Stephanie T. Reed

Seconded and voted for the city's 2027 general fund budget. It raised pay for police and public safety workers and kept waiving trash and vehicle license fees. It passed 4-3.

May 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against setting the real estate tax rate at 84 cents per $100. She backed an 86-cent rate to keep more city services. The 84-cent rate passed 4-3.

June 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for a motion telling staff to draft a budget with $1.4 million in spending cuts. The plan dropped the car tax on vehicles worth $20,000 or less. It passed 4-3.

June 10, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to spend $116,160 from city reserves to tear down five run-down houses, restoring a fifth house a committee had cut. Her motion passed 5-2.

February 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for the city's 2027 general fund budget. It raised pay for police and public safety workers and kept waiving trash and vehicle license fees. It passed 4-3.

May 26, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Moved to extend the city's youth curfew. She voted against cutting the extension to six months. The extension passed 4-2.

February 24, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Started the Take Back Our Streets Coalition with a University of Lynchburg leader after three children were shot and killed in three months. It brings city and faith leaders together to keep kids safe.

May 26, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for a citywide curfew that keeps people under 18 off the streets from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. It passed 6-1.

May 23, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Moved to accept the only bid for a new 15-year deal letting the Hillcats minor league team use the city ballpark. City income from the deal pays for $5.25 million in stadium upgrades. It passed 7-0.

May 13, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Seconded and voted for asking the Planning Commission to study ending a zoning rule that keeps family planning services out of the city's abortion clinic definition. It failed 2-5.

May 12, 2026

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Moved to approve a permit letting the Miller Home for Girls use a house on Riverside Drive as a group home for up to eight people. It passed 7-0.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against having city police join a federal immigration enforcement program (287(g)); that failed 2-4. She then voted for a resolution to keep working with state and federal agencies, which passed 6-0.

March 10, 2026

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Voted for a resolution backing the part of Virginia's constitution that sets how election districts are drawn. It opposed efforts to change that process. It passed 6-1.

January 29, 2026

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Was appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, a state board that sets job-training policy.

March 12, 2025

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Became chief executive of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg, a nonprofit that runs after-school and summer programs for kids. She kept her council seat.

February 3, 2025

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Voted to create a joint city council and school board committee to review school money, buildings, enrollment and teaching. It passed 5-2.

November 12, 2024

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As mayor, moved to censure council members Jeff Helgeson and Martin Misjuns for misconduct, including sharing the city attorney's private legal advice. The censure passed 4-3.

August 13, 2024

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Endorsed state Sen. John McGuire over U.S. Rep. Bob Good in the Republican race for Virginia's 5th District seat in Congress.

March 22, 2024

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As mayor, moved to censure council member Marty Misjuns for his conduct and disorderly behavior. The censure passed 5-2.

November 28, 2023

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Voted to cut the city real estate tax rate to 89 cents per $100 of value for the 2024 budget year. The motion passed 5-2 on first reading.

May 9, 2023

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As mayor, put on the agenda and voted for a resolution declaring Lynchburg a Second Amendment sanctuary. It states the city will oppose new gun limits. It passed 5-2.

January 10, 2023

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Was elected mayor by her fellow council members, 4-3 over Jeff Helgeson, for a two-year term.

January 4, 2023

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Won an at-large seat on Lynchburg City Council. She placed first of seven candidates with 12,287 votes (19.24%).

November 8, 2022

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Received endorsements from Attorney General Jason Miyares, state Sen. Steve Newman, Lynchburg Sheriff Donald Sloan, city prosecutor Bethany Harrison and Del. Wendell Walker in her first council race.

September 2, 2022

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