Useful Information and Council Records

Contacting Councilors

All City Councilors:  Email all City Councilors, emails sent via this link are also sent to the City Manager and other key personnel.

Individual City Councilors:  Find contact information for individual City Councilors.

Video

Council meetings are televised live on Charlottesville’s Own TV10 and may also be viewed on-demand. Meetings are also live streamed on the City's Facebook page. Visit our streaming pages for video of recent meetings.  Electronic participation (viewing) for meetings is available by registering in advance for the Zoom webinar at www.charlottesville.gov/zoom.  

Public Comment

Time is open near the beginning of each regular meeting for up to sixteen speakers on subjects not scheduled for a public hearing. Visit our "Request to Speak" sign-up page to request a time in advance (first eight spaces chosen by lottery). Additional time is open for speakers at the end of the meeting. All speakers are asked to state your name and locality, and limit remarks to three minutes. Requests to speak should be sent no earlier than two weeks prior to the meeting, and will be accepted beginning the morning following a regular Council meeting.  Public comments are accepted in-person at designated times during the meeting.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

All correspondence sent to City officials becomes a matter of public record and is subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

Learn how to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Council Records

View Council Records  including:

  • Meeting Minutes
  • Adopted Appropriations, Ordinances and Resolutions.  (Adopted appropriations, ordinances and resolutions from 1976 to 2009 are listed in order by record type and year. Records from 2010 to the present are ordered by Council meeting date.)
  • Meeting Agendas 2014 forward

Council Adopted Meeting Schedule 2023 (see link below for detailed Adopted Resolution)

Tuesday, January 3July 17
Tuesday, January 18 August 7
February 6August 21
Tuesday, February 21Tuesday, September 5
March 6September 18
March 20October 2
April 3 October 16
April 17November 6
May 1November 20
May 15December 4
June 5December 18
Tuesday, June 20

Tuesday meetings occur after a holiday. Meetings begin at 4:00 p.m.  unless otherwise stated in a public notice.  

TIME:  4:00 p.m. work session (items not requiring vote)
                5:30 p.m. closed meeting (if any)
                6:30 p.m. business meeting 

RESOLUTION Establishing the Days, Times and Places of Regular Meetings of the Charlottesville City Council During Calendar Year 2023 (PDF)