Charlottesville Elections Study Task Force
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The Charlottesville Elections Study Task Force was a panel appointed by Charlottesville City Council (2004-2006) in 2004 intended to review the structure of Charlottesville's local government and to suggest possible reforms to address public concerns about citizens feeling unrepresented by the current system.[1]. [2]
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Charge
The group was charged with four basic tasks:
1) Explore the concept of directly electing the Mayor.
- Evaluate any relevant data that has been assembled by jurisdictions that have considered, gone to or have systems where Mayors are directly elected
2) Explore the concept of restructuring the Council election by wards or a combination of wards and at-large.
- Evaluate any relevant data that has been assembled by jurisdictions that have considered, gone to or have a ward system
3) Explore the concept of enlarging the number of Council members.
- Evaluate any relevant data that has been assembled by jurisdictions that have considered, gone to or have increased their numbers of Council members
4) Explore other best practices relating to the representation of citizens, including but not limited to remuneration and term limitation.
Members
- Tom Vandever, Democratic party representative
- Leroy Hamlett, Republican party representative
- Cindy Stratton, NAACP representative
- Sue Lewis, Chamber of Commerce representative
- Karen Waters, Quality Community Council representative
- David RePass, Representative from Ward 1—Recreation and Clark
- Sean O’Brien, Chair, Representative from Ward 2—Walker and Carver
- Heather Walker, Representative from Ward 3—Jefferson Park and Tonsler
- John Pfaltz, Representative from Ward 4—Venable and Alumni Hall
Resource Staff
- Ken Stroupe, UVa Center for Politics
- Sheri Iachetta, Registrar of Voters, City of Charlottesville
- Craig Brown, City Attorney, City of Charlottesville
References
- ↑ http://s3.amazonaws.com/cville/cm/mutlimedia/200412xx-CharlottesvilleElectionsStudyTaskForce.pdf
- ↑ Web. How might Charlottesville be governed differently in the future?, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 25, 2018, retrieved June 10, 2018.