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City officials decline to comment, citing the potentially criminal nature of what they’ve called “new” allegations…. styleweekly.com
….Preservationists are girding themselves for another fight over the site….residents have reported seeing the project’s developers and Peter Chapman, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer for economic development, meeting in Libby Hill Park…. styleweekly.com
…In an interview before Thursday’s City Council budget meeting, Marshall said new allegations convinced officials that they had to “close the thing down and start over.”….”We looked more closely and found some things that we found troubling. Some criminal allegations and some violations of our policies,” Marshall said…. timesdispatch.com
…City officials have said in recent months said that most of the problems have been fixed and the rest were being addressed….there are some management and operational issues and some work culture issues that we have not been able to fix….just extra personnel costs such as severance will cost the city an estimated $800,000 or more… wtvr.com
The city says it has fixed the array of problems that led to Richmond’s Juvenile Detention Center being placed on state probation in January, including malfunctioning locks and intercoms, inadequate surveillance camera coverage and missing training documentation.
However, investigations are ongoing into allegations against employees, including that one had “unprofessional correspondence” with a former inmate, that another gave incorrect doses of medication to two inmates and failed to report it, and that training documents were forged…. timesdispatch.com
The improvements are being made under a $344,000 emergency contract awarded by the city in January, just before state juvenile justice officials put the center on probation for the second time in three years… timesdispatch.com
….Church Hill Association….not backing any current plans for improving the Route 5 corridor….nbc12.com
….audit was performed at the jail Feb. 1 and 2….timesdispatch.com
….most of the residents were not familiar with the plan and have very strong concerns about both road concepts being proposed….could very well inhibit the revitalization of Fulton, Shockoe Bottom and the Central Business District….barrier between Church Hill and access to the river would be significant…. chpn.net
[councilor Charles R. Samuels] New allegations of a bed bug problem were brought this week. City officials showed us documentation they said proves those accusations are unfounded, including a report from health inspectors dated Wednesday morning….more than $300,000 in emergency funding and an additional $150,000 in annual budgeting. There’s also overtime cost for the staff training required by the state…. nbc12.com