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RESOLUTION NO. R -10 -55
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE 2011 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 DATE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF A NEWLY ELECTED
CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on November 30, 2010,
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, Virginia (the
"City Charter ") 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 City 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 2011 Session
of the 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 hereby requested during its 2011 Session to
amend 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
chamber in the City Hall on the second Tuesday of July following their election, or at the first
scheduled regular or special meeting of the City Council in July, whichever first occurs."
ADOPTED this 30 day of November, 2010.
LAC
Mayor
ATTEST:
1 4-4.1 2- lei
City Clerk
The vote on the motion to approve was recorded as follows:
VOTE:
Councilwoman Cross Aye
Councilman Drummond Aye
Councilman Greenfield Absent
Councilman Meyer Aye
Councilwoman Schmidt Aye
Councilman Stombres Aye