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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Governmental Operations Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/23/2026 1:30 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall
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CD.2026.210 1  Council Document May 27, 2026 Governmental Operations Meeting Minutes   Not available Not available
CD.2026.211 1  Council Document June 24, 2026 Governmental Operations Meeting Minutes   Not available Not available
CD.2026.212 1  Council Document Department of Public Works Solid Waste and Street Cleaning    Not available Not available
CD.2026.246 1  Council Document Office of Sustainability Annual Update   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-212 11. OrdinanceTo amend City Code § 2-86, concerning license to use non-City real property, to allow the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into license agreements or similar documents to use real property owned by a railroad corporation to allow the existence of, install, perform work on, or operate public utility or public works infrastructure on, over or across such property, to extend the period of time for which the City is permitted to use real property owned by a railroad pursuant to such license agreements from five days to perpetual, and to permit the Chief Administrative Officer to delegate the authority to enter into such license agreements to the Director of the Department of Public Utilities or the Department of Public Works.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-213 12. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $7,300,000.00 from the Virginia Resources Authority and to amend the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Water Utility Budget which appropriated the estimated receipts of the water utility, by increasing estimated receipts and the amount appropriated for the water utility by $7,300,000.00 for the purpose of funding Phase 6 of the City’s lead service line identification and replacement program.   Not available Not available
ORD. 2026-214 13. OrdinanceTo authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to execute a Financing Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Virginia Resources Authority for the purpose of funding Phase 6 of the City’s lead service line identification and replacement program.   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R032 14. ResolutionTo express the Council’s support for the constitutional amendments on the November 3, 2026, general election ballot concerning reproductive freedom, marriage equality, and restoration of voting rights upon release from incarceration.   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R033 15. ResolutionTo request that the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer prepare administrative regulations for City departments, agencies, and employees regarding the disclosure of City information concerning the citizenship or immigration status of persons and use of City-owned resources for purposes of civil federal immigration enforcement by no later than January 1, 2027.   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R037 16. ResolutionTo provide for the nomination of Odie Donald II, Nicole Jones, and Ellen F. Robertson as the City of Richmond’s three Directors and the election of the Board of Directors of the Greater Richmond Transit Company for the period commencing upon election and qualification of these nominees as Directors and terminating on the date of the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders upon the election and qualification of the successors to these Directors.   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R038 17. ResolutionTo endorse, for the City of Richmond, legislative proposals set forth within the document entitled “City of Richmond Legislative Agenda, 2027 General Assembly Session” to request the Richmond delegation to the General Assembly of Virginia to take legislative action consistent with and in vigorous support of such recommendations; to support other legislative action recommendations; and to encourage other organizations and individuals to support such recommendations.   Not available Not available
RES. 2026-R039 18. ResolutionTo establish a transparent process for identifying the City of Richmond’s legislative agenda for the Virginia General Assembly 2027 Regular Session and all subsequent sessions of the Virginia General Assembly and to repeal Res. No. 2022-R070, adopted Nov. 14, 2022.   Not available Not available