Bill Text: VA HB2015 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Charter; Town of Bluefield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474) [HB2015 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB2015-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§ 2, 8, and 9 of Chapters 406 and 521 of the Acts of Assembly of 1999 are amended and reenacted as follows: § 2. Boundaries. The territory contained within the limits of the town shall be
the same as heretofore and hereafter established by the Acts of the General
Assembly of Virginia, and as enlarged by an order of the Circuit Court of
Tazewell County, entered on February 13, 1926, and is more particularly
described in § 2 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1930; Chapter 32 of
the Acts of Assembly of 1962; in a decree of the Circuit Court of Tazewell
County, Virginia, dated December 24, 1968, and recorded in the clerk's office
of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia, in Law Order Book 26 at page
592 et seq.; § 8. Council; organization. A. At B. All meetings of the council shall be public, and any citizens may have access to the minutes and records thereof at all reasonable times; however, by majority vote of the council, it may convene an executive session to consider such matters as may be the appropriate subject of an executive session as provided by the Code of Virginia. C. The council shall appoint a town manager and a town clerk. During the organizational meeting, the council shall appoint one of the members of council as vice-mayor to act in the absence or disability of the mayor. The vice-mayor shall be appointed by a majority vote of all members of council and shall serve for a period of two years until the next organizational meeting of council. D. The council may appoint all such other boards and commissions as may be deemed proper, and prescribe the powers and duties thereof. The council may determine its own rules or procedures, may punish its own members for misconduct and may compel attendance of members. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings. A majority of all members of the council shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time, and may compel the attendance of absentees. All elections by council shall be viva voce and the vote recorded in the journal of the council. E. Council shall fix the compensation of the members of the council, the mayor, and all other officers the compensation of whom is not otherwise provided for herein. § 9. Council; mayor generally. A. At the May election, B. The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council and
perform such other duties consistent with the office as may be imposed by the
council and shall have a vote only for the purpose of breaking a tie among the
council members and voice in the proceedings, but no veto. The mayor shall be
the official head of the town; however, he shall have no jurisdiction or
authority to hear, determine or try any civil or criminal matters. In times of
public danger or emergency, the mayor, or during the mayor's absence or
disability, the town manager, may take command of the police and maintain order
and enforce laws, and for this purpose may deputize such assistant policemen as
may be necessary. During the mayor's absence or disability, except as above
provided, the mayor's duties shall be performed by C. A vacancy on the office of mayor or vice-mayor shall be filled, within thirty days for the unexpired term, by a majority vote of the council. |