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December 26, 1967
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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on December 26, 1967, there were present:
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<br />R, Irvine Smith, Jack P. Barnes, George D. Eastes, Burrell R* Johnson, Isaac W. King,
<br />L. L. Knight~ W. T. Leafy, A, P. Johnson, Jr., City b~anager, M. A. Kerb, Jr., City Attorney
<br />and R. D. Ottavio, City Auditor.
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<br />The meeting was opened with prayer by Rabbi Frank Stern, of Temple Sinai.
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<br />67-361 - A public hearing was held on the following resolution presented by the City Attorney:
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<br />"RESOLUTION REQUESTING THEGENERAL ASSE~fBLY OF VIRGINIA TO ~IEND ~E CHARTER OF THE
<br />CITY OF PORTSMOUT}t"
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<br /> "WHEREAS,-Sections 15.1-855 and 15.1-912 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended~ provide for
<br />amendment of city charter upon the holding of a public hearing and request of the City CoUncil to the
<br />General Assembly; and
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<br /> W~EREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that Certain amendments to the Charter of the City of
<br />Portsmouth are necessary and desirable at this time, and hasheld the public hearing required by law.
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City
<br />Attorney is hereby directed to prepare and transmit to the General Assembly, together with certified
<br />copies of this resolution, drafts of bills amending the Charter of the City of Portsmouth by
<br />repealing Sections $2(A), Chapter IV; Sections 80, 81 and 82, Chapter VIII; and Section 1,
<br />Chapter 11.1; and by amending or adding to the Charter the following sections:
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<br /> G{APTER I. SECTION 4. Election and Terms of Councilmen. (1) Time of elections. A municipal
<br />election shall be held on the second Tuesday in June of the year 1962 and of every second year,-
<br />thereafter, which shall be known as the municipal election for theelection of councilmen. Any matter
<br />which, hy the .terms of this charter, may be s~bmitted to the electors of the city at any special election,
<br />may be submitted at a municipal election.
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<br /> (2) Nomination of candidates. Candidates for the council under the provisions of this charter
<br />shall be nominated bypetit~en. Any qualified voter of the city may be nominated as provided herein.
<br />Subject to the provisions herein, there shall be printed on the ballots to be ~used in any municipal
<br />election for the election of councilmen the names of all candidates who have been nominated by petition
<br />and no others. A nominating petition shall conformsubstantially to 'the following requirements,
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<br /> (a)
<br />presented for
<br />or dandidates
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<br />Such petition shall state the name and placeof residence of each person whose mame is
<br />a place upon the ballot, and shall request such person or persons to become a candidate
<br />for the office of councilman for the city of Portameuth.
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<br />(b) Such petition shall be signed hy at least seventy-five qualified electors of the city.
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<br /> (c) Each elector signing a petition may subscribe to one nomination for each of the places to be
<br />filled at the ensuing election, and no more.
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<br /> (d) Such petitio~ shall not be signed by any elector more than ninety days prior to the
<br />day of such election, and such petition shall be filed with the Clerk of the Hustings Court of said
<br />city not less than sixty days previous to the day of such election.
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<br /> ($) Acceptance. Any person whose name has been submitted for candidacy by any such petition,
<br />shall file his acceptance of such candidacy with the Clerk of the Hustings Court of gaid city at least
<br />sixty days previous to the date of such election, otherwise his name shall not appear on the ballot.
<br />The filing of such acceptance shall be deemed equivalent to the filing of notice of candidacy under the
<br />general election laws of the State, and no other notice of candidacy need be given by the person filing
<br />the same.
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<br /> (4) Method of conducting municipal elections. The candidates at amy municipal election for the
<br />election of councilmen equal in number to the places to be filled who shall receive the highest
<br />number of votes at such election shall be declared elected.
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<br /> In any such election each elector shall be entitled to vote for as man), persons'.~as there are
<br />vacancies to be filled, and no more; and no elector shall in such election cast more than one vote
<br />for the same person.
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<br /> In counting the vote any ballot found to have been voted for a greater number of names for the
<br />office of councilman than the number of vacancies in the council to be filled shall be void, but no
<br />ballot found to have been voted for a lesser ntmber of names for the office of councilman than the number of
<br />vacancies in council shall be void.
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<br /> (S) Terms of councilmen. The councilmen shall be elected at large and shall hold office for
<br />terms of four years each beginning on the first day of July next following the date of their election and
<br />until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Four of the councilmen ~hall be electdd in the
<br />municipal election to be held in June of nineteen hundred and sixty and every four years tkereafter.
<br />Three of the councilmen shall be elected in the municipal election to be held in June of nineteen
<br />hundred sixty-two and every four years thereafter.
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<br /> CHAPTER III. SECTION 22. Compensation of the Mayor and Council. The City Council, out of the
<br />general funds of the city, shall grant and pay to the mayor the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars
<br />per month and to the other members of the city council the sum of two hundred ~ollars per month each.
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