Chief Administrative Officer
City officials decline to comment, citing the potentially criminal nature of what they’ve called “new” allegations…. 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
Richmond’s city administration is reviewing nearly $1 million spent in the past three years for repairs to the city’s troubled juvenile detention center…Committee also delayed action on a measure that would give council members more authority over contracts and change orders…”very strong opposition” to the proposal from businesses…council members have no idea how much money is being spent on change orders… timesdispatch.com
From Monument Avenue to City Hall: Why does Richmond continue to stifle artistic expression?
Kowtowing to angry Monument Avenue residents or a simple City Hall screw-up? Behind Art 180’s now-infamous permit revocation. styleweekly.com
The metal is being eaten away in a slow death and “the deterioration is rather advanced at this point…and a lack of maintenance is the issue,” he said…. richmond.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
Works of art by dozens of local children that have lined the median along Monument Avenue since last week will have to come down by Monday after Richmond city officials determined the permit for the display was issued in error…. timesdispatch.com
A Richmond group that promotes youth art is still waiting to hear from city officials on whether a Monument Avenue display that includes more than two dozens works by child artists will have to come down. … timesdispatch.com