City Council - Regular Meeting
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Portsmouth, VA
- Meeting Date
- February 27, 2026
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Friday, February 27, 2026
16 items on the agenda.
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8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Opening Comments – Setting the table
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Get Stuff Done: The GSD Scorecard
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Review of progress on adopted strategic pillars. Status of hiring project managers for major CIP projects. Update on the "4th floor" process improvement team. Short update and resolution dates for short-term rentals.
Morning Break
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
FY2027 Strategic Budget Deep Dive
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Aligning the pay plan implementation with current budget constraints. Financial health modeling for the 5- and 10-year CIP. Collective bargaining impacts and operational sequencing.
Lunch Break
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Unfinished Business: Operational Priorities
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Refuse ordinance updates. Update for traffic calming and the T2 parking app rollout, and resolution date for High St Parking. Transfer of parking enforcers to PPD to increase downtown "presence". Migration of PPA to resume as an authority.
Afternoon Break
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Revitalization & The "Blighted Property" Toolkit
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Special Session: Discussion on enacting an ordinance for special property taxes (up to 5% for blighted, 10% for derelict) under VA Code § 58.1-3221.6. High Street property usage and storage concerns. Crawford Bay development. Sail 250 preparations.
Day 1 Adjourn
4:30 PM
Council Dinner & Informal Networking
6:00 PM
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Unfinished Business: Community & Safety
8:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Crime Commission consultant support. Harbormaster hiring and the USCG/DEQ collaboration plan for "boat people".
Morning Break
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Strategic Partnerships
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | PPS revenue sharing proposal. PRHA Housing Trust Fund request. Juvenile detention update. Follow-up from the joint City Council/School Board retreat.
Retreat Closing Comments
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Comments from City Council and Department Heads. Comments from Mayor Glover. Adjourn