Richmond City Council Boards, Commissions, Committees and Task Forces
Citizens invited and encouraged to serve
Critical to the foundation of our citizen-run government, Richmond City Council regularly establishes
and/or appoints members to serve on local Richmond and regional government boards, commissions, committees
and task forces to assist with providing oversight on various topics, programs and services.
Appointed public bodies provide additional intellectual assistance on subjects that shape the quality of our lives,
neighborhoods and city and increase our government openness, inclusion and transparency. Richmond citizens are invited
and encouraged to serve.
Service on these entities provides residents with additional opportunities to participate in and learn more about their government
and to provide their education, experience, skills and abilities in service of their community. Time commitments vary from a few hours a year,
up to 20 hours a month. Appointments are made throughout the year as vacancies occur and new entities are created and meeting times, dates,
locations and frequency are scheduled as needed. Individual requirements for appointment consideration are different for each entity,
which range from advisory to policy to governing.
Richmond City Council currently appoints members to 55 local and regional public bodies; most of which are volunteer/non-paid positions.
In addition, Council appoints members to five (5) non-governmental organizations and one (1) federal government entity;
for an estimated 61 entities (as of 3.1.2012/please check for updated entities). Oversight is provided by one of the
six Richmond City Council Standing Committees an entity is assigned to.
Appointed terms include project-oriented ones that exist for a few months and more long-term ones that last up to three years
(unless otherwise specified and/or service may be longer if a new appointment has not been made and the incumbent is willing to continue service
until that time.) Incumbents may be considered for reappointment (as appropriate/allowed) at the conclusion of their term and generally may serve
up to two successive full terms. (Note: It is possible for a person to be appointed to serve to fill a remainder of a partial unexpired term
then be appointed twice more to serve two subsequent successive terms).
Some relevant laws covering appointments include the following:
Richmond Code of Laws:
Section 2-836 Eligibility of members to succeed themselves;
terms of members.
(a) Notwithstanding any possible section in this Code to the contrary, no citizen member of a board or commission, other than persons appointed
by the council to serve as members of the Capital Region Airport Commission (chapter 380, Acts of Assembly 1980) or the Greater Richmond Transit
Company, shall be appointed to more than two successive full terms on a board or commission; provided, however, the members of the Monroe Park
Advisory council and the Highway Safety Commission may serve up to three successive full terms and provided, however, a person appointed to fill
a vacancy (that is, an unexpired term) may serve two successive full terms upon completion of the unexpired term for which the person has been appointed.
However, this subsection shall not apply to governmental authorities created by the city.
(b) Unless otherwise specified by general law, ordinance or resolution, the term of office for the members of any board, commission, or committee
the members of which are appointed by the council shall be three years.
Citizens interested in being appointed to serve as a member of a local Richmond or regional public government body or non-government organization
(a general list of which follows below), that Richmond City Council appoints members to, are invited to review the descriptions, purposes and
individual membership requirements and vacancies and apply online at:
http://www.richmondgov.com/CityCouncil/CouncilBoardsCommissions.aspx or
http://eservices.ci.richmond.va.us/applications/boardscommissions/index.aspx
CONTACT
For more information and/or updated list, please call the Richmond City Council Office of the City Clerk, at 804.646.7955; or visit
http://www.richmondgov.com/CityCouncil/CouncilBoardsCommissions.aspx
Richmond City Council Appointments
Richmond Council appoints members to the following (current as of 3.1.2012/please check for updated entities) Governmental Public Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations.
As functioning government entities, all meetings of Local and Regional Governmental Public Bodies are open to the public.
Some of these entities include the following (note new ones are added as needed and might not be on this list). Please refer to the database for the most current updates, at:
http://www.richmondgov.com/CityCouncil/CouncilBoardsCommissions.aspx or
http://eservices.ci.richmond.va.us/applications/boardscommissions/index.aspx
Richmond Local Government Public Bodies (40)
- Richmond Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board
- Richmond Ambulance Authority Board
- Richmond Architectural Review Commission
- Richmond Architectural Review Commission Task Force
- Richmond Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium Board
- Richmond Assessment of Towing Fees and the Storage of Vehicles Advisory Board
- Richmond Audit Committee
- Richmond Behavioral Health Authority Board
- Richmond Broad Street Community Development Authority Board
- Richmond Building Code Appeals Board - Building Related Mechanical Division
- Richmond Building Code Appeals Board - Electrical Division
- Richmond Building Code Appeals Board - General Division
- Richmond Building Code Appeals Board - Plumbing Division
- Richmond Career and Technical Education Commission
- Richmond Carillon Advisory Committee
- Richmond City Charter Review Commission
- Richmond Clean City Commission
- Richmond Community Criminal Justice Board
- Richmond Community Policy and Management Team
- Richmond Disability Services Board
- Richmond Economic Development Authority Board
- Richmond Fire Appeals Board
- Richmond Green City Commission
- Richmond GRTC and Transit Study Task Force
- Richmond Health Advisory Board
- Richmond Highway Safety Commission
- Richmond Maritime Commerce Advisory Board
- Richmond Minority Business Advisory Board
- Richmond Monroe Park Advisory Council
- Richmond Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Advisory Board
- Richmond Personnel Board
- Richmond Planning Commission
- Richmond Public Library Board
- Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board
- Richmond Retirement System Board
- Richmond Sister Cities Commission
- Richmond Social Services Advisory Board
- Richmond Urban Design Committee
- Richmond Urban Forestry Commission
Regional Governmental and Quazi-Governmental Public Bodies (15) _____________________________
- Central Virginia Waste Management Authority Board
- Greater Richmond Convention Center Authority Board
- Greater Richmond Lead Planning Organization Board
- Greater Richmond Partnership Board
- Greater Richmond Transit Company Transit System Board
- Peumansend Creek Regional Jail Authority Board
- Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Board
- Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee
- Richmond Metropolitan Authority Board
- Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau Board
- Richmond Regional Competitiveness Committee
- Richmond Regional Planning District Commission
- Virginia Capital Area Alcohol Safety Action Program Policy Advisory Board
- Virginia Capital Region Airport Commission
- Virginia Community Colleges Board J. Sargent Reynolds Community College Board
Federal Governmental Public Body (1) ___________________________________________________
- U.S. Federal Combined Sewer Overflow Partnership Board
Richmond City Council appoints members to the following Non-Government Organizations
Non-Governmental Organizations (5)____________________________________________________
- J. Fulmer Bright Memorial Foundation Board
- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Board
- Maymont Foundation Board
- Richmond Capital Area Agency on Aging
- Richmond Capital Area Partnership Uplifting People
Appointment Process
The Richmond City Council appointment process for local or regional public government bodies or non-government organizations includes the following:
- Application is completed by interested applicant and it is submitted to Richmond City Council Office of the City Clerk.
- Richmond City Council Office of the City Clerk provides application to the Richmond City Council Standing Committee providing oversight over that entity/appointment reviews application and makes recommendation.
- Application recommendation is forwarded to Richmond City Council Organizational Standing Committee.
- Richmond City Council Organizational Standing Committing makes recommendation to appoint or not appoint.
- Richmond City Council Organizational Standing Committing has Richmond City Council Resolution for Appointment prepared for chosen appointment.
- Applicant is invited to attend Richmond City Council Formal Meeting where Council Resolution will be considered for official approval.
- Richmond City Council holds Formal Meeting, which includes a public hearing, and votes on Resolution of Appointment (applicant must be in attendance).
- Applicants that are approved by Richmond City Council Resolution of Appointment are sworn in.
- Member's service begins.
