Traveling for official city business is often part of a city council member’s job, allowing an elected official to gain insight on how peers in other cities and countries are handling a variety of issues. But with travel come expenses that are often paid for by taxpayers. The expenses cities cover on council members’ behalf make up only a small fraction of overall budgets, but without .
To learn more about how city council members are spending taxpayer dollars, The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press filed Freedom of Information Act requests asking for all expenses that six Hampton Roads cities paid for city council members in 2023. Total expenses range from about $41,000 in Newport News to $12,400 in Norfolk.
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L.J. Hansen, director of Public Works, said the building fit all of the city's desired parameters including adequate parking and close proximity to a bus route.
VIRGINIA BEACH — The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to spend $17.25 million on a commercial building near Mount Trashmore that will house Virginia Beach’s new election headquarters. Current election operations are spread out across multiple locations and will be consolidated in the new building. The move will take place after the November election. The building, at 500 Studio Dr., is .