Graham Moomaw
Reporter at The Richmonder
Reporter at @RichmonderNews Previously: @mercuryvirginia @RTDNews Email: [email protected] https://t.co/cqxYd8T3Ul
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1 week ago |
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw
Due to the magnitude of the city of Richmond’s errors in attempting to send out 2024 property tax rebate checks to local taxpayers and the complexity of cleaning up the mistake, residents who have not yet received a valid check should expect to wait nearly two more months to get the money. Checks sent out in the original batch will expire on June 16, Interim Chief Administrative Officer Sabrina Joy-Hogg told the City Council on Monday afternoon.
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1 week ago |
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw
After losing a zoning appeal, a group of Museum District residents have moved to drop their lawsuit challenging a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts plan to build an art storage warehouse on a mostly residential city block. The neighborhood group filed court paperwork last month to drop the suit that had been filed against the museum and city officials. Construction on the facility was already proceeding after the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals rejected an appeal from the neighbors in early March.
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2 weeks ago |
richmondfreepress.com | Graham Moomaw
Richmond’s director of revenue resigned last week after City officials learned of more errors that have hampered the City’s efforts to give Richmond property owners back some tax money they’ve already paid.
City Council’s apparent $50K budget boost for Michelle Mosby’s nonprofit was an error, official says
2 weeks ago |
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw
As the Richmond City Council wrapped its budget amendments Monday, members had $50,000 in taxpayer money remaining that hadn’t been dedicated for any particular purpose. In public, the council agreed to set that money to the side and figure out what to do with it later. But when the council published a document online this week formalizing its budget decisions, the spreadsheet indicated the $50,000 would go to the nonprofit run by former mayoral candidate Michelle Mosby.
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2 weeks ago |
richmonder.org | Graham Moomaw
The Richmond City Council decided Monday to support Mayor Danny Avula’s proposal for across-the-board pay raises for city employees, while failing to find extra money to boost funding for Richmond Public Schools or to grant a $20 minimum wage to contracted janitors and security guards who work at City Hall.
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Couple important points: The audit notes some post-death payments "are expected in any retirement system," you just want to catch them quick. The retirement system isn't a standard city department, it's a "quasi-governmental" entity in the legislative branch
The Richmond Retirement System lost $415K from payments to dead people, according to a new audit report. A single account got almost $250K over 7 years before the system learned the person had died in 2015. https://t.co/4wAB3WeIv4
The Richmond Retirement System lost $415K from payments to dead people, according to a new audit report. A single account got almost $250K over 7 years before the system learned the person had died in 2015. https://t.co/4wAB3WeIv4
It's car tax season in Richmond, so if anyone has any issues with their bill and wants to share for an upcoming story, let me know. Here's mine: The city found out I got a new car last summer and is taxing it accordingly, while also still trying to tax the old one I traded in
