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File #: ORD. 2026-085    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 10/30/2025 In control: Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee
On agenda: 4/21/2026 Final action:
Title: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $275,000.00 from the Virginia Transit Association and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works' Shared Mobility Special Fund by $275,000.00 for the purpose of funding a Free Rides to Work program.
Patrons: Mayor Avula
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2026-085
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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $275,000.00 from the Virginia Transit Association and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works' Shared Mobility Special Fund by $275,000.00 for the purpose of funding a Free Rides to Work program.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, be and is hereby authorized to accept funds in the amount of $275,000.00 from the Virginia Transit Association for the purpose of funding a Free Rides to Work program.
? 2. That Article I, Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2025-057, adopted May 12, 2025, which adopted a Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, and made appropriations pursuant thereto, be and is hereby amended by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works' Shared Mobility Special Fund by $275,000.00 for the purpose of funding a Free Rides to Work Program.
? 3. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.





O&R REQUEST


DATE: February 25, 2026

TO: The Honorable Members of City Council

THROUGH: The Honorable Danny Avula, Mayor

THROUGH: Odie Donald II, Chief Administrative Officer

THROUGH: Tanikia Jackson, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer

THROUGH: Letitia Shelton, Director of Finance

THROUGH: Meghan Brown, Director of Budget & Strategic Planning

THROUGH: Al Wiggins, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer

THROUGH: Bobby Vincent Jr., Director of Public Works

FROM: Dironna Moore Clarke, Deputy Director, Office of Equitable Transit and Mobility

RE: TO AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO ACCEPT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $275,000.00 FROM THE VIRGINIA TRANSIT ASSOCIATION'S TANF FARE-FREE GRANT, AND ...

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