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Conduct Unbecoming: Disorderly Behavior of Christiansburg Town Councilmembers

10 Jun

I have been working on a modification to the copy of the Christiansburg Town Charter (my copy even includes the 2010 Amended 2.01 concerning voting in November). This modification will provide bookmarks for every section and subsection of the Town Charter. Why? Because there are quite a few people who are reviewing this particular document who have asked for the various sections to be easier to find.

While I was doing this, I found something kind of interesting:

§ 2.22. Qualifications and Conduct of Members.–The town council may compel the attendance of absent members, and fine them for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of five members, expel a member for malfeasance or misfeasance while in office. (1 954, c. 240)

What this means to me is that members of Town Council have a right and a responsibility to ‘police their own’. I have found nothing in the Town Council Minutes since July 2001 to indicate that this process has ever been utilize, but it is available. Why heck, if applied it could generate funds for the town, sort of a ‘user’s fee’:)

Anyway, the newer ‘bookmarked’ version of the Town Charter will be online soon at myvaresources.com. I’ll post an announcement here, on facebook, and send out the usual email notices when it is completed.

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Posted by on June 10, 2010 in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, Local Government, VOTE, Your Tax Money

 

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5 Responses to Conduct Unbecoming: Disorderly Behavior of Christiansburg Town Councilmembers

  1. Awareness Fan

    June 12, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Thanks for the que; it’s needed. A lot of documents are time consuming to dissect.

    The behavior of a certain council member, as of late, is exemplary of the disdain that some ‘officials’ hold for our local citizens. But, consider the source; not the brightest star in the local galaxy, in my opinion.

     

  2. concerned citizen

    June 11, 2010 at 9:19 am

    it all goes back to the christiansburg “owner” -lance terpenny. When will council do something about his blundering follies and retake c’burg?

     

  3. Donna Capozzi Speaks

    June 10, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    I can picture the nice C’burg policeman (who I assume is there to keep order) handing out citations and fines. Probably going to have to wait until more council members are replaced (if 5 must concur) because they still seem reluctant to cast the first stone, as it were. Thank you for going to the trouble of providing folks with the charter; it becomes easier to speak up when you have your facts straight.

     

  4. Lisa Lucas Gardner

    June 10, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    Well, whatta ya know! :) LOL
    There is also a Code of Conduct for council.

    Will someone please give “Slick” Barber a copy of these?

     

    • Carol Lindstrom

      June 10, 2010 at 12:30 pm

      I think you set a new land speed record on responding to this one!