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2011 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Local Government
Subcommittee Charter

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

Clerk: Patty Lung, Charles Shotton
Staff: Rebecca Young, Jeffrey Sharp
Date of Meeting: January 18, 2011
Time and Place: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Floor East

S.B. 847

Patron: Petersen

Charter; City of Fairfax. Amends the charter for the City of Fairfax by removing the limitation on the amount the city may charge for transient occupancy tax and changing the date of the first meeting of the newly elected City Council members from the first Tuesday of July following their election to the second Tuesday of July following their election or at the first scheduled regular or special meeting of the City Council in July, whichever occurs first. Additionally, the charter is amended so that revenue bonds may be issued by the City without holding a bond referendum, as the charter currently requires.

S.B. 880

Patron: Reynolds

Charter; City of Martinsville.  Amends the charter of the City of Martinsville to change the date of the council member elections to the general election date in November. The measure also provides that three council members shall be elected on the November 2012 general election date and every four years thereafter, and the two other council members shall be elected on the November 2013 general election date and every four years thereafter. The terms of office of the council members begin in the January after their election, instead of the July after their election.

S.B. 899

Patron: Deeds

Charter; City of Alleghany Highlands.  Provides a new charter for the City of Alleghany Highlands, the city created by the consolidation of Alleghany County and the City of Covington.

S.B. 1065

Patron: Edwards

Charter; Town of Narrows.  Amends the charter for the Town of Narrows to change elections for mayor and town council members from May to the November general election date.

S.B. 1081

Patron: Hanger

Charter; Town of Dayton.  Amends the charter for the town of Dayton so that, effective January 1, 2013, the town council will consist of six members and a mayor, rather than seven members and a mayor.

S.B. 1159

Patron: Quayle

Charter; City of Hopewell.  Amends the charter to change election day for city council members from May to November, beginning in November 2012, and to extend the terms of the council's president and vice-president from June 30, 2012, to December 31, 2012. Additionally, the office of the city attorney is further defined to allow the city attorney to serve as chief legal advisor to the council and to the chief administrative officer. The city attorney also is given the power to appoint and remove employees authorized by the council and assistants.

S.B. 1189

Patron: Norment

Charter; City of Williamsburg. Amends the charter for the City of Williamsburg so that vacancies in the city council are filled pursuant to Virginia Code. Vacancies may first be appointed by the remaining council members if a vacancy in the council occurs and then by the voters in a special election.