City seeking applicants for Human Rights Commission

Charlottesville City Council agreed to fund two new positions this year in the Office of Human Rights with $101,233 set aside for an investigator and $79,845 for someone to do administrative support. That makes for a total of four full-time equivalents to an entity that reports to the City Manager’s office. 

The budget assigned to the Human Rights Commission has grown from $184,470 in FY2020 to $487,553 in the current fiscal year. 

With that in mind, there are currently four vacancies on the Human Rights Commission and the city is looking for people to apply. 

According to the press release, the primary purpose of the HRC is to make recommendations to Council. 

“The HRC used its public platform to host discussions on topics ranging from state-level legislation affecting housing affordability to the recent proposed expansion of emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness,” reads the release. “Following the appointment of new Commissioners this December, the HRC will meet to develop its priorities for the next year.” 

Would-be applicants have until December 8 to apply. Here’s the application.

There are also vacancies on the following groups:

• Four positions on the Board of Architectural Review with each reserved to represent a specific constituency (learn more)
• Three full-time members and one alternate for the Board of Zoning Appeals (learn more)
• Three members of the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund Committee, all of whom must be beneficiaries of affordable housing funding. There’s a fourth position as well for an at-large resident (learn more)
• There are three vacancies on the Charlottesville Historic Resources Committee (learn more)
• There’s one vacancy on the Planning Commission that has been unfilled since a resignation in June. Council has had applicants but has not been satisfied with them. Maybe it’s you? (learn more)

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