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2018 SESSION
18102539DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 7.02 of Chapter 717 of the Acts of Assembly of 1980 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 7.02. Department heads.
There shall be a director who shall administer each department. The director of each department except the departments of law, education and audit services shall be appointed by the manager. With the consent of the council, the manager may serve as the head of one or more departments, or he may appoint one person to head two or more of them.
The director of audit services shall be recommended
for appointment by the manager, subject to ratification by a majority vote of
the council known as the City Auditor,
shall be chosen solely on the basis of professional
qualifications, and shall serve at the pleasure of the council.
The director of audit services City Auditor shall be subject
to removal from office by a majority vote of the council.