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The '''Charlottesville City Council (2020-2021)''' is the current governing body of the City of Charlottesville which sCharlottesville City Council (2020-2021)


==Council’s configuration & power==
Since [[1928]], the council has been composed of five councilor members, one of whom serves as mayor. Each member is elected at-large, by voters to four-year, staggered terms. Following the [[2019 election]], held on [[November 5]], [[2019]], three new members, [[Lloyd Snook]], [[Sena Magill]] and [[Michael Payne]], each took their oath of office on [[December 19]], [[2019]], allowing them to assumed full duties immediately on [[January 1]], [[2020]] and thereby filling the seats being vacated by [[Mike Signer]], [[Wes Bellamy]] and [[Kathy Galvin]] who each declined to seek re-election.
<gallery perrow=5 caption="Charlottesville City Council (2020-2021); Term runs from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021">
File:2020-Nikuyah Walker.JPG|[[Nikuyah Walker]] (I), Member Since: January 2018; Next Election: November 2, 2021
File:2020-Heather Hill.JPG|[[Heather Hill]] (D), Member Since: January 2018; Next Election: November 2, 2021
File:2020-Sena Magill.JPG|[[Sena Magill]] (D), Member Since: January 2020; Next Election: November 2023
File:2020-Lloyd Snook.JPG|[[Lloyd Snook]] (D), Member Since: January 2020; Next Election: November 2023
File:2020-Michael Payne.JPG|[[Michael Payne]] (D), Member Since: January 2020, Next Election: November 2023
</gallery>
==Organizational meeting==
Mayor [[Nikuyah Walker]] was selected for a second term as the Charlottesville’s ceremonial leader at the bi-annual organizational meeting of the City Council on [[January 6]], [[2020]]. Walker was appointed mayor on a 3-2 vote in the new City Council’s first action of the new council term. Walker and Councilors [[Michael Payne]] and [[Sena Magill]] voted in favor of her appointment. Councilors [[Heather Hill]] and [[Lloyd Snook]] voted against it. Walker was appointed mayor on a 4-1 vote in January [[2018]] in the fallout of the deadly [[2017]] [[Unite the Right]] rally<ref>{{cite web|title= Walker to continue as Charlottesville mayor; Magill named vice mayor|url= https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/walker-to-continue-as-charlottesville-mayor-magill-named-vice-mayor/article_3d3e63f6-ac06-57da-9f1c-86af26fe463b.html |author= Nolan Stout |work= dailyprogress.com |publisher=The Daily Progress |location= Charlottesville, VA |publishdate= January 6, 2020 | accessdate=February 5, 2020}}</ref>
Mount was named mayor of Charlottesville at the bi-annual organizational meeting of the City Council on September 1, 1964. His election followed a Council custom of selecting as president of the Council, or mayor, the senior councilman who has not already held the position. [[J. Robert Ponton]] was named vice mayor. Mount, who was 38, succeeded [[Bernard J. Haggerty]] as mayor. <ref>https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2683352/view#openLayer/uva-lib:2683353/3944/4472.5/3/1/0</ref>
====Council president (mayor)====
Charlottesville is a city manager-weak mayor form of local government, the positions of mayor and vice mayor largely are ceremonial. The President of City Council (called mayor) is elected by the five members of Council at the beginning of each two-year Council term and serves until the next election. [[Nikuyah Walker]], an independent, won a second term as president of the council (mayor). Councilor [[Sena Magill]] (D) was selected as vice mayor. Walker is the first mayor to serve more than one term since [[Satyendra Huja]] stepped down in [[2015]]. Former Councilor [[Mike Signer]] served only one term.<ref>{{cite web|title= Walker to continue as Charlottesville mayor; Magill named vice mayor|url= https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/walker-to-continue-as-charlottesville-mayor-magill-named-vice-mayor/article_3d3e63f6-ac06-57da-9f1c-86af26fe463b.html |author= Nolan Stout |work= dailyprogress.com |publisher=The Daily Progress |location= Charlottesville, VA |publishdate= January 6, 2020 | accessdate=February 5, 2020}}</ref> Prior to the 1990's, the custom of the Council was of selecting as president of the Council, or mayor, the senior council member who had not already held the position. 
==<div id=City Officers>City Officers==
Council's most significant role is to enact laws, to adopt the city's operating budget and to hire the [[City Manager]] to run most city operations. Council is in charge of policy oversight and also hires the [[Chief of Staff/Clerk of Council]], [[Director of Finance]] and the [[Real Estate Assessor]]. Council has an advisory role in appointing the [[City Attorney]] <ref>https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/council-decides-on-process-for-hiring-city-attorne, Council decides on process for hiring city attorney, Charlottesville Tomorrow, Sean Tubbs, April 14, 2018, May 22, 2019</ref>and the [[Chief of Police]]. Council also has the authority to decide who sits on various city boards and commissions. As a result, City Council has significant influence in shaping city policies and programs.
Among the officers and clerks who have served at the pleasure of the Charlottesville City Council (2020-2021):
===[[City Manager]]===
The City Manager, appointed by the City Council, acts as the City’s Chief Executive Officer. The City Council delegates broad administrative power to the City Manager subject to its review. Qualifications, powers and duties of the City Manager are provided for in the City Charter.
