HomeMy Public PortalAbout1984_11_28_R222The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
PRESENTED November 28, 1984
RESOLUTION NO. 84-222
ADOPTED November 28, 1984
A RESOLUTION:
DECLARING THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT OF SECTION
2-3 OF THE TOWN CHARTER AND SETTING FORTH THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING
WHEREAS, this Council intends to consider amendment of Section 2-3 of the
Town Charter to change the title of the position of Mayor Pro Tempore to Vice Mayor,
said amendment to read generally as follows:
Section 2-3 Election of mayori term of office and nra~Mo~z~-~~.vice mayor.
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May of each even-numbered year following nineteen hundred seventy-eight,
the mayor shall be elected for a term of two years, beginning on the first
day of July of the year of his election. The mayor so elected shall con-
tinue to discharge the duties of the office until a successor shall have
qualified.
The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the Council and shall be
a regular member of the Council.
The mayor shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government
for all ceremonial purposes, the purpose of military law and the service
of civil process.
The mayor shall authenticate by his signature such documents and
instruments as the Council, Constitution or general laws require.
At its first regular meeting after July one in the year a mayor is
elected, the Council shall elect from among its members ~-m~y~r-p~
eempore vice mayor for a term of two years who shall act as mayor during
the mayor's absence or disability. The mayor pro tempore in an office
at the effective date of this charter amendment is hereby continued in
office as vice mayor for the term of office for which he was elected.
WHEREAS, a public hearing on proposed charter amendments is required by
Section 15.1-835 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended:
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DECLARING THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2-3 OF THE
TOWN CHARTER AND SETTING FORTH THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
Public notice of the proposed amendment of Section 2-3 of the Town Charter
and a public hearing to be held at 7:30 P.M., December 17 , 1984 shall be ad-
6 , 1984 edition of the Loudoun Times-Mirror.
day of November
vertised in the December
PASSED this 28th
, 1984.
Robert E. {la, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of C~cil