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1995 SESSION
LD5554128Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 5, as amended, of Chapter 219 of the Acts of Assembly of 1960 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 5. At its first meeting in nineteen hundred seventy-six and bienially
thereafter following the regular municipal election, the council shall choose
one of its members as presiding officer, who shall have the title of
mayor.At the regular municipal elections held by the City of South
Boston, the mayor of the City shall be elected by the voters of the City, and
the candidate that receives the majority of the votes shall be elected to the
office. The term of office of the mayor shall commence on July 1 following
the election and he shall hold office for four years from the date of
commencement of his term. The mayor shall preside at meetings of the
council, and shall be recognized as head of the city government for
ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purposes of military law. The
mayor shall have the power to suspend and the council to remove any city
officer appointed by the council for misconduct in office or neglect of duty
to be specified in the order of suspension or removal, but no such removal
shall be made without reasonable notice to the officer complained of and an
opportunity afforded him to be heard in his defense.
The first election of mayor shall take place on the first Tuesday in May, 1996, for the term to commence on July 1, 1996.
The council shall, at the 1996 organizational meeting and every fourth
year thereafter, elect from the members of the council
its members a vice-mayor for a four-year term, and the
vice-mayor shall in the absence or disability of the mayor perform all of the
duties of that office.
If a vacancy shall occur in the office of mayor the council shall,
within sixty days of the vacancy and by majority vote of the remaining
members choose one of their number to perform the duties and hold the office
until a successor is elected and qualified as provided in § 4 of this
charterfor the remainder of the unexpired term until the next
regular council election.
The council may by ordinance provide for salary, if any, to be paid the
mayor in addition to his salary as councilman.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.