CHARTER
Section
§ 1. [Designation and powers of town.]
§ 2. [Administration and government of town; mayor and council.]
§ 3. [Election of mayor and councilmembers.]
§ 4. [Meetings of council.]
§ 5. [Appointment of officers; creation of boards and departments.]
§ 6. [Borrowing of money; issuance of revenue bonds.]
§ 7. [Appointment of chief of police and other officers.]
§ 8. [Reserved.]
§ 9. [Additional powers of council.]
§ 10. [Operation of waterworks.]
§ 11. [Sewer services.]
§ 12. [Acquisition of property; purposes.]
§ 13. [Regulation of motor vehicles and traffic.]
§ 14. [Exhibitions; license taxes.]
§ 15. [Reserved.]
§ 16. [Prohibition and removal of encroachments.]
§ 17. [Regulation of electric light, telephone and telegraph services.]
§ 18. [Police powers.]
§ 19. Town manager.
§ 20. Subdivisions.
§ 21. [Real estate and personal property tax.]
§ 22. [Business license taxes.]
§ 23. [Motor vehicle, trailer and semitrailer license fees and taxes.]
§ 24. [Ordinances to remain in full force and effect.]
§ 25. [Powers conferred by state statutes.]
Editor’s note:
Printed herein is Acts 1964, ch. 420, as adopted by the General Assembly, and approved on March 31, 1964. Amendments to the Charter are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions.
The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original Charter.
Editorial changes made by the previous codifier, the uniform system of headings, catchlines and citations to state statutes and additions made for clarity, indicated by brackets, have been retained.
An Act to provide a new Charter for the town of Brookneal, in the County of Campbell, and to repeal Chapter 60, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved February 20, 1908, which provided a Charter for the town of Brookneal.
1964 Acts of Assembly, Chapter 420
Approved March 31, 1964
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. The inhabitants of the territory embraced within the present limits of the town of Brookneal, or as the same may be hereafter altered or established by law, shall constitute, and continue a body politic and corporate, to be known and designated as the town of Brookneal, and as such shall have and may exercise all powers which are now, or may hereafter be, conferred upon or delegated to towns under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia as fully and as completely as though all such powers were specifically enumerated herein.
Editor’s note:
The current boundary description is found in the minutes of November 11, 1974, which is the date of the most recent annexation.
The administration and government of the town shall be vested in one principal officer, denominated the mayor, and a council which shall consist of six members, all of whom shall be residents and qualified voters of the town. The council shall elect a vice-mayor from one of their number, who, in the absence of the mayor, shall be responsible for and perform all duties of the mayor. Each councilman may receive a salary for his services as such, the amount thereof to be fixed by the council. The mayor may receive a salary for his services, the amount to be fixed by the council. In either event no increase in salary for the mayor or members of council shall take effect until an election for such offices has been held and the mayor or councilmen so elected take office. (Acts 1977, ch. 118, § 1)
(a) The mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town at the time of the November general election in 2002, and every two years thereafter. The mayor shall take office on the first day of January, after his election. In the event of the death, resignation, removal or disqualification of the mayor for any reason or cause, the vice-mayor shall act as mayor for the remainder of the term of office or until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
(b) Council members shall be elected by the qualified voters of the town to four-year terms at the time of the November general election of every even- numbered year in the manner herein provided. Three council members shall be elected in the municipal election held in November 2002, and in municipal elections held every four years thereafter. Three council members shall be elected in the municipal election held in November 2004, and in municipal elections held every four years thereafter. The members of the council shall take office on the first day of January, after their election.
(c) In the event of death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of a council member for any reason or cause, the council shall elect a person who is a resident and a qualified voter of the town to fill the unexpired term of the said council member.
(Acts 1970, ch. 221, § 1; Acts 1970, ch. 482, § 1; Acts 1973, ch. 46, § 1)
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