File #: ORD. 2024-144    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 5/24/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/10/2024 Final action: 6/10/2024
Title: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $13,400,966.00 from the Virginia Department of General Services and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works' Enslaved African Heritage Campus project in the Capital Investment Opportunities category by $13,400,966.00 for the purpose of funding the planning and development of a Slavery and Freedom Heritage Site in Richmond.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney, Vice President Ann-Frances Lambert
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2024-144, 2. Staff Report

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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 $13,400,966.00 from the Virginia Department of General Services and to appropriate the increase to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Capital Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Department of Public Works’ Enslaved African Heritage Campus project in the Capital Investment Opportunities category by $13,400,966.00 for the purpose of funding the planning and development of a Slavery and Freedom Heritage Site in Richmond.

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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, is authorized to accept grant funds in the amount of $13,400,966.00 from the Virginia Department of General Services for the purpose of funding the planning and development of a Slavery and Freedom Heritage Site in Richmond.

                     § 2.                     That the funds received from the Virginia Department of General Services are hereby appropriated to the Capital Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, by increasing the estimated revenues by $13,400,966.00, increasing the amount appropriated for expenditures by $13,400,966.00, and allotting such sum to the Department of Public Works’ Enslaved African Heritage Campus project in the Capital Investment Opportunities category by $13,400,966.00 for the purpose of funding the planning and development of a Slavery and Freedom Heritage Site in Richmond.

                     § 3.                     This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.