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Vienna council adopts annual electronic-participation resolution, schedules Jan. 26 zoning hearing and approves appointments

Town of Vienna Town Council · January 5, 2026
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Summary

On Jan. 5 the council adopted a reworked electronic-participation resolution required annually by the General Assembly, set a Jan. 26 public hearing on Chapter 18 zoning updates, reappointed Beth Ekus to the Transportation Safety Commission, approved committee representatives, and continued closed-session matters to Jan. 26.

The Vienna Town Council on Jan. 5 approved multiple procedural and personnel items including the annual readoption of the town’s electronic participation resolution, a public hearing date for proposed updates to Chapter 18 (zoning and subdivision), the reappointment of a commissions member and several committee representative assignments.

Town Attorney (unnamed) told the council that the General Assembly changed the law to require municipalities to re-adopt their electronic-participation resolution at least once each year. "The General Assembly made a tweak saying that you have to re adopt your electronic participation resolution every year," the town attorney said, adding that the substantive allowances — who may participate remotely and how many meetings — were not expanded by the office…

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