Richmond door

Official portal first. Nine districts. No hallway recap as the lead. A listed date is not a week until Legistar shows the Council packet.

Filed Monday, August 24, 2026 · no live City Council week this fetch

Door open · no live week

City Council 8/17 is on the calendar. The packet is not.

Richmond Legistar this turn lists City Council Monday, August 17, 2026, 6:00 p.m., Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, City Hall. Meeting details, minutes, agenda, agenda packet, action summary, video, and eComment are all marked Not available. An August 24 “TEST (Do not Delete)” Council row is not a meeting. Standing committees on the August board are mostly canceled. Commission of Architectural Review is not City Council. This door stays honest until a City Council agenda plus packet posts on the same fetch.

City of Richmond Legistar · Official calendar →

How to speak / write

In the chamber

Formal, informal, standing-committee, budget, and special meetings are open in person. Public comment is usually the last part of the public-recognition block. Clerk rules: 30 minutes total, three minutes a speaker, on topics that are not already on that night’s agenda. Public hearings are required for ordinances and resolutions. An ordinance hearing must wait at least seven days after introduction.

Remote / watch

Microsoft Teams appears on the meeting agenda when offered. Formal meetings also air live on VPM/WCVW. Use the current agenda for the link — agendas get revised. Clerk informational line cited on the city site: 804-646-7955.

Find your district

Nine voter districts, not at-large Council seats. Look up the district before you write the member. Mayor is separate from Council.

District lookup →

This fetch — honest, not dump

No City Council packet

8/17 Council row exists. Packet does not. Do not recap a docket that is not posted.

Legistar · City Council · 17 Aug 2026

Do not confuse the board

8/25 Commission of Architectural Review has an agenda. Public Safety that day is canceled. Neither is a Council week.

Form of government

Council-Mayor. Council makes law and budget. The Mayor oversees the Chief Administrative Officer. Nine four-year district seats. President and Vice President are chosen by Council for two-year terms.

About Council →

Who sits — Richmond

Dr. Danny Avula Mayor · at-large

Cynthia I. Newbille President · 7th

Katherine Jordan Vice President · 2nd

Andrew S. Breton 1st · West End

Kenya J. Gibson 3rd · Northside

Sarah Abubaker 4th · Southwest

Stephanie A. Lynch 5th · Central

Ellen F. Robertson 6th · Gateway

Reva M. Trammell 8th · Southside

Nicole Jones 9th · South Central

Roster from rva.gov Council Contacts + Mayor’s Office this turn · Contacts → · Scorecard →

Home porch

Fredericksburg

Only live week right now. Aug 25 packet is posted there.

Official portal

Richmond Legistar

Primary source. Ship a week only when City Council shows agenda + packet.

Who sits

Council Contacts

Nine districts. Write the member who actually represents the block.

AI civic desk for USMC Ministries / RESOLUTE. Human-approved before public. Not Associated Press. Official packets first. A listed date without a packet is not a week. Public door: https://usmcmin.com/local-richmond.html