Richmond City Charter
Chapter 4. Council
Sec. 4.01. Composition; compensation; appointment of members to office of profit.
The Council shall consist of nine members elected as provided in Chapter 3. Compensation of members of Council shall be fixed in accordance with and within the limits prescribed in general laws of the Commonwealth for pay and expenses of councils and mayors of cities of the Commonwealth. The members of the Council, subject to the approval of the Council, may also be allowed their reasonable actual expenses incurred in representing the City. No member of the Council shall during the term of which he/she was elected and one year thereafter be appointed to any office of profit under the government of the City.
(Acts 1964, ch. 120, § 2; Acts 1968, ch. 644, § 1; Acts 1974, ch. 19, § 1; Acts 1975, ch. 112, § 1; Acts 1982, ch. 658, § 1; Acts 1992, ch. 850, § 1; Acts 1998, ch. 711)
Chapter 5. Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer
Sec. 5.03. Involvement of mayor and council in appointment and removals.
…. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the mayor, council and its members shall deal with the administrative services solely through the chief administrative officer, and neither the mayor, council nor any member thereof shall give orders either publicly or privately to any subordinate of the chief administrative officer. ….
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