(1) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 24.2-222 and 24.2-222.1 of the Code of Virginia, Section 3.02 of the City Charter, or any other provision of law, general or special, beginning with any election held after January 1, 2022, elections for city council members and school board members shall be held at the time of the November general election for terms to commence January 1st.
(2) 
On and after January 1, 2022, three council members shall be elected at the general election in November 2022 to serve for terms of four years, and four council members shall be elected at the general election in November 2024 to serve for terms of four years, and successors shall be elected each fourth year, respectively, thereafter. All terms for council members shall commence on January 1st next following the date of the November election and continue until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
(3) 
On and after January 1, 2022, three school board members shall be elected at the general election in November 2022 to serve for terms of four years, and three school board members shall be elected at the general election in November 2024 to serve for terms of four years, and successors shall be elected each fourth year, respectively, thereafter. All terms for school board members shall commence on January 1st next following the date of the November election and continue until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
(4) 
No term of a member of city council or member of the school board shall be shortened in implementing the change to the November election date. The members of the city council and school board who were elected at a May general election and whose terms are to expire as of June 30th shall continue in office until their successors have been elected at the November general election in even numbered years and have been qualified to serve.
(5) 
Except for the changes to the date of elections and corresponding changes in the terms of office established in this section, all other provisions of the City Charter relating to the election of council members and school board members shall remain in effect.
(Ord. 2021-20)
The council shall, at its first meeting in January 2023, and biennially thereafter on January 1st, or as soon as is practicable, elect one of its members as president, who shall be, ex officio, mayor of the city who shall be the presiding officer of the council and official head of the city, and who shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the laws of the state or may be imposed by the council not inconsistent therewith. The council shall, at the same time, elect a vice-president, who shall perform the duties of the president or mayor in his absence or incapacity. The council shall also adopt its biennial meeting schedule at this meeting.
Charter reference – President and vice-president of council, § 5.
(Formerly 2.10.010; Code 1964 § 2-10; Code 1985 § 2-16; Ord. 2021-20; Ord. 2022-15)
When any vacancy in the membership of the council shall occur by death, resignation, expulsion, removal from the city, failure to qualify or from any other cause, the remaining members of the council shall, by majority vote, elect a qualified citizen to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
State law reference – Vacancies in council, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-1424. See also, § 24.2-226.
(Formerly 2.10.020; Code 1985 § 2-17; Ord. 9-27-84; Code 1964 § 2-3; Ord. 2021-20)
No member of the council shall be eligible, during his tenure of office as such member and for one year thereafter, to any office to be filled by the council, by election or by appointment.
Charter reference – Similar provisions, § 16.
(Formerly 2.10.030; Code 1964 § 24; Code 1985 § 2-18; Ord. 2021-20)
The council may, by a majority vote, punish a member for disorderly behavior by a fine not exceeding $100.00 and, by a four-fifths vote of its whole membership, expel a member for malfeasance or misfeasance in office. Fines imposed under this section shall be collected in the same manner as fines imposed by the general district court.
(Formerly 2.10.040; Code 1964 § 2-5; Code 1985 § 2-19; Ord. 2021-20)
For malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incapacity or any other good cause, the council may remove from office any officer elected or appointed by it.
State law reference – Removal of public officers, Code of Virginia, § 24.2-230 through 24.2-238.
(Formerly 2.10.050; Code 1964 § 2-25; Code 1985 § 2-20; Ord. 2021-20)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other provision of this code or ordinance or regulation of the city, the city council, whenever it may deem it advisable in order to promote industrial development within the corporate limits of the city, may provide for the extension of water lines and sewer mains and the construction of streets to any manufacturing plant site within the corporate limits of the city and may provide that the cost of such extension of utilities and improvements be borne by the city alone or by the city and the manufacturing plant in question in such proportions as may be deemed reasonable by the council.
Cross references – Streets, Title 12; water supply, Title 13, Division II; sewers, Title 13, Division III.
(Formerly 2.10.060; Code 1964 § 2-23; Code 1985 § 2-21; Ord. 2021-20)