CHAPTER 170
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9, 39 through 43, and 55 of Chapters 143 and 156 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, which provided a charter for the City of Williamsburg, relating to elections, finance director, and city budget.
[S 179]
Approved April 6, 2026
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 9, 39 through 43, and 55 of Chapters 143 and 156 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009 are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 9. Election and terms of council members.
The present members of council shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. On the first Tuesday in May 2010, and on the first Tuesday in May following the first Monday in November 2026, and on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of every fourth year thereafter, there shall be a general election at which time the qualified voters of the city shall elect two members of council for terms of four years each. On the first Tuesday in May in 2012, and on the first Tuesday of May following the first Monday in November 2028, and on the first Tuesday following the first Monday on each fourth year thereafter, there shall be a general election at which the qualified voters of the city shall elect three members of council for terms of four years each. The term of a newly elected city council member shall commence on July 1 next January 1 of the year following such member's election.
The council shall be a continuing body and no measure pending before it shall abate or be discontinued by reason of the expiration of the term of office or the removal of the members of the body or any of them.
§ 39. Department of finance; divisions; transfer of powers and duties of treasurer.
A. There shall be a department of finance that shall be under the supervision of a director of finance chief financial officer , appointed by the city manager. The department of finance shall include a division divisions of accounting and control, a purchasing division , a collection division, and a real estate assessment division license inspection , and such other divisions and units as may be provided by ordinance. Except as otherwise agreed by written memorandum signed by the city manager and the city treasurer, all powers and duties of the city treasurer with respect to the collection, receipt and disbursement of city taxes, moneys and funds shall be vested in the department of finance and director chief financial officer thereof together with all records thereto appertaining.