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2010 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government
Subcommittee Charter

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

Clerk: Carol Lynne Shotton
Staff: Rebecca Young, Jeffrey Sharp
Date of Meeting: January 26, 2010
Time and Place: 11:00 a.m. Third Floor East Conference Room GAB

S.B. 231

Patron: Watkins

Charter; County of Chesterfield. Amends the county charter to authorize the county administrator to obtain the same information that the commissioner of revenue obtains from the state tax department and that the commissioner of revenue provides to the state tax department.

S.B. 496

Patron: Hurt

Charter; Town of Chatham.  Amends the charter for the Town of Chatham to change council member and mayoral elections from the second Tuesday in May to the second Tuesday in November. Further changes are made to the appointment procedure and qualification of the town manager. This legislation contains an emergency provision.

EMERGENCY

S.B. 497

Patron: Hurt

Charter; Town of Gretna.  Amends the current charter to allow for elections for mayor and council members to be held on the first Tuesday of November, rather than the first Tuesday of May, effective 2010. This legislation contains an emergency provision.

EMERGENCY

S.B. 503

Patron: Smith

Charter; Town of Fincastle.  Amends the charter for the Town of Fincastle by making technical changes regarding the number of council members, staggering elections of the mayor and town council members, granting the mayor the power to vote, and allowing the town council to hire a town manager, who shall have the powers of the town mayor when appointed. The charter is further amended by adding a section detailing the appointment procedure and duties of the town manager.

S.B. 509

Patron: Smith

Charter; Town of Vinton.  Amends the charter for the town of Vinton by changing the number of days that vacancies on the council shall be filled from within 30 days of when the vacancy occurs to within 45 days of when the vacancy occurs.

S.B. 572

Patron: Ticer

Charter; City of Alexandria.  Amends the charter of the City of Alexandria so that the board of review of real estate assessment is composed of nine members rather than five members, with five members appointed by the circuit court and four members appointed by city council. The bill further amends the charter to allow the board of review to sit in panels of at least three members each, with each panel performing its duties independently of the others. This legislation also changes the standard by which a variance can be granted by eliminating the requirement for a showing of a hardship "approaching confiscation."

S.B. 594

Patron: Marsh

Charter; City of Richmond. Amends the city's charter to clarify that the Council has the authority to appoint legislative, oversight and constituent relations employees and that the Chief Administrative Officer has the authority to supervise only administrative personnel. Further amends the charter to clarify that the personnel of the Richmond Retirement System are under the control of the Retirement System's Board of Trustees and the Board-appointed Executive Director. The proposed changes also remove limitations on the mayor's current veto power and remove the requirement that the city council appoint members of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Lastly, the proposed changes to the charter allow residential property owners to receive waivers of stormwater charges for certain stormwater-related improvements, replacing the credit system currently in place.