CHAPTER 31: TOWN OFFICIALS

Section

General Provisions

   31.001   Official safety program; composition

Mayor; Vice-Mayor

   31.015   Mayor; presiding officer of the Council

   31.016   Mayor’s powers and duties generally

   31.017   Vice-Mayor; election, duties

   31.018   Temporary president

   31.019   Mayor’s vacancy

Town Clerk/Treasurer

   31.030   Establishment of office

   31.031   Clerk/Treasurer

   31.032   Bond

   31.033   Receipt and deposit of taxes, assessments, revenues and other funds

   31.034   Right of distress, levy, attachment and all other remedies

   31.035   Attendance at Council meetings

   31.036   Journal of Council proceedings; attestation and publication of ordinances, papers

Town Attorney

   31.045   Establishment of position; appointment

   31.046   Powers and duties

   31.047   Counsel

Director of Public Works

   31.060   Position established; appointment

   31.061   Powers and duties

Chief of Police

   31.075   Position established; appointment

   31.076   Powers and duties

Town Manager

   31.085   Appointment; duties

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 31.001 OFFICIAL SAFETY PROGRAM; COMPOSITION.

   For the purposes of participating in the benefits provided by the Line of Duty Act (VA Code,§§ 9.1-40 - 9.1-405 et seq.), the Council does hereby recognize that the town police officers, all members of the Town Volunteer Fire Department, and all members of the Brookneal Rescue Squad, Inc. are integral parts of the official safety program of the town.

(1997 Code, § 2-181)

Cross-reference:

   Public safety, see Chapter 32 of this code of ordinances

MAYOR; VICE-MAYOR

§ 31.015 MAYOR; PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE COUNCIL.

   The presiding officer of the Council will be the Mayor. The Mayor will preside over all meetings, may represent the Council at official functions and ceremonial events, and may make appointments which are not required by law to be made by the Council.

(1997 Code, § 2-201)

Statutory reference:

   Mayor to preside over Council, see VA Code, § 15.2-1414.7

§ 31.016 MAYOR’S POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY.

   The Mayor shall perform the duties prescribed in the Charter and shall exercise general supervision of all the town’s rights, franchises, properties and affairs, and shall perform duties and functions as he or she may be directed to perform by the Council.

(1997 Code, § 2-202)

§ 31.017 VICE-MAYOR; ELECTION, DUTIES.

   A Vice-Mayor of the Council will be elected from its members at the first meeting of each fiscal year and may be reelected. The Vice-Mayor shall function as the Mayor in the event of the disability or absence of the Mayor, and shall perform any further duties as may be required of him or her by the Council.

(1997 Code, § 2-203)

Charter reference:

   Vice-Mayor, see § 2