HomeMy Public PortalAbout1984_12_17_R239The Town of Leesburg in Virginia
PRESENTED December 17~ 1984
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
84-249 ADOPTED December 17~ 1984
PROPOSING AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2-3, CHANGING THE TITLE OF THE
POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TEMPORE TO VICE MAYOR
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15.1-835 of the Code of Virginia this council
on December 17, 1984 held a public hearing on the proposed amendment of Section
2-3 of the Town Charter, changing the title of the position of Mayor Pro Tempore
to Vice Mayor; and
WflEREAS the citizens of the town desire amendment of Section 2-3, changing
the title of Mayor Pro Tempore to Vice Mayor, of the town charter:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as
follows:
Section 2-3. Election of mayor; term of office and mayuz pro tam~t vice
mayor,
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t~n h~,ad,4d ~,,d 4=~tat~ :i~l,t. On the first Tuesday in 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 ~o elected shall continue 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 a ~z ~o ~o~e
vice-mayor for a term of two years who shall act as mayor during the
mayor's absence or disability. The mayor pro tempore i.~n office at the
effective date of this charter amendment is hereby continued in office as
vice mayor fgr th--e term of office for which he was elected.
VCMAYOR1
Proposing amendment of Town Charter regarding title change from Mayor Pro
Tempore to Vice Mayor
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SECTION II. The clerk shall deliver copies of this resolution to the
Honorable Charles Waddell, Senator and the Honorable Kenneth B. Rollins,
Delegate.
PASSED this 17th day of
ATTEST:
Clerk of ~uncil
December
, 1984.
Town of Leesburg