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To amend Ord. No. 2024-099, adopted May 13, 2024, which adopted the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 General Fund Budget and made appropriations pursuant thereto, by increasing anticipated revenues from certain funds granted to the City of Richmond from The Regents of the University of California in the amount of $25,000.00 and appropriating such increased estimated revenues to the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for the purpose of the Partnering with Prosecutors to Reduce Racial Disproportionalities project.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That Article I, Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2024-099, adopted May 13, 2024, which adopted a General Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, and made appropriations pursuant thereto, is hereby amended by:
(a) Increasing anticipated revenues from certain funds granted to the City of Richmond from The Regents of the University of California by the amount of $25,000.00; and
(b) Appropriating $25,000.00 in estimated revenues described in subsection (a) of this section to the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for the purpose of the Partnering with Prosecutors to Reduce Racial Disproportionalities project.
§ 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.
City of Richmond
Intracity Correspondence
DATE: 2/28/24 EDITION: 1
TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: The Honorable Danny Avula, Mayor
THROUGH: Sabrina Joy-Hogg, Interim Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Colette W. McEachin, Commonwealth’s Attorney
RE: To accept funds and amend the FY 2025 General Fund Budget to appropriate such funds to the Office of the Commonwealth Attorney.
ORD. OR RES. No.
PURPOSE: To authorize the City to accept funds in the amount of $25,000 in FY 2024/2025 from The Regents of the University of California for participating in interviews, data collection, and report generating to be used by The Regents of the University of California to conduct research into prosecutorial decision-making related to racial disproportionalities, and appropriate such funds to the Office of the Commonwealth Attorney
REASON: The City of Richmond will receive $25,000 in FY2024/2025 from The Regents of the University of California. These funds, are a reimbursement for efforts by the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to collect quantitative case data, validate and correct data, generate and transmit reports, and participate in multiple office-wide interviews in an effort to learn how charging and plea-bargaining decisions shape sentencing outcomes and how their decisions are shaped by office policies.
RECOMMENDATION: It is the recommendation of the Administration that city Council approves and adopts this ordinance.
BACKGROUND: This participation gift was agreed to in July 2022. The anticipated amount is $25,000 to reimburse the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for services previously provided.
FISCAL IMPACT: The City of Richmond will receive $25,000 as a reimbursement from The Regents of the University of California as a result of participating in the project entitled “Partnering with Prosecutors to Reduce Racial Disproportionalities.”
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: The acceptance of these funds will increase the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s FY 2024/2025 General Budget Fund by $25,000 as a reimbursement for services provided.
BUDGET AMENDMENT NECESSARY: Yes. The FY 2025 General Fund Budget will need to be amended to appropriate the $25,000 to the Office of the Commonwealth Attorney.
REVENUE TO CITY: $25,000 as reimbursement from The Regents of the University of California
DESIRED EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon adoption
REQUESTED INTRODUCTION DATE: April 28, 2025
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 27, 2025
REQUESTED AGENDA: Consent Agenda
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL COMMITTEE: Finance and Economic Development Committee
CONSIDERATION BY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES: None
AFFECTED AGENCIES: Department of Finance, Department of Budget and Strategic
Planning, and the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.
RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING ORD. OR RES.: Ord. 2024-099
REQUIRED CHANGES TO WORK PROGRAM(S): none
ATTACHMENTS: Subcontract between The Regents of the University of California and City of Richmond
STAFF: Michael Hollomon, Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney 804-646-5444.