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Special session Discussion with legislators Department head presentations Special session Worksession~.-~with CCSCC BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM-MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1981 A special meeting of Council was held on this date with the following members present: Mr~ Albro, Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Ms. Gleason, Dr. Hall. Ahaent: None. Council held a discussion of local legislative priorities for the upcoming session of the General Assembly with Delegates Jim Murray and Mitch Van Yahres and Senator Tom Michie. Council heard presentations from the director of Parks and Recreation~ Data Processing, the Commissioner of Revenue and the Clerk of Council. ~, ~ .,~ i . On motion the meeting adjou~ ~____~ Clerk Presid~ TAKE NOTICE A special meeting of Council will be held ~onight the 13th inst. at 7:30 p.m. o'clock. BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM WorksesSion with Citizens Committee~to Study Council Changes Executive session to discuss matters exempted by Section 2.1-344(a) (6)(Legal) 6f the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. BY ORDER OF Kathleen Roletter (signed) Francis!~L. Buck (signed) Clerk President BASEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM-TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1981 Council met in special session with the following members present: Mr. Albro, Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Ms. Gleason, Dr. Hall. Absent: None. The following members of the Citizens Committee to Study Council Changes met with Council to discuss their recommendations: Dr. William ~Harris, James Fi King, Jr., Lawrence Burruss, O.A. Gianniny, Jr. (chairman), Susie Sherwood and Tim O'Rourke, staff to the committee. Mr. Gianniny began by briefly summarizing the recommendations made hy the committee to Council in its presentation on November 17. Regarding the committee's recommendation that Council be enlarged to seven members (four war d representatives and three at-large representatives), Mr. Burruss stated that the committee members did not feel that present or past Councils~had failed in their leadership or provision of good~ honest government for Charlottesville, Rather, the committee made its recommendation in the interests of guarding future good government in the City. He said the mixture of ward and at-large representation seemed a good compromise that re~ained the benefits of both systems. Ms. Sherwood said that she had not felt entirely persuaded of the necessity for making such a change but was aware of the claim by some individuals and groups that Council has not been entirely representative of community interests in the past and she is willing to give the change a chance. Mr. King expressed his