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2012 SESSION
Be 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.