County Manager Form of Government
 The Board
of Supervisors consists of five representatives, one from
each of the County's five magisterial districts: Brookland,
Fairfield, Three Chopt, Tuckahoe and Varina. Supervisors are
elected for four-year terms. The Board is the policy-making
body of the County and is vested with all rights and powers
as specified by state law known as the County Manager Form
(Section 15.2-600 through Section 15.2-642). The Board takes
action by the adoption of ordinances, resolutions and motions.
It must adopt an ordinance when amending the Code
of the County of Henrico, Virginia, and borrowing
money or levying a tax.
The Board elects annually a chairman who presides at each Board
meeting and serves as the official head of the County government,
and a vice chairman who serves in the absence of the chairman.
This election occurs in January of each calendar year. To view
an historical photo gallery
of past chairmen of the Board of Supervisors, use this link.
The administrative head of the county manager form of government
is the county manager. The county manager
is appointed by the Board of Supervisors and serves at the pleasure
of the Board. The manager is a full-time employee who may, at
the discretion of the Board, also serve as the head of one or
more of the departments of County government. The duties of the
county manager are to carry out the policies determined by the
Board of Supervisors, to coordinate the business affairs of the
County by installation and enforcement of administrative procedures,
and to conduct the day-to-day business operations through a staff
of professional administrators. This position has no definite
term and the manager may be removed by a majority vote of the
Board at any time.
The county manager form of government allows for the grouping
and consolidation of administrative functions of the County into departments.
The constitutional offices of treasurer and commissioner of the
revenue do not exist under the county manager form of government.
Those functions are combined into a Department
of Finance which is headed by a director of finance. Heads
of all County government departments with the exception of the
following constitutional officers are appointed and discharged
by the county manager: clerk of the circuit court, commonwealth's
attorney and sheriff.
Within the limits set by the County
personnel system, pay and classification plan, the county
manager determines and fixes the salaries of all appointees
(employees).
The School
Board is elected by the voters to represent each of the
five magisterial districts. They are elected for the same four-year
terms as the Board of Supervisors. The School Board is responsible
for the allocation and control of school finances, programs
and personnel and appoints the superintendent of schools.
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