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Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia
23219 U.S.A.
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Richmond City Charter Review Commission Survey

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https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/chartercommission2023

 

 

Richmond City Charter Review Commission Information Portal

Richmond City Council Ordinance # 2021-347 established a Richmond City Charter Review Commission, comprised of nine community members, to conduct a comprehensive review of and make recommendations for revisions to the Richmond City Charter, which enumerates the governmental powers granted to the City of Richmond by the Virginia General Assembly. 

     Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to participate in this important process and to share their thoughts, suggestion, and questions with the Richmond City Charter Review Commission, which will include sessions in which various draft Charter recommendations will be presented to gather, elicit, and obtain public input, feedback, and comments.

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Plans for the Richmond City Charter Review Commission include:

  • Holding monthly work meetings – open to the public – Schedule TBA.
  • Establishing a public information website.
  • Designing a short resident survey.
  • Creating a web portal for transmission of written comments and statements.
  • Holding multiple public input sessions during the spring in which various draft Charter recommendations will be presented in order to elicit and obtain public input, feedback, and comments – open to the public – Schedule TBA.

     The Commission will submit its final recommendations in a report to Council and the Mayor later this year.   

    Contact

    For more information, please email Thad Williamson, Ph.D., Chair, Richmond City Charter Review Commission, at RVACharterReview@gmail.com

     

    Meetings

    Richmond residents are invited and encouraged to attend upcoming Richmond City Charter Review Commission meetings to learn more and share their suggestions regarding potential changes to the Richmond City Charter. Residents may attend in-person, via Microsoft Teams video conference, or by dialing in.

    Meetings, unless otherwise noted, to be held in the 5th Floor Conference Room at Richmond City Hall, located at 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

    To attend via Microsoft Teams video conferencing, please download Microsoft Teams onto your computer or mobile device. You may also click here to join a Teams meeting over the web -- when prompted, enter the unique Meeting ID and Passcode for the meeting you are attending.

     

    Documents and Helpful Links:

    Special Notes

    • Pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia, the Virginia General Assembly is the final authority on changes to the Richmond City Charter.
    • Richmond Public Schools is outside the scope of the Commission’s work. Richmond Public Schools it not part of the City of Richmond Government. It is a subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia and overseen locally by the Richmond Public Schools Board of Trustees and an appointed Superintendent administers day-to-day Schools operations.

     

    Richmond City Charter Review Commission Members

    Richmond City Council thanks the willingness and dedication of the Richmond City Charter Review Commission Members for their work on behalf of this important project for all Richmond residents.

    • Thad Williamson, Ph.D., Chair
    • Rachael Deane, Esq., Vice-Chair
    • Antoine Banks, Secretary
    • Daisy Weaver, Member
    • William “Bill” Echelberger, Member
    • Kyle Elliott, Member
    • Travis Gunn, Member
    • Steven Koski, Member
    • John Girardi, Member

     

    News Releases and other items

    • Thursday, January 19, 2023; 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.; Richmond Police Academy Training Center;1202 W. Graham Road, Richmond, Virginia

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    Meeting Information

    Electoral Subcommittee meeting

    • Thursday, May 4, 2023
      3:00-5:00 p.m.
    • Location:
      Richmond City Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
      900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219

     

    Governance Subcommittee meeting

    • Monday, May 8, 2023
      6:00-8:00 p.m.
    • Location:
      Richmond City Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
      900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219

     

    Richmond City Charter Review Commission meeting

    • Wednesday, May 10, 2023
      6:00-8:00 p.m.
    • Location:
      Richmond City Hall, 5th Floor Conference Room
      900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219

     

    Richmond City Charter Review Commission meeting

    • Thursday, May 18, 2023
      6:00-8:00 p.m.
    • Location:
      Richmond City Hall, 5th Floor Conference Room
      900 E. Broad Street; Richmond, Virginia 23219

     

    Richmond City Charter Review Commission meeting

    • Thursday, April 20, 2023
      6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
    • Meeting Agenda
      • Welcome and Introductions
      • Review/approval of Feb. 8, 2023/Mar. 24, 2023 minutes (Mr. Antoine Banks)
      • Review of Commission Timeline (Dr. Thad Williamson)
      • Research report from University of Virginia Law School (Prof. Andrew Block)
      • Report and Discussion from Governance Subcommittee
      • Update from Electoral Subcommittee
      • Adjourn

     

    Richmond City Charter Review Commission Meeting and Public Hearing - May 23, 2023

    Tuesday, May 23, 2023
    6:00-8:00 p.m.

    Location:
    Richmond Police Department - Richmond Police Academy
    1202 W. Graham Road; Richmond, Virginia 23220

    Download Advance Meeting Documents

    1. May 23, 2023 Meeting Agenda
    2. Overview of Charter Process
    3. Summary of Governance Subcommittee Recommendations
    4. Summary of Electoral Subcommittee Recommendations
    5. Appendix: Summary of Forms of Government in Virginia Cities and Mid-Sized Southeastern Cities

     

    • 900 E. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219
    • Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm 
    • Mayor Levar Stoney

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