Newport News City Council approves 2025 budget
$624.3 million of the $1.1 billion plan will go to the general fund, with $123.1 million going to schools and $118.3 million to public safety.
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$624.3 million of the $1.1 billion plan will go to the general fund, with $123.1 million going to schools and $118.3 million to public safety.
City Council on Tuesday voted to appropriate bond money for the design and construction of a new Virgil L. Grissom Library, to be built at the Sherwood Shopping Center on Warwick Boulevard.
Newport News City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to adopt an ordinance creating a Charter Review Committee. The committee would be tasked with thoroughly reviewing the charter and making recommendations to the City Council for necessary revisions.
The budget hearings, where residents can provide feedback on the proposed $1.14 billion spending plan, are slated for Tuesday at City Hall and Thursday at the Denbigh Community Center.
Newport News residents who want to provide feedback on the city’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year will have two opportunities to do so this week. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the city will hold a public hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget at City Hall, located at 2400 Washington Ave. The second public hearing will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Denbigh Community Center, 15198 Warwick ...