Charlottesville might be jumping on the study bandwagon to take a closer look at its efficiency and quality of service for residents.

A divided City Council voted 3-2 to increase speeding fines by $200 on three city streets this September.
In other business Monday night, councilors unanimously approved erecting a historical marker honoring Sacajawea in front of the Lewis and Clark statue on West Main Street.
Plans for the marker followed recent criticism by those who say Sacajawea’s crouching posture in the 1919 statue is demeaning because she is portrayed in a subordinate position

By a 3-2 vote, councilors decided to enact the new speeding fines starting in September on Elliott Avenue, Brandywine Drive and Franklin Street. That fine will be on top of the $61 court fee and a $7 charge for every mile per hour over the speed limit.

The swirling puff of smoke lingered briefly in the air before escaping outside through cracks in the base of the window.

Charlottesville’s City Council is expected Monday to expand its $200 speeding fine to three additional city streets and to raise utility rates.

City councilors picked a design for a new interchange at the intersection of McIntire Road and the U.S. 250 Bypass on Wednesday, rejecting the option favored by a committee of residents.

City Hall has yanked the yurt.

City councilors unanimously reiterated their endorsement of the local water supply plan Monday but added a major caveat that could yet have ramifications: the request for more study on the feasibility of dredging.

Charlottesville has proposed raising a slew of fees related to development.

Charlottesville city councilors are poised to pass a resolution prohibiting Charlottesville from investing in companies that do business with the Sudanese government.

Faced with two equally compelling and cogent arguments, city councilors on Monday settled on a third option: Do nothing.

City councilors’ refusal last week to select a design for an interchange at the U.S. 250 Bypass and McIntire Road has clouded the project’s future and frustrated those who have spent nearly two years fashioning options.

City councilors agreed in principle Tuesday to spend $1 million from Charlottesville’s economic development fund in coming years to help build new affordable housing.

The long-planned and long-delayed Meadowcreek Parkway suffered another setback Monday when city councilors declined to endorse a design for a new interchange for its southern terminus.
Councilors were presented Monday with two options for a rebuilt interchange at McIntire Road and the U.S. 250 Bypass. A steering committee of city officials and residents had recommended councilors approve a diamond-shaped interchange that would run the 30-foot-high bypass over an oval roundabout, with the final design to be fleshed out later.