper(s) for Consideration
- To amend Ord. No. 2026-063, adopted May 11, 2026, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by (i) modifying the name of certain line items in the attachment entitled “General Fund Budget, Outside Agencies and Central Appropriations, July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027,” (ii) transferring and appropriating certain funds from certain Outside Agencies and Central Appropriations line items to such modified line items, (iii) transferring and appropriating the remaining funds from such modified lines items to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, and (iv) authorizing the Chief Administrator Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute the necessary documents to effect such appropriations, all for the purpose of providing grants to certain entities and providing funding to the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services for the procurement of administration services for such grants.
- To order the submission to the qualified voters of the City of Richmond of the question of whether the City should be authorized to levy a local sales tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, the revenues from which shall be used solely for capital projects for the construction or renovation of public school facilities, for a referendum thereon.
- Board Vacancies
- Education and Human Services Standing Committee Boards & Commissions Vacancy Report Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Discussion Item(s)
- Richmond Public Schools Updates ~ Jason Kamras, RPS Superintendent
- Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Report ~ Amy Popovich, DCAO for Human Services
- Confirmation of committee meeting presentations through February 2027
- August Committee Meeting
- Staff Report
- Education & Human Services Standing Committee July 9, 2026 Staff Report
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