Bill Text: VA HB2072 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Charter; City of Hopewell.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797) [HB2072 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB2072-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§1 and 2, as severally amended, of Chapter III, § 4, as amended, of Chapter IV, and §1, as amended, of Chapter VII of Chapter 431 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 are amended and reenacted as follows: §1. Election of councilmen; number, time of holding election, etc. The city shall be divided into seven election wards, with the qualified voters of the city who are residents of each ward electing one councilman to represent their respective ward. Elections and terms of the councilmen in each of the seven wards of the city shall be as follows: (a) Beginning with the election held on the first Tuesday (b) Beginning with the election held on the first Tuesday
§2. The terms of the councilmen so elected shall be for a
period of four years, beginning §4. (a) On the first Tuesday in (b) Appointment of boards and commissions; enumeration, term.
The school board, library board, and dock commission shall each consist of five
members The council shall appoint the members of such boards and commissions as are provided for in this charter, or as may be established by the council or by general law on a date and for such terms as may be established by ordinance. The members of the boards and commissions shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. (c) Elections to be by viva voce vote; rules of procedure; punishment of members for misconduct, etc.; quorum; eligibility of members for other office; journal of proceedings. All elections by the council shall be viva voce and the vote recorded in the journal of the council. The council may determine its own rules of procedure; in the
absence of established rules of procedure, Robert's No person, now a member or who may hereafter be elected to the council, shall during his tenure of office, or during the term for which he was elected as such member, be eligible to any office to be filled by the council by election or appointment. §1. City attorney; appointment; qualifications; compensation; duties. There shall be a city attorney appointed by the council for an
indefinite term, who shall be qualified to practice law in the Commonwealth of
Virginia. The city attorney shall be the chief legal advisor of the council and to the chief administrative officer. As designated by council, the city attorney also shall serve as the chief legal advisor to other departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the city in all matters affecting the interests of the city. The city attorney also shall perform particular duties and functions as assigned by the council. The city attorney shall have the power to appoint and remove legal assistants, or any other employees as shall be authorized by the council, and said employees shall be under the sole direction and authority of the city attorney. The city attorney also shall be authorized to engage any assistant or special counsel to perform any of the duties imposed upon the city attorney in this charter or under general law subject to budgetary appropriation by the council. |