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Consider amendments to the City Code relative to Assistant City Manager
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Presented By: Kurt D. Hodgen
Recommendation and Review
It is recommended that council re-title the Assistant City Manager position to Deputy City Manager. This is the more common title for a city, county or town’s “second in command”, used in such localities as Lynchburg, Staunton, Williamsburg, Albemarle, Rockingham, Blacksburg and Leesburg. The “deputy” title more accurately reflects the position’s functional status within the city organization as it carries out all of the functions of the office of City Manager in the event of the City Manager’s short- or long-term absence, in addition to currently having daily oversight responsibility for a number of City departments.
There are a few code sections that will need to be amended in order to make this change official per City Ordinances. The City Attorney will have those proposed amendments for your consideration at our October 27 meeting.