4th Graziano, K.
Organizational Development Standing Committee Meeting
Monday, April 2, 2012
Agenda: Monday, April 2, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.
Minutes: President Kathy Graziano called the meeting to order at 5:25 p.m.
Six city employees paid to wait.
Committee Members Present:
The Honorable Kathy Graziano, President
The Honorable Ellen Robertson, Vice President
The Honorable Doug Conner
The Honorable Marty Jewell
The Honorable Cynthia Newbille
The Honorable Charles Samuels
The Honorable Reva Trammell
The Honorable Chris Hilbert
The Honorable Bruce Tyler
Others Present:
Lou Ali, Council Chief of Staff/ Interim City Clerk
Haskell Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Robert C. Bob, President of the Robert Bobb Group
Suzette Denslow, Mayor’s Chief of Staff
James W. Dyke, Chair, Mayor’s Schools Accountability& Efficiency Review Task Force
Dr. Carolyn Graham, DCAO of Human Services
Kelly King Horne, Executive Director of Howard
Allen Jackson, City Attorney
Faye Smith, Senior Assistant City Clerk
….”We don’t have enough money.”….it will take 37 years to fix the sidewalks listed as needing repair…. styleweekly.com
…Council members were mainly weighing two plans for bridging the budget gap….Jones’ plan, pushed by Council President Kathy C. Graziano….Tyler proposed giving the schools $11.6 million extra…. most of Tyler’s amendments got little traction with the rest of the council… timesdispatch.com
The Richmond City Council voted Monday night to establish a separate department for Animal Care and Control and create a director position with a salary of up to $143,263, ending a nearly two-year debate over how the office should be administered….The director position will have a salary range of $90,786 to $143,263. The office is currently managed by Chuck Marchant, who holds the title of operations manager. Marchant is now being paid $58,567 to run Animal Control….
…lapsed agreement between the city and the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals….city officials made “no effort whatsoever” to respond to concerns the group had over a draft of the new agreement. The group took issue with a provision that suggested it supported making Animal Control its own department, when in fact the SPCA wanted it placed under the Police Department.
….Mr Lewis was brutally beaten in the Richmond City Jail by three sheriffs deputies….council president stated this was not an issue for council…. rvanews.com comments.
See, Council Formal Meeting. 0:54.
1 Jun 2009.
by Silver Persinger
In this clip, Angela Montgomery, a policy analyst in Richmond City Council’s Legislative Services Department, read a prepared report of the May 18 Public Safety Committee meeting.
In Ms. Montgomery’s report there was no reference to the 60 or 70 motorcycle club members who came out for the first hour of the meeting to register their opposition to a recent modification in the Code of Virginia that prevents establishments that serve alcohol from serving patrons who are wearing gang colors or insignia. Ms. Trammell objected and it turns out President Graziano request that portion of the report be omitted in order to save time. Both Ms. Trammell and Mr. Marty Jewell stated they resented the action. vimeo.com
As BB&T was considering moving its operations out of Richmond in 2009, the city offered the company a $500,000 grant to keep its brokerage and other operations downtown for at least five years….council action will come nearly three years after the money was offered and more than two years after the financial-holdings company signed a long-term lease….
1. Is it correct that “the city offered the company a $500,000 grant”? People in the administration and the company discussed the idea of a grant and prepared a proposed agreement. By the terms of the agreement, it is contingent on city council approval: “f. Effective Date of the Agreement. The effective date of this Agreement shall be the date upon which it has been fully executed by the parties following approval by City Council”. The administration submitted an unsigned agreement to council for consideration.
2. Are councilors Tyler and Samuels correct that council is left out of the process?
3. Is councilor Graziano correct that it as a matter of working out details in a new process?
2. Is the reporter’s discussion of procurement relevant? A grant is not a procurement.
….”Ms. Graziano did everything within her power to drive Walle from her employment, and succeeded,” the lawsuit states…. timesdispatch.com
Jennifer Walle, who alleged battery by Graziano’s aide, David Hathcock, has filed a new suit alleging that [councilor Kathy C. Graziano] and a family friend undertook a campaign to defame Walle in the months after she came forward with her allegations…seeks $5 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages…. richmondmagazine.com
Microsoft app meant to detect bad neighborhoods
….route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian….stereotypical thought,” says [councilor E. Martin Jewell]….
STEREOTYPE: a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
[Doesn't this fit councilor Jewell?]
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Mom: Son told to ‘drink own spit’ at Richmond Juvenile Detention Center
….staff member told her son to drink his own spit after the boy asked if he could have a drink of water….her son tried to commit suicide – and that she only found out about the incident via a court document….NAACP first blew the whistle on the problems….Why did it have to be brought to our attention by the NAACP?” said [councilor Kathy C. Graziano]….
[How could councilor Graziano not know?]
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School bus lawsuit filed in Richmond
….4-year-old autistic boy has filed a lawsuit alleging that negligence by Richmond school employees allowed her child to be left on a bus in sweltering heat….employees were and continue to be insufficiently trained….seeks $500,000….
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Richmond Police not enforcing noise ordinance
….residents often are awakened after midnight by the incessant pounding….racket disturbs residents of Richmond all over downtown….dozens of complaints….Richmond Police Department and Richmond City Council have really failed….