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| Title: | Special Meeting - City Council |
| Date & Time: | Wednesday, October 15, 2025 • 6:30-7 p.m. |
| Location: | City Hall, Council Chamber, 301 King St. (Map This) Council Chamber is located on the second floor of City Hall. |
| Event Details: | TAKE NOTICE
City Council will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., in the City Council Chamber to consider an emergency ordinance amendment to City Code section 2-4-7 (b) and (c), and to make appointments to the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board of Directors. The proposed ordinance reads as follows: ORDINANCE NO. ______ AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Section 2-4-7 (APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES) of Article A (GENERAL PROVISIONS) of Chapter 4 (COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS) of Title 2 (GENERAL GOVERNMENT) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as amended. WHEREAS, on October 14, 2025, the City Council received a letter from an attorney representing eight of the nine Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (“ARHA”) commissioners. In that letter, all eight of the represented commissioners resigned from the ARHA board of commissioners, effective immediately; WHEREAS, such resignations constitute an emergency requiring the City Council to take immediate action to ensure the continuity of ARHA operations; and WHEREAS, in order to make new appointments to ARHA immediately, an amendment to section 2-4-7 of the Code of the City of Alexandria is required. THE CITY COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA HEREBY ORDAINS: Section 1. That Section 2-4-7(b) and (c) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as amended, be, and the same hereby is, amended by adding the text shown in underline as follows: City Code 2-4-7. Appointments to Committees *** (b) Public notice of appointments. Before appointing or reappointing any person to a committee, the executive secretary shall give public notice of the impending appointment and cause the same to be advertised in the form and manner prescribed by law for public notices at least 21 days prior to consideration by the city council of the appointment or reappointment. Insofar as practicable, the notice shall indicate the name of the committee, the number of positions to be filled, any special occupational, professional or other qualifications that may be required for a particular position and the time within which the application required by subsection (c) of this section must be filed. Where a position can be filled only by a designated member, the notice shall also include the name of the organization, group or committee from which such member must be designated. Public notice requirements may be waived by the city council in the event of a need to address time-sensitive or emergency appointment(s). The nature of the circumstances requiring a waiver must be stated on the record prior to the city council making such appointment(s) and shall be recorded in the minutes. (c) Appointment application form and deadline. No person shall be appointed or reappointed by the city council to any committee until there is first submitted and filed with the executive secretary an application form. No person shall submit an application for membership for more than one committee position at any city council meeting at which appointments to committees are considered. Such application may include personal data with respect to the applicant's name, address, age, educational background, practical experience, length of residency, employment of the applicant or any relative by the city, any special qualifications that the applicant possesses for a particular position, and any other information the executive secretary deems necessary in order for city council to make its appointment. Applications must be filed with the executive secretary not less than seven days prior to the date that the appointment will be considered by the city council, except in the event of a time-sensitive or emergency appointment as described in subsection (b). *** Section 2. That Section 2-4-7 as amended pursuant to Section 1 of this ordinance, be, and the same hereby is, reordained as part of the City of Alexandria City Code. Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective upon the date and at the time of its final passage. |
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| Contact Person: | Gloria Sitton |
| Contact Email: | CouncilComment@alexandriava.gov |
| Fees: | Free |
| Tags: | Boards & Commissions, Cablecast, City Council, City Council Calendar, City Hall, Live Closed Captioning, Special Meeting, Webcast |
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