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Votes at a glance (recorded outcomes as stated in the meeting record):

- Readopt FY2024-25 budget and appropriate funds (Agenda item e1): Adopt ordinance to readopt the budget and appropriate funds for the fiscal year beginning 07/01/2024 and ending 06/30/2025. Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Restriction agreement for 701 Jefferson Avenue (Agenda item e2): Ordinance authorizing and directing the city manager to execute a restriction agreement with the Economic Development Authority and Virginia DHCD for 701 Jefferson Avenue. Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Port Host Communities Fund grant documents for 701 Jefferson Avenue (Agenda item e3): Ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute documents needed to implement the Port Host Communities grant for 701 Jefferson Avenue. Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Lease of Seafood Industrial Park Parcel 1 to Economic Development Authority (Agenda item e4): Resolution authorizing the lease of city property to the EDA. Outcome: Approved (motion carried 7-0).

- Property acquisition authority for Mercury Boulevard bridge over CSX (Agenda item e5): Ordinance authorizing the city manager to make offers to acquire property by voluntary sale or condemnation for the Mercury Boulevard bridge repairs (Structure No. 1820). Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Deed of easement with Hampton Roads Sanitation District for 100 City Farm Road (Agenda item e6): Ordinance authorizing and directing the city manager to execute a deed of easement. Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Consent agenda (item f): Minutes and code amendment items f1 through f3. Outcome: Approved (motion carried 7-0).

- Bulk water purchase agreement with the City of Williamsburg (Agenda item g1): Resolution authorizing an agreement for bulk water purchase, running 07/01/2025 to 01/01/2050 with automatic renewals and specified dispute resolution provisions. Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Agreement for billing Hampton sewer and solid waste services (Agenda item g2): Resolution authorizing Newport News to bill and collect Hampton sewer and solid waste fees on the same bill as water service; agreement begins July 2025 and renews annually. Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Redevelopment services agreement with Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority (Agenda item g3): FY2026-FY2030 agreement authorizing city funding for redevelopment in the Southeast community and downtown; includes optional renewals. Outcome: Adopted (motion carried 7-0).

- Donation of lawn equipment to the Bethea Family Foundation (Agenda item g4): Resolution authorizing donation of lawn equipment to support the Safe Haven Empowerment Center. Outcome: Approved with recorded abstention (motion carried 6-0 with 1 abstention); transcript records one council member abstaining due to a personal interest and employment with the Foundation (signed declaration on file with the city clerk).

- Appropriations for seafood market and dock improvements (Agenda items H1 and H2): Appropriation of $1,000,000 in HUD community project funding and $1,600,000 from the Virginia DHCD Port Host Communities revitalization fund (including a recorded $800,000 DHCD grant requiring a 1:1 local match). Outcome: Approved (motion carried 7-0).

Where the meeting record gave no mover/second names, the agenda and roll-call results were recorded in the transcript; all roll-call tallies listed in the meeting record were included above.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Newport News - Regular City Council Meeting - Jun 24, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council recorded a series of unanimous roll-call approvals on ordinances, resolutions and appropriations, plus one donation vote with an abstention. This roundup lists each recorded item with outcome and key details.","taxTitle","Newport News (Independent City), Virginia","taxId",12491,"location","Virginia","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":44,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6553842,"City council re-adopts FY2024-25 budget; school board thanks council for full funding and staff raises",58,1478000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5065499-357325a6ad304526a1e8ec67fd4f7c01&start=1420&end=1478","/articles/6553842/Virginia/City-council-re-adopts-FY2024-25-budget-school-board-thanks-council-for-full-funding-and-staff-raises","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6553842-c4be778a73097964e0988ecf66885536/orig.mp4?Expires=1770990169&Signature=kSv4HdjoKfIA6MGhI~juMuBo991VwNzOqer8z8bTcsyJ902tjTLKsujeMg4CxOrL~d4UzKIw60PmNpPZieNlV4PS9sY8pkcmzOlM-XYq8iDG~fTdK4jf8hnE1qd4uSva011lTQCR1-i7seP-xWnUNkDYn0GCNNiKCptcL9dUY0SY5qf83UwfQve47i5LgjEUAq5WsFMUbHvGY32kXZaLJqrebDe~bjtHIfwa4FYdRMgWTOVeHkL4hp2nE6HJUsTjlNeSE4rTmvLin9rPGNrwuc9zZCHYQnfZdZS0zP47OhlJfhd4Gky2lJMx-LSu3kG37JK3mByRkqxNM6tNP1yfNw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Newport News City Council on June 24 re-adopted the city's ordinance to operate for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025. The council closed the public hearing on the budget and then voted to adopt the ordinance; recorded roll-call votes show the measure carried 7-0.

At the meeting, the chair of the Newport News Public Schools board addressed council and thanked members for fully funding the school division's budget for the 2025-26 school year. The school board chair (name not specified in the transcript) said the full funding will allow the school system to continue current initiatives and departments, and announced employees will receive a 3% salary increase. The chair also said starting pay for a new teacher with a bachelor's degree will increase \"from 55.1 to 56 a year\" as stated in the transcript (the record did not specify units).

