City Council

Council Chamber, 2nd Floor - City Hall

Agenda — 17 items

1. 1 Call to Order
2. 1 Council Members Present
3. 2 Chamber Emergency Evacuation Plan Announcement and Public Speaker Guidelines
4. 2 The Honorable Cynthia Newbille, President The Honorable Katherine Jordan, Vice President The Honorable Andrew Breton (electronic participant) The Honorable Kenya Gibson The Honorable Nicole Jones The Honorable Reva Trammell
5. 3 Introduction and Expedited Consideration
6. 3 Absent
7. 1. To approve of the City’s participation as Respondent in the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Case No. PUR-2026-00112, Joint Petition of Dominion Energy, Inc., Virginia Electric and Power Company, OSW Project LLC, WG Development Corp., CS HoldCo, LLC, and NextEra Energy, Inc. for approval of a disposition and acquisition of control of a public utility pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia. RES. 2026-R034 introduced and referred
8. 4 The Honorable Sarah Abubaker The Honorable Stephanie Lynch The Honorable Ellen Robertson
9. 5 Adjournment
10. 6 Council President Cynthia Newbille called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. and presided.
11. 8 Upon the President’s request, City Clerk Candice Reid provided information on the appropriate way to evacuate the Council Chamber in the event of an emergency along with public speaker guidelines.
12. 9 Electronic Participation
13. 10 Pursuant to Rule III (D)(4)(b) of Council's Rules of Procedure, Councilor Andrew Breton made a request to participate in the meeting via Microsoft Teams due to a personal matter: his return flight to Richmond was cancelled due to weather, preventing his physical attendance at the meeting. He will be participating from the location at 225 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33139. Council Members present were required to adopt a motion to approve Councilor Breton’s participation in the meeting by electronic communication means, if it appeared to the body that his request complied with Rule III(D) of Council’s Rules of Procedure. A motion was solicited from those members physically assembled to approve Councilor Breton's participation in the meeting by electronic communication means.
14. 11 Vice President Katherine Jordan moved to allow Councilor Breton to participate in the meeting by electronic communication means. The motion was seconded and approved: Ayes 5, Gibson, Jones, Trammell, Jordan, Newbille. Noes 0. Abubaker, Lynch, and Robertson were absent.
15. 13 Vice President Katherine Jordan moved to expedite consideration of the resolution entitled:
16. 15 The motion was seconded and failed: Ayes 4, Breton, Jones, Jordan, Newbille. Noes 0. Abstentions 2, Gibson, Trammell. Abubaker, Lynch, and Robertson were absent.
17. 17 There being no further business before Council, the meeting adjourned at 4:07 p.m.

Watch Richmond

This is one agenda. Richmond publishes another every few weeks, and the thing you care about is rarely on the one you happened to find. Name it and we will email you when it appears.

Watch this

Free for 14 days, no card — and nothing charges itself: at day 14 the emails simply stop unless you choose to subscribe ($19 a month). One email when something matches, and nothing else. Unsubscribe from any of them. Searching stays free — it is public record.