RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad
Street, Suite 305 - Richmond, VA 23219 -
www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED
Monday, 8 July 2013
Richmond City Council appoints Ms. Jean V. Capel as new City
Clerk
Ms. Jean Capel: Duties to begin immediately
(Richmond, Virginia) - Richmond City Council tonight
(Monday, July 8, 2013) has adopted Resolution Number 2013-R154 during its
regular Richmond City Council Formal Meeting to appoint Ms. Jean V. Capel to
serve as the new City Clerk. Ms. Capel has served as Interim City Clerk since
March of this year. Her service as the City Clerk begins upon adoption of the
Resolution and is for an indefinite term.
Ms. Capel has
served as Deputy City Clerk of the Richmond City Council Office of the City
Clerk since January 2010. Prior to this, she served from 2006-2009 as the
Emporia City Clerk for the City of Emporia, Virginia. Ms. Capel earned her
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Saint Paul's College and is
a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, the National
League of Cities, the Virginia Municipal Clerks Association and the
International City/County Management Association.
Richmond City
Council congratulates Ms. Capel on her new position; applauds her experience,
dedication and expertise; and, looks forward to continuing to work with her in
her new role.
Ms. Capel's
duties as the City Clerk include providing oversight and management of the
Richmond City Council Office of the City Clerk as per those described in the
Richmond City Charter, which is described generally as follows:
Richmond City Charter
CHAPTER 4. COUNCIL
Section 4.04. City Clerk
The Council shall appoint a City Clerk for an indefinite
term. He/She shall be the Clerk of the Council, shall keep the journal if its
proceedings and shall file the original draft of all ordinances and shall
maintain an index of all such ordinances. He/She shall be the custodian of the
corporate seal of the City and shall be the officer authorized to use and
authenticate it. All records in his/her office shall be public records and open
to inspection at any time during regular business hours. He/She shall receive
compensation to be fixed by the Council and all fees received by him/her shall
be paid into the City treasury. He/She shall appoint and remove a deputy City
Clerk, who shall be authorized to act as acting City Clerk in the absence or
disability of the City Clerk, and all deputies and other employees in his/her
office, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by
this Charter or by ordinance. (Virginia General Assembly Acts 1977, chapter
513, Section 1; Acts 1998, chapter 711: Acts 2005, chapter 844, Section 1)
CONTACT For more
information, please contact Steve Skinner, Council Public Information
Manager, at 804.646.6052 (office tel) or 937.1386 (mobile) or steven.skinner@richmondgov.com
(email)
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia
23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
steven.skinner@richmondgov.com (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
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MISSION The mission of Richmond City Council
is to represent citizens in creating and amending
local laws, providing government policy and
oversight, and approving the city budget.
VISION Richmond City Council is committed to
creating a vibrant community that is a great place
to live, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.
