15.2-610 - Tenure of office; removal. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-610. Tenure of office; removal.

The county manager shall not be appointed for a definite tenure, but may beremoved at the pleasure of the board. If the board determines to remove thecounty manager, he shall be given, if he so demands, a written statement ofthe reasons alleged for the proposed removal and the right to a hearingthereon at a public meeting of the board prior to the date on which his finalremoval takes effect. Pending and during such hearing, the board may suspendhim from the office, provided that the period of suspension is limited tothirty days. The board's action in suspending or removing the county managershall not be subject to review.

(Code 1950, § 15-312; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-632; 1997, c. 587.)