20041214 r-04-81RESOLUTION NO. R-04-81
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE 2005 SESSION OF THE VIRGINIA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENACT AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 5, SECTION
5.5 OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,
CONCERNING THE TIME OF THE FIRST MEETING OF A NEWLY ELECTED
CITY COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on December 14, 2004,
after due and proper publication of the notice of public hearing pursuant to Section 15.2-202,
Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, which notice contained inter alia, an informative
summary of the proposed amendment to the City Charter of the City of Fairfax, a public
hearing with respect to such proposed amendment was held before the City Council in which
all citizens so desiring were afforded the opportunity to be heard to determine if the citizens
of the City desire that the City request the General Assembly to amend its existing Charter in
the form and manner hereinafter referred to and as provided in the aforesaid notice; and
WHEREAS, upon conclusion of such public hearing and upon consideration of the
proposed amendment to such Charter, the City Council is of the opinion that the 2005 General
Assembly of Virginia should be requested to amend the City Charter as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, that the General Assembly of Virginia is herby requested during its 2005 Session to
amend the City Charter of the City of Fairfax, Virginia (the "City Charter") as follows:
Amend Chapter 5, Section 5.5 of the City Charter to read in its entirety as follows:
Sec. 5.5.
Induction of members.
The city clerk shall administer the oath of office to the duly elected members of the council
and to the mayor on or before June thirtieth immediately following their election. In the
absence of the city clerk the oath may be administered by any judicial officer having
jurisdiction in the city. The council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its
members. The first meeting of a newly elected council shall take place in the council
chambers in the City Hall on the first Tuesday of July following their election.
ADOPTED this 14th day of December 2004.
Mayor
City Clerk
Vote:
Councilwoman Cross aye
Councilman Greenfield aye
Councilwoman Lyon aye
Councilman Rasmussen aye
Councilman Silverthorne aye
Councilmember Winter aye