City Payment Register Publication

At a glance

• What: Two linked measures about City Code section 12-16, which requires publication of the City payment register. Ordinance 2026-081 amends the code to promote transparency by giving public access to payments to vendors and employee reimbursements while protecting confidential and personal information. Resolution 2026-R019 would have authorized the Organizational Development Standing Committee to investigate the City failing to publish the monthly register and its use of Virginia Freedom of Information Act exclusions.
• Where it stands: Ordinance 2026-081 was adopted as amended on October 13, 2026. Resolution 2026-R019 was rejected the same night.
• Next: Implementation by the administration; no date is stated.

Detail

• Ordinance sponsor: Mayor Avula.
• Resolution sponsors: Ms. Gibson, Ms. Trammell and Ms. Abubaker.
• Both items were continued from September 28 to October 13.
• The summaries give no vote counts. 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, October 13, 2026: https://richmondva.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1354768&GUID=E93DB910-0CF2-434C-BB5A-05A78CAEA725
• City Council action summary, September 28, 2026: https://richmondva.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1354767&GUID=A1E8F936-2014-4EE7-934B-E47C3001605A

Log

2026-10-13 - City Council

Ordinance 2026-081 adopted as amended; Resolution 2026-R019 (committee investigation) rejected.

2026-09-28 - City Council

Both continued to October 13, 2026.