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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 plurality
] 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 charter
for 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.