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<br />thus elected shall hold office for the term for which his predeces-
<br />sor was elected, unless sooner vacated by death, resignation, re-
<br />moval, or from other causes. An entry of said election shall be
<br />made in the journal. If the mayor or a councilman shall remove
<br />his residence from the City limits such removal shall operate to
<br />vacate his office.
<br />Sec. 12. Disqualification of members for certain offices.
<br />No member of the Council shall be eligible during his tenure
<br />of office, or for one year thereafter, to any office to be filled by
<br />the Council either by election or appointment.
<br />Sec. 13. Committees.
<br />The president of the Council shall, within ten days after the
<br />organization of the Council, appoint the finance committee con-
<br />sisting of three members to continue for a term of two years.
<br />The president of the Council shall also appoint all special com-
<br />mittees unless otherwise ordered by the Council. Vacancies on
<br />committees shall be filled in like manner.
<br />Sec. 14. Finance committee—duties and powers.
<br />The finance committee shall investigate and report to the Coun-
<br />cil as to all matters relating to the finances, debts, revenues and
<br />assets of the City. After approval by the Council said commit-
<br />tee shall have power to borrow money in the name of "the finance
<br />committee of the City of Charlottesville," signed by all the mem-
<br />bers of said committee. The finance committee shall approve all
<br />surety bonds of City officials and employees as provided for by
<br />sec. 41, post.
<br />Sec. 15. Rules and procedure.
<br />The Council shall determine the rules of its proceedings, ex-
<br />cept so far as the same are determined by the constitution and
<br />laws of the State and charter of the City.
<br />Sec. 16. Ordinances and resolutions.
<br />Every proposed ordinance and resolution having the effect of
<br />an ordinance shall be in writing. It may have immediate consid-
<br />eration, but objection by one member shall carry it over to the
<br />next meeting.
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<br />Sec. 17. Annual budget and levy.
<br />The Council shall cause to be prepared by the City Manager
<br />an Annual Budget containing all proposed expenditures and
<br />estimated revenues and borrowing for the ensuing year, and at
<br />least 30 days thereafter shall order a City levy as provided for
<br />by State law and sections 13-17 and 18 of the City Charter and
<br />amendments thereto. The Council shall adopt said annual budget
<br />and shall make said City levy prior to June 30th in each year. .
<br />Sec. 18. Ordinances appropriating money, imposing
<br />taxes, etc., vote necessary—when carried over.
<br />(a) Every ordinance or resolution appropriating money ex-
<br />ceeding one hundred dollars, imposing or releasing taxes, or
<br />authorizing the borrowing of money, or creating a debt, or
<br />donating any property of the City, where the value of such prop-
<br />erty is one hundred dollars or more, a vote of a majority of all
<br />members elected to the Council shall be necessary, and the
<br />"Ayes" and "Noes" shall be entered on the journal of the
<br />Council.
<br />(b) No ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceed-
<br />ing the sum of one thousand dollars, imposing taxes, or author-
<br />izing the borrowing of money, shall be passed by the Council on
<br />the same day of its introduction; nor shall any such ordinance
<br />or resolution be valid unless at least three days intervene between
<br />its introduction and passage, but this paragraph shall not apply
<br />to the annual appropriations as provided in section 20, post.
<br />Sec. 19. Additional expenditures beyond annual budget.
<br />No money shall be expended on any department of the City
<br />government beyond the amount estimated in the budget for such
<br />department in the general appropriation ordinance for the fiscal
<br />year unless such expenditure be authorized by the recorded vote
<br />of three-fifths of all the members elected to the Council.
<br />Sec. 20. Annual, quarterly and special appropriations.
<br />(a) As soon as practical after the 1st day of September in
<br />each year, the Council shall make an annual appropriation cov-
<br />ering all fixed expenditures provided for in the Annual Budget,
<br />which are approved.
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<br />(b) At the last meeting of the Council in each quarter, said
<br />Council shall make quarterly appropriation covering all approved
<br />expenditures in the Quarterly Estimate of the City Manager as
<br />provided for in section 53, post. Said estimate together with the
<br />auditor's quarterly report shall be spread in the Journal immedi-
<br />ately preceding the resolution making the quarterly appropria-
<br />tion, which shall be finally passed at the next succeeding regular
<br />meeting of the Council.
<br />(c) All other appropriations shall be deemed Special appro-
<br />priations.
<br />Sec. 21. Ordinances appropriating money for outside
<br />highways.
<br />No ordinance or resolution appropriating money for the pur-
<br />pose of improving highways, airports and bridges located out-
<br />side of the City, shall be passed by the Council except by a re-
<br />corded affirmative vote of four-fifths of all members elected to
<br />the Council.
<br />Sec. 22. Granting aid to various associations.
<br />No ordinance or resolution granting aid to military, agricul-
<br />tural, literary, or benevolent associations, or to public charity
<br />shall be passed except by the vote of three-fifths of the members
<br />elected to the Council.
<br />Sec. 23. Disposition of public property and franchises.
<br />(1) No ordinance or resolution granting, leasing, selling or
<br />otherwise disposing of any public property or franchise, shall
<br />be valid unless the same be passed by the Council by a recorded
<br />affirmative vote of three-fourths of all members elected to the
<br />Council.
<br />No franchise, lease, or right of any kind to the use of any
<br />such public property in a manner not permitted to the general
<br />public shall be granted for a period of over thirty years. Before
<br />granting such franchise or privilege for a term of thirty years,
<br />except for a trunk railway, bids therefor shall be advertised once
<br />a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper published in
<br />this City. Such grant, and any contract in pursuance thereof,
<br />may provide that upon the termination of the grant, the plant,
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<br />as well as the property, if any, of the grantee in the streets, ave-
<br />nues and other public places, shall thereupon, without compensa-
<br />tion to the grantee, or upon the payment of a fair valuation
<br />therefor, be and become the property of the City, but that the
<br />grantee shall be entitled to no payment by reason of the value
<br />of the franchise. Every such grant shall specify the mode of
<br />determining any valuation therein provided for and shall make
<br />adequate provision by way of forfeiture of the grant, or other-
<br />wise, to secure efficiency of public service at reasonable rates,
<br />and the maintenance of the property in good order throughout
<br />the term of the grant.
<br />All persons, firms or corporations to whom privileges or fran-
<br />chises have been or may be granted by the Council, shall pay in
<br />advance for the printing and advertising of all ordinances grant-
<br />ing said privileges or franchises after the approval thereof and
<br />all of said printing shall be done under the supervision and di-
<br />rection of the Clerk of the Council.
<br />(2) The rights of the City in its gas, water, electric works
<br />and sewer system, now owned or hereafter acquired, shall not
<br />be sold even after such action of the Council as is prescribed in
<br />clause (1) of this section, until and except such sale shall have
<br />been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the City,
<br />voting on the question at a special election ordered by the Coun-
<br />cil, and subject in other respects to the provisions of section 24
<br />of the Charter applicable to a special election.
<br />Sec. 24. Members failing to vote—disqualifications for
<br />voting.
<br />A member who is present and fails to vote when the "Ayes"
<br />and "Noes" are taken, shall be entered on the journal as pres-
<br />ent and not announcing his vote; but no member who has an
<br />immediate, personal or pecuniary interest in the result of the
<br />question shall either vote or be counted upon it.
<br />Sec. 25. Witnesses before council and committees—
<br />how attendance secured.
<br />The Council, or any committee or officer of the City, when
<br />specially authorized thereto by the Council, shall have the power
<br />to require the attendance of any person as a witness and the
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