*[[Tarron Richardson]], (as of May 13, 2019)<ref name="resume">{{cite web|title=Packet for March 6, 2019 public interviews of managerial candidates|url=http://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=64602|author=|work=|publisher=|location=|publishdate=March 5, 2019|accessdate=March 6, 2019}}</ref>
===[[Chief of Staff/Clerk of Council]]===
Formerly referred to as the [[City Council Clerk]], the position was expanded by the [[Charlottesville City Council (2018-2019)]] under the title of '''Chief of Staff / Clerk of Council'''<ref>http://www.nbc29.com/story/39094545/criticism-comes-down-on-city-council-for-clerk-of-council-budget-increase</ref>.
*[[Kyna Thomas]] (as of January 28, 2019)
===[[City Finance Director]]===
The Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer assists the City Manager in the operational and financial aspects of all City functions and coordinates  interdepartmental activities.
*[[Chris Cullinan]], (as of December 1, 2014)
===City Assessor===
*[[Jeffrey S. Davis]] (appointed December 7, 2015)<ref>https://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=36287</ref>
===[[City Attorney]]===
*[[John C. Blair]] (as of August 15, 2018)
===[[Charlottesville Police Chief|City Police Chief]]===
*[[RaShall M. Brackney]], (as of May 21, 2018)<ref>{{cite-progress|title=Brackney officially chosen as Charlottesville police chief|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/city/brackney-officially-chosen-as-charlottesville-police-chief/article_76636d9e-5d4b-11e8-bea8-4b7360f5ca56.html|author=Chris Suarez|pageno=|printdate=May 22, 2018|publishdate=May 21, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>
*[[Thierry Dupuis]], interim (January 2, 2018 to May 21, 2018) <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Charlottesville names Thierry Dupuis interim police chief|url=https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/charlottesville-names-thierry-dupuis-interim-police-chief/article_a8c6bc26-eb24-11e7-9196-57bbe11f43a0.html|author=The Daily Progress staff|pageno=|printdate=Dec 27, 2017|publishdate=Dec 27, 2017|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
*Deputy Chief [[Gary Pleasants]], temporarily (December 18, 2017 to January 2, 2018)<ref>{{cite-progress|title=Charlottesville names Thierry Dupuis interim police chief|url=https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/charlottesville-names-thierry-dupuis-interim-police-chief/article_a8c6bc26-eb24-11e7-9196-57bbe11f43a0.html|author=The Daily Progress staff|pageno=|printdate=Dec 27, 2017|publishdate=Dec 27, 2017|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
===School Board Members===
The city has an elected at-large school board. Prior to 2006, members of the [[Charlottesville City School Board]] were appointed by the City Council.
===Appointment of advisory boards, committees and commissions===
'''''refer to Main Article: [[List of Boards and Commissions]]'''''
===City Council Standing Committee assignments (2020 &ndash; 2021)===
==Advisory City Council Committees==
Most, but not all, of Council's standing committees are organized into specific policy areas. The committees each have a chair, vice chair and a minimum of 3 members. They consider policy areas that are directed to them by the Council. The committees report back to the full Council on their work. The standing committees have special rules for appointing leadership and members. All five Council members serve on the various Committees. City Council Committees do not replace the City Council as final decision makers on behalf of the full City Council.
===Boards & Committees===
The City Council appoints various boards, commissions, and committees to support the City Council in the policymaking and decision making processes. One or two City Council members may serve on a committee as a representative of, or liaison to, the City Council.
===Compensation===
Committee members are not compensated for their service.  City Council members are compensated for their service but do not receive any additional compensation for serving on a standing committee, ad hoc committee, or other committee.
==City population==
Population as of most recent census (April 1, 2010): 43,475
*According to the current data from [https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/charlottesvillecityvirginiacounty U.S. Census Bureau Quickfacts], the estimated population in 2018 was 48,117, which represents a 10.67% population growth since the last census.
*The area within the city limits was 10.27 square miles, giving it a population density of about 4,600 people per square mile. Relative to local populations, Charlottesville has one seat for every 8,700 residents. 
*As for historically under-represented groups, the city has about the same percentage of blacks in council as in the general populations; in Charlottesville, blacks makeup 18.3 percent of the population <ref>https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/charlottesvillecityvirginiacounty</ref> and 20 percent of the council.
*Elections are non-partisan elections
*The council post videos of council meetings online as well as searchable databases of legislation.
*Council does not post members’ personal financial disclosure statements or lobbying records.
==Salaries==
Charlottesville has one of the highest average salaries for council members in Virginia, $xx,xxx council, $xx,xxx mayor.
Total budget including employee benefits Council consumes x.xx percent of city general-fund spending. Advisory City Council Committee members are not compensated.
Charlottesville City Council (2018-2019)
Budget per resident
Charlottesville's average council tenure at the end of 2019 was xx.x years while first-term members held xx percent of the seats
[[Frank Buck]] had been in office 8 years, longer than any other Charlottesville City Council member since at least 1920, and xxx other members have served for more than xx years.
council consumes 1.01 percent of city general-fund spending

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