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2008 SESSION
Locke (Chairman), Ticer, Reynolds, Ruff, Stuart
Clerk: Carol Lynne Shotton
Staff: Jeffrey Sharp, Kevin Stokes
Date of Meeting: January 22, 2008
Time and Place: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Floor East Conference Room, GAB
Patron: Wampler
Charter; City of Bristol. Formalizes an agreement between the city and the TVA regarding electrical rates.
Patron: McDougle
Charter; Town of Bowling Green. Amends the charter by: (i) providing for staggered four-year terms of office for the mayor and town council members; (ii) removing the salary cap for mayor and members of council; (iii) providing that the town council may employ a town clerk and a town treasurer rather than mandating that the town council appoint a town clerk and a town treasurer; (iv) clarifying the duties of the town clerk, town manager, and the town treasurer; (v) providing for a town attorney; (vi) providing that the town council may establish and maintain a police force and that the chief of police and the policemen and employees of such police force shall be under the control and supervision of the town manager; (vii) deleting outdated provisions; and (viii) making numerous technical changes. This bill contains an emergency clause.
EMERGENCY
Patron: Norment
Charter; City of Williamsburg. Deletes the parenthetical definition of transient lodging as lodging for not more than 30 consecutive days.