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2012 SESSION
12100269DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2, 3, and 5 of Chapter 346 of the Acts of Assembly of 1975 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2. Corporate limits.
The present corporate limits of the town of Gordonsville are
hereby reestablished in accordance with a survey and plat on file in the
Clerk's Office of the County of Orange, Virginia, in Law Order Book 7, page 323 463, pages 0201, 0202, 0203,
and 0204, the
courses and distances of which are set forth in an order styled "in re: Annexation Proceedings,
town of Gordonsville vs. County of Orange" dated March 11,
1949, and recorded in Law Order Book 7, page 321 Petition of the County of Orange, Virginia and the
Town of Gordonsville, Virginia to relocate the boundary between them" dated June 20,
1991, on file in the office of the Circuit Court of Orange
County, Virginia.
§ 3. Form of government; election of mayor and council members.
The town shall be governed under the
general councilmanic plan. The in
accordance with this charter and the applicable
general law. Following the transition outlined in this
section, the administration and
government of the town shall be vested in one principal officer styled mayor and six councilmen four council members
who, together with the mayor, shall constitute the council of said town and
shall be elected at large. The mayor and the councilmen council members
shall be electors of said town. The council shall elect one of its members to
serve as vice-mayor. Vacancies in the office of mayor or councilmen council members
shall be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the remaining
members of the council.
The present mayor and six members of the town council shall
continue in office until July 1,
1976, their
current terms expire or until their successors are legally
elected and qualify.
Subject to the general election to be held in May of 1976, the town
council which takes office July 1, 1976, shall hold office as follows: November of 2012, and each
four years thereafter, instead of electing three
town council members and the mayor, the town citizens shall
elect two town council members and the mayor, who shall hold office for
four-year terms beginning January 1, 2013.
Mayor - Four-year term
beginning July 1, 1976
Councilman No. 1 -
(Candidate who receives most votes) - Four-year term beginning July 1, 1976
Councilman No. 2 -
(Candidate who receives next highest number of votes) - Four-year term
beginning July 1, 1976
Councilman No. 3 -
(Candidate who receives next highest number of votes) - Four-year term
beginning July 1, 1976
Councilman No. 4 - Two-year
term beginning July 1, 1976
Councilman No. 5 - Two-year
term beginning July 1, 1976
Councilman No. 6 - Two-year
term beginning July 1, 1976
Except for the terms of
councilmen and the mayor as hereinabove specified, the Subject to the general election to be held in
November of 2014, and each four years thereafter, instead of
electing three town council members, the town citizens shall
elect two town council members who shall hold office for four-year terms
beginning January 1, 2015.
The term
of the mayor and each member of council shall be four years. The date for the
election for mayor and councilmen council members
and the date such officers shall enter upon the duties of their respective
offices shall be in accordance with general
law this
charter.
The council may appoint a town manager who shall, under the
control of council, have general charge and management of the administrative
affairs and work of the town with the powers and duties specified in §15.1-920 §15.2-1541
of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, and such other powers and duties as may be delegated to him by
council.
§ 5. Citation of Charter.
This act Charter
may be referred to or cited as the town Town of Gordonsville Charter of 1975, as amended.