Certificate of Occupancy AI Donation

At a glance

• What: Ordinance 2026-195 accepted a donation of services valued at about $268,209.02 from Ernst & Young LLP, including the design of an artificial intelligence proof of concept and a survey, and authorized a Donation of Services and Data Sharing Agreement, to improve the City certificate of occupancy process.
• Where it stands: Adopted September 28, 2026.
• Next: None; adopted.

Detail

• Sponsor: Mayor Avula.
• The record is an action summary: it gives outcomes and sponsors but not motions, movers, individual votes or public comment.

Sources

• City Council action summary, September 28, 2026: https://richmondva.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1354767&GUID=A1E8F936-2014-4EE7-934B-E47C3001605A

Log

2026-09-28 - City Council

Adopted.