Mayor defends pay hikes for city employees as budget review process rolls on - Richmond BizSense

Mayor defends pay hikes for city employees as budget review process rolls on - Richmond BizSense

Mayor Danny Avula responds to questions from Councilmember Sarah Abubaker and attendees at Wednesday’s district meeting. (Jonathan Spiers photo) After weeks of debate among City Councilmembers and administrators over potential adjustments to Richmond’s proposed budget, Mayor Danny Avula got a chance to weigh in and defend his spending plan in a friendly but sometimes feisty face-to-face with one of its most vocal critics. Avula found himself in …

Avula says withholding raises from senior City Hall employees would be ‘wrong decision’

Richmond Mayor Danny Avula is standing firm in his plan for across-the-board raises for City Hall employees, saying it would be a “wrong decision” for the City Council to try to cut proposed raises for senior officials.“If we are treating our employees, even our senior employees, differently than the state or the surrounding counties, we're going to lose out on talent,” Avula said Wednesday night at an event in South Richmond.The mayor found him…