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Senate Committee on Local Government Subcommittee Charters

Locke (Chairman), Ticer, Reynolds, Ruff, Stuart

Clerk: Carol Lynne Shotton
Staff: Kevin Stokes, Jeffery Sharp
Date of Meeting: January 29, 2008
Time and Place: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Floor East conference Room, GAB

S.B. 45

Patron: Miller, Y.B.

Charter; City of Norfolk. Provides that employees, regardless of their positions, hired and permanently assigned to work for and under the supervision of the constitutional officers of the city or of the circuit court judges of the city shall not be included in the classified service.

S.B. 54

Patron: Whipple

Charter; City of Falls Church.  Provides that the city attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the city council. The bill also provides that the council shall have the power to adopt a comprehensive zoning plan designed to provide affordable shelter that addresses housing needs, promotes a full range of housing choices, and encourages the construction and continued existence of moderately priced housing by providing incentives for the creation or preservation of moderately priced housing for elderly, handicapped, low-moderate, and above-moderate-income households.

S.B. 92

Patron: Reynolds

Charter; City of Martinsville.  Provides that the City shall establish a municipal endowment fund. The principal of the fund shall be (i) all of the proceeds of the sale of any City asset owned by the City that generates between $10 million and $20 million, (ii) one-half of any such proceeds in excess of $20 million, (iii) 10 percent of revenues remaining unexpended at the end of each fiscal year, (iv) such income generated by the fund remaining unexpended at the close of each fiscal year, and (v) such other funds as the city council may by majority vote to contribute to the fund.

S.B. 727

Patron: Houck

Charter; City of Fredericksburg.  Provides that the City of Fredericksburg may lease as lessee all or a portion of the lands, buildings, and improvements utilized for courthouses, including suitable space and facilities to accommodate the various courts and officials thereof, clerk’s office and record room, and appurtenant facilities such as parking facilities.