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January 2023
Richmond City Charter Review Commission plans and upcoming meeting
Upcoming
meeting: Thursday, January 19, 2023: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
(Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) – Richmond City Council Ordinance # 2021-347 established a Richmond City Charter Review Commission, comprised of nine community members, to conduct a comprehensive review of and make recommendations for revisions to the Richmond City Charter, which enumerates the governmental powers granted to the City of Richmond by the Virginia General Assembly. The Commission’s upcoming public meeting will be held:
When
Thursday, January 19, 2023
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Where
Richmond Police Academy Training
Center
1202 W. Graham Road; Richmond, Virginia
Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to participate in this important process and to share their thoughts, suggestion, and questions with the Richmond City Charter Review Commission.
The
Commission will also be holding multiple public input sessions during the
spring in which various draft Charter recommendations will be presented in
order to elicit and obtain public input, feedback, and comments.
Plans for the Richmond City Charter Review Commission include:
- · Holding
monthly work meetings – open to the public - Schedule TBA
- · Establishing
a public information website
- ·
Designing
a short resident survey
- ·
Creating
a web portal for transmission of written comments and statements
- · Holding multiple public input sessions during the spring in which various draft Charter recommendations will be presented in order to elicit and obtain public input, feedback, and comments – open to the public – Schedule TBA
The Commission will submit its final recommendations in a report to Council and the Mayor later this year.
Richmond City Council thanks the
willingness and dedication of the Richmond City Charter Review
Commission Members for their work on behalf of this important project for all
Richmond residents.
Contact
For
more information, please contact: Thad Williamson, Ph.D., Chair, Richmond City
Charter Review Commission, at RVACharterReview@gmail.com
(email)
Richmond City
Charter Review Commission Members
Thad
Williamson, Ph.D., Chair
Rachael
Deane, Esq., Vice-Chair
Antoine
Banks, Secretary
Dr. Bre’Auna
Beasley, Member
William “Bill” Echelberger, Member
Kyle Elliott, Member
Travis Gunn, Member
Steven Koski, Member
Special Notes
· Pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia, the Virginia General Assembly is the final authority on changes to the Richmond City Charter.
· Richmond
Public Schools is outside the scope of the Commission’s work. Richmond Public
Schools it not part of the City of Richmond Government. It is a subdivision of
the Commonwealth of Virginia and overseen locally by the Richmond Public
Schools Board of Trustees and an appointed Superintendent administers
day-to-day Schools operations.
Helpful Links
· Richmond City Council Ord. No. 2021-347 https://richmondva.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5360520&GUID=2C0908BD-B69B-4EC2-979A-35A33A2420D2&Options=ID|Text|&Search=2021-347
·
Richmond
City Charter Review Commission Membership https://eservicesb.richmondgov.com/applications/boardsandcommissions/MembersList.aspx?mybckey=195
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Richmond City Council - Richmond City Hall - 900 East Broad Street, Suite 305 - Richmond, Virginia 23219 U.S.A. - rva.gov/richmond-city-council (web)