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City-published development-program eligibility, funding guidance or operating rules. Source: FIG Overview.
Official Newport News Document Center, Development. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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Official City-published policy, rule or procedural reference for Emergency Management. Source: Severe Weather Plan 2026.
Official Newport News Document Center, Emergency Management. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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City-published development-program eligibility, funding guidance or operating rules. Source: Capital Fund Loan Program Guidelines.
Official Newport News Document Center, Development. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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City-published development-program eligibility, funding guidance or operating rules. Source: Micro Loan Program Guidelines.
Official Newport News Document Center, Development. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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Official City-published policy, rule or procedural reference for Commissioner of the Revenue. Source: Foia Rights and Responsibilities 2016.
Official Newport News Document Center, Commissioner of the Revenue. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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City-published development-program eligibility, funding guidance or operating rules. Source: NNUDAG Guidelines.
Official Newport News Document Center, Development. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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City-published development-program eligibility, funding guidance or operating rules. Source: Peninsula Revolving Loan Fund Program Guideline.
Official Newport News Document Center, Development. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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City-published development-program eligibility, funding guidance or operating rules. Source: Tax Exempt & Taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds Guidelines.
Official Newport News Document Center, Development. Directory listing reviewed November 1, 2026. Issue/effective date not independently established; dates in the title are edition labels, not inferred from upload metadata. Opens the official publisher document.
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Official description assigns Council minutes, adopted ordinances and resolutions, code updates and City records management to the Clerk.
Official duties page checked October 29, 2026; publication date not established. Identifies custody responsibilities, without establishing that any specific October 27 item exists, was requested or was withheld.
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Official guidance distinguishes written correspondence through the Public Comment Form from registration to speak in person on the meeting date.
Current official page checked October 29, 2026 through the City’s Citizen Engagement link and indexed text. Direct retrieval was intermittent. Publication date is not established. No form was submitted, and no use of this channel by Shabazz is established.
Policies & proceduresArchived file
Signed resolution and attached attendance/comment policy. Paragraph 7 directs comments to the Mayor and Council; paragraph 8 distinguishes personal insults from substantive ideas or procedures.
Official four-page signed resolution and policy, effective February 11, 2025. Physical PDF p. 2: Council-authority scope and three-minute turns. PDF p. 3: paragraphs 7-9 and 12, including audience direction, personal attacks, responses and enforcement; paragraph 12 continues on p. 4. Paragraph 7 does not expressly prohibit naming an individual member. Confirm any amendments or additional instructions effective October 27, 2026.
File: Council_Resolution_13822-25_Signed_Policy.pdf
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AI-use reference. Published and listed by current administrative-policy index, with the index's currency limitation. Applies to: Official City/department social-media sites and employees authorized to speak for the City on those sites, including AI-assisted content within that activity. Requirements or purpose: Department Director and Communications Office approval of official sites; administration by Communications or designated personnel. Comply with applicable law, IT policy, FOIA and records retention; preserve removed unsuitable content with removal reasons under the applicable schedule. Do not post nonpublic, sensitive, personal or confidential information; follow copyright and other laws; correct mistakes transparently; published claims must be substantiated and approved. Limits: Not AI-specific and not authorization to deploy a chatbot. Its public-comment moderation provisions remain subject to applicable constitutional law; this record does not assess any particular moderation action.
AI-use reference. Published and listed by current administrative-policy index, with the index's currency limitation. Applies to: Official City/department social-media sites and employees authorized to speak for the City on those sites, including AI-assisted content within that activity. Requirements or purpose: Department Director and Communications Office approval of official sites; administration by Communications or designated personnel. Comply with applicable law, IT policy, FOIA and records retention; preserve removed unsuitable content with removal reasons under the applicable schedule. Do not post nonpublic, sensitive, personal or confidential information; follow copyright and other laws; correct mistakes transparently; published claims must be substantiated and approved. Limits: Not AI-specific and not authorization to deploy a chatbot. Its public-comment moderation provisions remain subject to applicable constitutional law; this record does not assess any particular moderation action.