The school board chair detailed student outcomes for the class of 2025: more than $85,000,000 in scholarships and awards, approximately 2,400 acceptance offers from colleges, universities and military institutions, and a graduation rate reported in the remarks as 93 percent, which the chair said is higher than the state average. The chair also listed several school recognitions and individual student state championships and awards.

Council members recorded no amendments during the roll calls on the readoption. No members of the public spoke on the budget at the public hearing, according to the transcript. The council's adoption of the ordinance reauthorizes spending and appropriation authority for the stated FY24-25 period.

The school board remarks were presented as prepared remarks for the record; the chair expressed appreciation for the council's support and highlighted staff pay increases and student achievements as immediate outcomes of the budget decisions.","Newport News City Council re-adopted the fiscal-year 2024-25 budget on June 24 by a 7-0 vote. The school board chair told council the schools' 2025-26 budget was fully funded and highlighted a 3% pay increase for employees and a rise in starting pay for new teachers, while noting graduation and achievement statistics.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6553847,"Newport News approves funding and agreements for Jefferson Avenue seafood market and dock improvements",634,1496000,2130000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5065499-357325a6ad304526a1e8ec67fd4f7c01&start=1496&end=2130","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5065499-357325a6ad304526a1e8ec67fd4f7c01/thumbnail_1496000.jpg","/articles/6553847/Virginia/Newport-News-approves-funding-and-agreements-for-Jefferson-Avenue-seafood-market-and-dock-improvements","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6553847-d45ab11c0378fabf4e85999357f13cb0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770990169&Signature=CfQnXwLwn5B8zoUahEfaCk40wn3Y5ZmZSRBhyS0x6w2q3Q2UktcIWm5Twbe3Eb~vUjrgMryNujRgB1cEhyWRkQUw3jUHm3zgGIiL8vizR5jWQGj1F5KMpPDTxI2~EtFRYsuiT0KWvJVyHAKY9En8evgonKJBkO0l9hTIDLXpceAwembMvcX4kFJ8~Q9hFvSrIZvjZC-xZ4zgKDPDKOJ16ejPqzlYCIA9E0EP8Lk3M-7WzzH7GvKtKKLBzl3kcn21iMEW8Tpg5ttecl3jBSjVmk3~vhY8z3q5OWc7vG54mcHnIjsHLiyLvHPRqJZox259DwVpMGdqiL3hp-S12-mIiA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Newport News City Council on June 24 adopted a package of ordinances, grants and appropriations to support development of a commercial seafood market and dock improvements at 701 Jefferson Avenue and at the city's Seafood Industrial Park.

The council voted 7-0 to authorize a restriction agreement involving the Economic Development Authority, the city and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) for 701 Jefferson Avenue, to accept a Port Host Communities revitalization fund grant and to approve related leases and appropriations. City staff said the work will include dredging, demolition of deteriorated piers, installation of new commercial moorings (with shore power and water), and an ADA-compliant floating dock to serve the seafood market.

The city approved two appropriations tied to the project: a $1,000,000 award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (community project funding) for seafood market and industrial-park dock improvements; and $1,600,000 from the Virginia DHCD Port Host Communities revitalization fund for dock improvements at 917 Jefferson Avenue, which the transcript identifies as a fiscal-year 2024 award that included an $800,000 grant requiring a 1:1 local match. The Council voted to accept and appropriate both funding items 7-0.

City staff explained that the HUD funds will support harbor dredging, demolition of old piers, installation of new commercial moorings and shore utilities, construction of an ADA-compliant floating dock for market access, and a new roughly 7,600-square-foot seafood market facility with vendor stalls and outdoor seating. The DHCD award was described as the Port Host Communities revitalization fund grant for dock improvements; the award requires a matching local contribution and accompanies other project work at Jefferson Avenue. City Manager Allen Archer recommended approval of the grant arrangements and appropriations.

Council also approved a resolution authorizing lease of city-owned Seafood Industrial Park Parcel 1 to the Economic Development Authority and an ordinance directing the city manager to execute any and all documents necessary to implement the Port Host Communities grant for 701 Jefferson Avenue. All measures carried unanimously on roll-call votes.

The actions clear the way for procurement and construction steps; no speakers from the public addressed these items at the council public hearings, and staff indicated construction and dredging work are part of a coordinated effort to support commerce and ADA access for the planned seafood market.

Votes at the meeting recorded the approvals as unanimous: each listed vote was recorded in the roll calls as supporting the motions, with recorded outcomes \"Motion carries 7 0.\"","City Council on June 24 approved ordinances, a grant agreement and $2.6 million in appropriations to support a new seafood market, dock improvements and related infrastructure at 701 Jefferson Avenue and the Seafood Industrial Park, votes unanimous.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Newport News City Council actions, June 24, 2025

City council re-adopts FY2024-25 budget; school board thanks council for full funding and staff raises

Newport News approves funding and agreements for Jefferson Avenue seafood market and dock improvements