CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
                  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA



  Agenda Date:        November 21, 2022

  Action Required:    Approval of Appointment of Emergenecy Management Coordinator

  Presenter:          Michael Rogers, City Manager

  Staff Contacts:     Samuel Sanders, Jr., Deputy City Manager

  Title:              Approving the Appointment of an Emergency Management Coordinator (1
                      reading)


Background
Virginia Code Section 44-146.19 requires each locality to have a Director of Emergency
Management (DEM). The City Manager serves as the DEM for the City of Charlottesville. The DEM
is required to appoint a coordinator of emergency management, and state law requires this
appointment to be with the consent of City Council. Since there currently exists no local ordinance
addressing this appointment, or delegating to the City Manager ongoing authority to make the
appointment, City Council is required to take action to ratify and consent to the appointment.

Discussion
At the City Council meeting on November 21, 2022, Deputy City Manager Sam Sanders will provide
an introduction of the individual recently appointed by the City Manager to serve as the City's
Coordinator of Emergency Management. The individual who has been appointed to this position will
serve as the City's first full-time Coordinator of Emergency Management.

Alignment with City Council's Vision and Strategic Plan

Community Engagement
n/a

Budgetary Impact
The development of a budget to support this function is underway and will be included in the FY24
budget proposal. In the interim, the individual's salary is covered in the current year budget (as the
individual was already a City Employee); however, council will be asked to consider allocating
surplus funds from FY22 to cover the expenditures associated with the trainings and other duties to
be performed by the Coordinator.

Recommendation
Adoption of Resolution Consenting to the Appointment
Alternatives
Virginia Code Sec. 44-146.19 specifies that for a city, the Director of Emergency Management "shall"
appoint a coordinator of emergency management.

Attachments
1.   RESOLUTION Consent to Coordinator