Monday, May 10, 2021
SpecialPresiding: Vice Mayor Demnlus Johnson III · Called to order: 6:30 p.m. · 1 items · 2 votes · 134 public comments
What happened
- Rejected public safety task force recommendations that would have shifted $10.3 million in the budget.
Attendance
Public Safety(1 item)
Discuss next steps on public safety task force recommendations including $10.3 million budget shift
In Plain English
A community task force studied Richmond's public safety approach and proposed changes including youth programs, new police policies, crisis response teams, and gun violence prevention. The task force recommends shifting $10.3 million from the police budget to other public safety programs. City council will decide which recommendations to pursue and how to implement them.
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Votes
Motion to extend the meeting to 11:30 p.m.
5 to 0
Motion directing that the approved proposals be inserted in the departmental budgets in collaboration with the corresponding task force subgroups, as part of their charge for implementation, with ongoing coordination and discussions until the Council voted on the overall budget in late June 2021. Motion was clarified multiple times by motion maker to direct that approved task force proposals be considered by the city manager as part of the budget, and return to the Council with recommendations on how to implement the proposals, with the understanding that it was done in coordination with the task force.
5 to 0
Motion to extend the term of the task force