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2006 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government Subcommittee Charters

Hanger (Chairman), Lucas, Ticer, Ruff, Obenshain

Clerk: Carol Lynne Shotton
Staff: Jeffrey Sharp, Kevin Stokes
Date of Meeting: February 21, 2006
Time and Place: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Floor East Conference Room, GAB

H.B. 621

Patron: O'Bannon

Charter; City of Richmond.  Amends the charter by (i) clarifying that the council may adopt the budget at either a regular or special meeting, (ii) deleting an additional requirement for introduction of ordinances at special meetings, (iii) clarifying the duties of the city attorney and explicitly granting authority to represent more than one city official, department, or other entity that are parties to the same transaction, (iv) granting the mayor authority to employ special counsel in instances where the city attorney has a conflict of interests (v) clarifying that the mayor or his designee may attend closed meetings of the council unless the council determines that such inclusion shall be detrimental to the purpose of the council's deliberations, (vi) requiring the chief administrative officer to attend, or be represented at, all open meetings of the council, (vii) making several clarifications to the budgetary process and (viii) making numerous technical or housekeeping changes.

H.B. 871

Patron: Byron

Charter; Town of Altavista.  Shifts the time of council elections to November; allows council salaries to be set in accordance with the provisions of general law; eliminates certain supermajority voting requirements; deletes provisions related to the town sergeant and the school board; and makes numerous technical changes.

H.B. 998

Patron: Toscano

Charter; City of Charlottesville. Grants new powers to the city for the purpose of providing housing for low or moderate income persons or for elderly or handicapped persons.

H.B. 1121

Patron: May

Charter; Town of Purcellville.  Allows the town to appoint one non-resident to the board of architectural review.

H.B. 1157

Patron: Armstrong

Town of Stuart; charter.  Provides for staggered four-year terms of office for the mayor and town council members. The regular municipal election date for the mayor and town council is moved from May to November. The mayor and council members elected at the regular election in May 2006 will serve a term of office until December 31, 2008.

H.B. 1188

Patron: Landes

Charter; Town of Elkton. Repeals the existing town charter and provides a new charter containing powers typically granted to towns.

H.B. 1439

Patron: Howell, A.T.

Charter; City of Norfolk. Allows city council to dispense with 16, rather than 12, of its weekly council meetings each year and changes the required vote from four-fifths to three-fourths for the sale of certain public property.