Director.

Richmond, Va., City Code § 2-579

in effect

Sec. 2-579. - Director. (a) Qualifications. The head of the Department of Social Services shall be the Director of Social Services. The Director shall be a person trained and experienced in social services administration. (b) Powers and duties. The Director of Social Services shall have, subject to the laws of the Commonwealth relating to public assistance, general management and control of the several bureaus, divisions and other units of the Department, including the appointment and removal, subject to applicable personnel policies established by ordinance, of all officers and employees of the Department and the making of rules and regulations, consistent with the Charter and the ordinances of the City, for the conduct of its business. In addition to the functions, powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the Department of Social Services by general laws of the Commonwealth, particularly included in Code of Virginia, Title 63.2 (Code of Virginia, § 63.2-100 et seq.), the Director of Social Services, except as otherwise provided in this Code, or in general or special law of the Commonwealth, shall have the general management, and control of the administration and enforcement of the functions and responsibilities set out in this division. (c) Designation as Social Services Board. The Director of Social Services, pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 63.2-304, is designated as and shall constitute the City's Social Services Board, and the Director is authorized to exercise all the rights and powers set out in Code of Virginia, § 63.2-304. (d) Certain reports dispensed with. The Director of Social Services shall dispense with furnishing to the City Council the reports provided for by Code of Virginia, § 63.2-315 until such time as the City Council shall require that furnishing such reports is to be resumed. (Code 1993, §§ 2-219, 2-220, 24-1, 24-2; Code 2004, § 2-603; Code 2015, § 2-570; Code 2020, § 2-570)

Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICICO_CH2AD_ARTIVDE_DIV14DESOSE_S2-579DIFetched: 11/8/2026