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23 June 2023
Come to the Richmond City Charter Review Commission Public Hearing on June 28
(Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) – The
Richmond City Charter Review Commission invites and encourages all Richmond
residents to attend its upcoming Public Hearing meeting to learn more and share
their thoughts, ideas, and suggestions surrounding potential changes to the
Richmond City Charter.
UPCOMING
PUBLIC HEARING
Richmond City Charter Review Commission – Meeting
Public Hearing/Public Comments
Public Engagement and Input Highly Invited and Sought!
Wednesday,
June 28, 2023
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Location
Richmond
City Hall, 5th Floor Conference Room
900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219
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Apology
and Invitation
Due to inclement storm-related
power, internet, and connectivity complications affecting Richmond’s south side
at the time, the Charter Commission meeting held Thursday, June 22, at the Second
Police Precinct experienced technical difficulties that affected the virtual experience
of the meeting. The Charter Commission apologizes to residents attending the
meeting virtually for this inconvenience and invites them to attend the upcoming
meeting.
Background
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 Richmond City Charter Review Commission is holding multiple
public information and engagement sessions and will present various draft
Charter recommendations to obtain public input, feedback, and comments.
Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to participate in
this important process and share their thoughts, suggestion, and questions with
the Commission.
The Commission will
submit its final recommendations in a report to Richmond City 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.
Additional
Richmond City Charter Review Commission information
·
Richmond
City Charter Review Commission Website Portal
https://www.rva.gov/richmond-city-council/richmond-city-charter-review-commission
·
Richmond
City Council Ord. No. 2021-347
https://richmondvacitycouncil.blogspot.com/
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
Daisy
Weaver, Member
William “Bill”
Echelberger, Member
Kyle Elliott, Member
Travis Gunn, Member
Steven Koski, Member
John
Girardi, 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.
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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)