Town Council — 2020-02-04

This record is the agenda and slide notes for the Centreville Council of Five Advisory Committee meeting on February 4, 2020. The committee reviewed three structural options for changing Council terms and election timing: Option 1 (keep 3-year terms with annual elections in a 1/2/2 sequence), Option 2A/2B (two different 4-year-term scenarios with an “off” election year and specified transitional term lengths), and Option 3 (a 2-district, 3-year-term plan with elections every year in a 2/2/1 sequence). Slides note specific transitional term assignments (including a 2-year term for a fifth seat and a 3-year term referenced for Jeff Morgan in Option 2B), the need for charter amendments in every scenario, a legal review for Voting Rights Act compliance if districts are used, and a recommendation for strong communications and marketing. The committee scheduled a Town Council presentation on February 20, 2020 and included a timeline with multiple target dates and an estimate of about eight months from Council decision to an election.