Commissioners open review of draft bylaws, debate membership and code citations
Summary
The commission began detailed review of draft bylaws, including correcting legal citations to the Code of Virginia and debating whether to set commission membership at five (code allows 5–11). Commissioners also discussed staggered terms and who sets term lengths.
Commissioners spent much of the Feb. 3 meeting reviewing a draft set of planning-commission bylaws that staff located on the town network and proposed as a baseline for adoption into the town ordinance.
Members focused on technical and structural changes. A commissioner pointed out that references should read "Code of Virginia" rather than "Commonwealth of Virginia code," and one noted the state code permits planning commissions to be set anywhere from five to 11 members; that commissioner suggested reducing the commission to five members given Onancock's size and appointment challenges.
The group also discussed how to stagger initial terms to avoid a complete turnover in a single cycle and whether term lengths should be two, three or four years. Commissioners agreed a revised draft should be circulated and that the commission's attorney and town council would likely have to weigh in before any final language goes into the town ordinance.
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