SB 699 — Waynesboro, City of; amending charter, elections and appointments.

SESSION ENROLLED VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY ––-- 2022 SESSION CHAPTER E571 An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3.2, 3.4, as amended, 4.1, and 6.1 of Chapters 629 and 674 of the Acts of Assembly of 2005, which provided a charter for the City of Waynesboro, relating to elections and appointments;

council, city manager, and school board.Cityboard. of Waynesboro, relating to electiRns and O [S 699] L Approved L Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

E[S 1.699] Approved April 11, 2022 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That1. §§ 3.2, 3.4, as amended, 4.1, and 6.1 of Chapter 629 and 674 of the Acts of Assembly ofD 200§ 3.2.

That §§ 3.2, 3.4, as amended, 4.1, and 6.1 of Chapter 629 and 674 of the Acts of Assembly of is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3.2.

(a) The council shall consist of five (5) members, who shall be voted at large one of whom shall be a resident of Ward A, one a resident of Ward B, one a resident of Ward C, one a resident of Ward D, and one a member at large who may be a resident of any ward, whose term of office each, except as hereinafter fixed, shall be for the term of four (4) years.

At the municipal election held in 2006 2022, and every four (4) years tBereafter,thereafter, two (2) council members shall be elected, one from each ward having a council member whose term9isterm is expiring, who shall serve for a term of four (4) years and thereafter until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

At the municipal election held in 2008 2024, and every four (4) yeaEslyears have thereafter, three (3) council members shall be elected, one from each ward having a council member whose term is expiring, and one member-at-large member at large, who shall serve for a period of four (4) years and thereafter until their successors have been elected and qualified.

§ 3.4.

Organizational rules;

election of mayor.

The mayor, any member of the council, or the city manager may call special meetings of the council at any time (on at least twelve (12) hours written notice), with the purpose of said the meeting stated therein, to each member served personally or left at such member's usual place of consideredbusiness ator suchresidence. meeting, except upon the consent of no fewer than four-fifths (4/5) of the members of the council.

No business other than that mentioned in the call written notice shall be considered at such meeting, except upon the consent of no fewer than four-fifths (4/5) of the members of the council.

(d) The mayor shall be elected by the council for a term of two (2) years and shall preside at meetings of the council and perform such other duties consistent with the office as may be imposed by the officialcouncil. head of the city but shall have no jurisdiction or authority to hear, determine, or try any civil or criminal matters.

The mayor shall have a vote and voice in the proceedings, but no veto.

The mayor shall be the official head of the city but shall have no jurisdiction or authority to hear, determine, or try any civil or criminal matters.

(e) On the day of the first regular meeting in July January following the regular municipal election and organization of the council, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the council shall elect a city manager, city clerk, city attorney, city assessor, and such other officers as may come within theircttheir a city jurisdiction, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the council, provided that the council may elect of 2 the city clerk, city manager, city attorney, city assessor, and such other officers for terms of one year two years each, beginning July January 1, 2023, subject to removal by the council for cause, and in no of 2 event shall the council elect any officer for a term extending beyond June 30 December 31 next succeeding each regular biennial municipal election for members of the council.