Bill Text: VA SB1084 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Abingdon, Town of; amending charter, updates town's boundary descriptions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0448) [SB1084 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB1084-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§1.3, 3.1, 3.4, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.9, and 4.12 of Chapter 76 of the Acts of Assembly of 1978 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§1.3. Boundaries.
The boundaries of the town shall be as established by the annexation order of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia, entered in Law Order Book "S", page 173, on the 17th day of April, 1948, and an order of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia, contracting the corporate limits of the town of Abingdon as entered on November 22, 1950, in Law Order Book 27, page 24, an order of annexation of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia, entered on May 28, 1987, in Law Order Book 55, page 456, a supplemental order of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia, entered on July 6, 1987, in Law Order Book 55, page 583, and an order of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia, entered on August 14, 1991, in Law Order Book 72, page 565 (amending and restating a prior order of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Virginia, entered on July 25, 1991, in Law Order Book 72, page 488), which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, and including such boundaries that may be annexed as memorialized by orders of court.
§3.1. Election, qualification and term of office for councilmen
councilmembers.
The town of Abingdon shall be governed by a town council
composed of five councilmen
councilmembers, all of whom shall be qualified voters of
the town, to be elected from the town at large. Any person qualified to vote in
the town shall be eligible for the office of councilman councilmember. The councilmen
councilmembers in office at the time of the
adoption of this charter shall continue in office until the expiration of the
terms for which they were elected or until their successors are duly elected
and qualified. An election for councilmen councilmember shall be held on
the first Tuesday in May, 1978, and on the first Tuesday in May of every second
year thereafter. The councilmen councilmembers elected
the first Tuesday in May, 1978, and thereafter shall enter upon their duties on
the first day of July next succeeding their election, and shall each serve for
a term of four years or until their successors have qualified.
§3.4. Mayor.
At its first meeting, the council shall choose by a majority
vote of all the members thereof one of their number to be mayor and one to be
vice-mayor for the ensuing two years. The mayor shall preside over the meetings
of the council, shall have the same right to
speak therein as other members, and
shall have a vote but no veto. He The mayor shall be recognized
as the head of the town government for all ceremonial purposes, the purposes of
military law, and the service of civil process, and shall authenticate by his the mayor's
signature, such documents or instruments
as the council, this charter, or the laws of the Commonwealth shall require.
The vice-mayor shall in the absence or disability of the mayor perform the
duties of the mayor. In the absence or disability of both mayor and vice-mayor
the council shall, by majority vote of those present,
choose one of their number as acting mayor.
§3.7. Salaries.
The salaries of all councilmen councilmembers shall be fixed
by a commission of five resident taxpayers council according to the
procedure in § 15.1-939 et seq. 15.2-1414.7 of the Code of
Virginia. The council is hereby authorized to fix the salaries of all appointed officers and employees of the
town council appointees.
§4.1. Appointments.
At the first meeting in July following each councilmanic councilmember election, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, the council shall appoint:
§4.2. Town manager.
A town manager who shall be the administrative and executive
head of the municipal government. He The town manager shall be
chosen by the council without regard to political beliefs and solely upon the
basis of his executive and
administrative qualifications. At the time of his
appointment he, the town
manager need not be a resident of the town or the
Commonwealth, but during his the town
manager's tenure of office shall reside within the town. His The town
manager's duties shall be as prescribed by the council.
§4.5. Town attorney.
A town attorney, who shall be an attorney at law licensed to
practice under the laws of the Commonwealth and shall have actively practiced his that
profession therein for at least five years immediately preceding his the
appointment. He The town
attorney shall receive such compensation and fees as shall
be provided by the council by ordinance or resolution. His The town attorney's duties shall be as prescribed by the council.
§4.9. Bonds.
Officers, deputies and assistants
shall execute such bonds as may be required by resolution of the council.
§4.12. Boards and commissions.
The council may, in its discretion, appoint such boards and
commissions as it deems necessary, including the Board of
Zoning Appeals.
2. That §§4.6 and 4.7 of Chapter 76 of the Acts of Assembly of 1978 are repealed.
