CHAPTER 135
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1 and 4 of the charter of the Town of Appomattox, which was granted by order of the Circuit Court of the County of Appomattox on June 2, 1925, and as amended by Chapter 43 of the Acts of Assembly of 1980, relating to election and appointment of officers; time of election.
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Approved March 18, 2021
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 1 and 4 of the charter of the Town of Appomattox, which was granted by order of the Circuit Court of the County of Appomattox on June 2, 1925, and as amended by Chapter 43 of the Acts of Assembly of 1980, are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 1. Election and appointment of officers, etc.
There shall be elected by the qualified voters of said town,
every two years on the first Tuesday in May of every even-numbered year, one
elector thereof who shall be denominated the mayor, and six electors, who shall
be denominated the councilmen of said town. The mayor and six councilmen shall
constitute the council of said town. The town council may appoint a
treasurer, commissioner of the revenue and shall have the authority to
appoint or employ a town clerk, a treasurer, a commissioner of revenue, a
town manager, and the same person may serve in one or more of such
capacities, and whenever deemed wise a health or sanitary officer, and such
other officers as it may deem wise and necessary appropriate for
the proper conduct of the government of said the town,
and appoint committees and boards, and prescribe and fix their duties, and
shall have power to fix the salary and compensation of said treasurer, town clerk,
town manager and such other officers, necessary, but such compensation shall be
fixed by said council before the officer chosen shall assume the duties of his
office. The same person may serve in one or more of such capacities. The
town council shall have the power to fix the salaries and compensation of said
employees and appointees as necessary, but such compensation shall be fixed by
said council before the individual chosen shall assume the duties of office.
The town council may also appoint committees and boards and prescribe and fix
their duties.
§ 4. Terms of office - vacancy and how filled.
The mayor and members of council shall enter upon the
duties of their office on the first day of July, next succeeding their
election, and shall continue in the office until their terms have expired, and
their successors shall have been elected and qualified in office on July
1, 2021, shall continue in office until the expiration of the terms for which
they were elected or until their successors are elected and qualified. At the
next election of members to the town council held on the first Tuesday in May
2022, the three council candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall
be elected for three-and-one-half year terms, and the three council candidates
receiving the next greatest number of votes and the mayor shall be elected for
one-and-one-half year terms. Thereafter, the council members shall be elected
for terms of four years, and the mayor shall be elected for a term of two
years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. An election shall
be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November 2023 for the
three council seats first expiring and for the mayor, and on the Tuesday
following the first Monday in November 2025 for the three council seats next
expiring. Elections thereafter shall be held every two years on the Tuesday
following the first Monday in November. The term of each person elected under
this section at a November election shall begin on January 1 next following the
election. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, or councilmen,
elected by the electors of said town, caused by death, resignation or
otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the town council
from the electors of the town for the unexpired term.