Official source reviewed October 26, 2026. Municipal administrative policy — public communications and retention. Dates/version: 2021-01-01. Locator: Physical p 1 III approval; p 2 III.B–D retention; p 3 IV content/confidentiality/copyright; p 4 V.E–F accuracy and responsibility. Printed 1410-2–1410-4 after first page. Not AI-specific and not authorization to deploy a chatbot. Its public-comment moderation provisions remain subject to applicable constitutional law; this record does not assess any particular moderation action.
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City-hosted assistant page with an AI notice and direction to city staff for official or sensitive matters.
Page and HTML read October 26, 2026; no publication date established. It disclaims official policy/legal-advice status and embeds Microsoft Copilot Studio. That embed does not establish the backend model, training use, data location or factory hosting. No test prompt was submitted.
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Published sitewide privacy statement covering submitted data, technical information and lawful public-record access.
Current published text read October 26, 2026; no effective date established. “Public Disclosure” recognizes legal exemptions. The page does not set out chatbot-specific retention periods or model-training terms; it is not the vendor agreement or proof that no other notice exists.
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Official index linking the published AI policy and warning that online amendments may lag.
Reviewed October 25, 2026. City says the manual is not comprehensive and that amended policies may not always be incorporated promptly. Obtain operative and superseding documents before evaluating project compliance.
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City job description assigning AI evaluation, governance, monitoring, and procurement-assistance functions.
PC12956, four pages, revised July 1, 2026. Pages 1-2 define reporting to CIO, intake/evaluation, model/vendor assessment, monitoring, audit/risk, and AI budget/procurement assistance. This role definition does not establish an appointment date, delegated purchase authority, or completion of a project-specific review.
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Current City policy describes conditional credits for unusually high water consumption and supporting repair documentation. It supplies an adjustment category to investigate; no reviewed record links it to Seaview’s June 2021 bill.
Official public web page reviewed October 24, 2026. Publication, adoption and revision dates were not established. Current criteria are not proof of the rules applied in 2021–2023, a Seaview request or the reason for its removed bill. Linked page, not an archived PDF.
Policies & proceduresArchived file
Official job description identifies bankruptcy tracking and debt claims, annual debt-setoff work, and receivables/dunning audits. It is an institutional records lead, not proof of an individual’s Seaview work or pre-2024 practice.
Official job description, revised January 1, 2024, page 1. Do not use later duties to identify the original referral signer, invoice selector or adjustment approver.
File: nn-waterworks-accounting-specialist-2024.pdf
Policies & proceduresArchived file
Official packet contains amendments to Waterworks charges, delinquency and billing provisions, including monthly billing with Director discretion to adjust frequency. Adopted regular minutes separately establish Council action.
Fifteen-page redlined packet; page 15 amends § 42-42(a) and states May 24, 2022 effectiveness. Prior wording allowed monthly or bimonthly billing at Director discretion. Packet ordinance number is blank; signed numbered ordinance not obtained. Do not treat the proposed/redlined artifact alone as adoption proof.
File: nn-waterworks-code-packet-2022-05-24.pdf
Policies & proceduresArchived file
Official job description covering billing and collections procedures, internal controls, large-account adjustments and preparation of delinquent billing/payment histories for City Attorney legal collections. It describes a role, not an individual's actions in a particular case.
Official role description, revised August 1, 2025. PDF pages 1–2 cover collection controls and preparation of histories for legal collection.
File: nn-waterworks-billing-manager-2025.pdf
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Official City service-request intake channels, phone services and contact hours.
Citywide 311 intake information, including telephone services and contact hours.
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City mobile-app guidance describing public visibility of request location and type, and status access through My Requests.
City NNVA 311 mobile-app FAQ. Question 406 covers public visibility of a request’s location and type; the adjacent answer describes status through My Requests.
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City guidance on campaign-sign size, public-right-of-way placement, visibility, removal and polling-site restrictions.
City guidance for candidates on sign size, placement, removal and polling-site restrictions. Publication date not established.
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Published sign ordinance covering temporary-sign permissions and prohibitions, administration, notice and removal.
City-linked Municode codification, version September 15, 2026. Relevant provisions: §§ 33.01-7, 33.01-8, 33.01-25 and 33.01-26. The version date is not an enactment date for every provision.