Town of Washington, Virginia Post Office Town Hall

 

The Town of Washington, Virginia, officially established by the Virginia Assembly in 1796, is the county seat for Rappahannock County, some 67 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. On the second Monday of every month, a group of seven elected town residents who make up the Washington Town Council, meets in the historic Town Hall, circa 1857, to hold a town council meeting. Residents and visitors are welcome to attend.

The Town Council governs the town. It is composed of five council members, a mayor and a treasurer, all of whom serve four-year terms. Election for the council members, treasurer and mayor is held on the first Tuesday in May. In its capacity as the legislative authority for the town, the council deliberates and votes on legislation, town programs, budgets and approves funding for town services.

The mayor, as chief executive officer of the town, presides over the monthly meetings of the Town Council and votes as a member of the council, but has no veto power. He is the head of the town government for all of its ceremonial purposes. The Town Council, by a majority of its members, elects a vice mayor from its membership to serve a four-year term. The vice mayor serves in the absence of or during the disability of the mayor. The Town Council also appoints a town attorney.

In the 1950s, the Washington Town Council made national news when the town elected an all-women Town Council, mayor and treasurer.

 

Town Council Members

Mayor - John Fox Sullivan
P.O. Box 518
260 Porter Street
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3343
E-Mail - John Fox Sullivan

Vice Mayor -Gary Schwartz  
35 Piedmont Avenue
P.O. Box 427
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-878-7113
E-Mail: Gary Schwartz

Treasurer - Jerry Goebel
28 Harris Hollow Road
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-2032
E-Mail: Jerry Goebel

Alice Butler
7 Skyline Lane
P.O. Box 381
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1731

Mary Ann Kuhn
176 Main Street
P. O. Box 8
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-2020
Fax: 540-675-1050
E-Mail: Mary Ann Kuhn

Patrick O'Connell
17 Harris Hollow Road
P.O. Box 300
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3800
Fax: 540-675-3100
E-Mail: Patrick O'Connell

Daniel Spethman
481 Mt. Salem Avenue
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1006
E-Mail: Daniel Spethmann

 

Town Council Minutes

Boards & Commissions

Architectural Review Board

Kevin Adams, Chairman
160 Gay Street
P.O. Box 237
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-316-9220
E-Mail: Kevin Adams

Ernesto Flores
261 Main Street
P.O. Box 184
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540- 675-3090
E-Mail: Ernesto Flores

Michelle Schwartz
35 Piedmont Avenue
P.O. Box 427
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-622-4701
E-Mail: Michelle Schwartz

Beverly Sullivan
260 Porter Street
P.O. Box 518
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3343
E-Mail: Beverly Sullivan

Susan Stoltzman
481 Mount Salem Avenue
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1006
E-Mail: Susan Stoltzman

Planning Commission


Gary Schwartz, Chairman
35 Piedmont Avenue
P.O. Box 427
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-878-7113
E-Mail: Gary Schwartz

Katharine Leggett Miller
558 Gay Street
P.O. Box 337
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3395
E-Mail:
Katharine Leggett Miller

Bradley Schneider
152 Piedmont Avenue
P.O. Box 488
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3733
E-Mail: Bradley Schneider

Daniel Spethmann
481 Mount Salem Avenue
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1006
E-Mail: Daniel Spethmann

Nevill Turner
195 Piedmont Avenue
P.O. Box 511
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1935
E-Mail: Nevill Turner

Board of Zoning Appeals

Jay Brown, Chairman
160 Gay Street
P.O. Box 237
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-316-9229
E-Mail: Jay Brown

George Eatman
598 Gay Street
P.O. Box 203
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3751
E-Mail: George Eatman

Ray Gooch
4 Skyline Lane
P.O. Box 4
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 866-523-6353
E-Mail: Ray Gooch

Bradley Schneider
152 Piedmont Avenue
P.O. Box 488
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3733
E-Mail: Bradley Schneider

Clare Turner
195 Piedmont Avenue
P.O. Box 511
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1935
E-Mail: Clare Turner

Departments

Administrative
Laura Dodd
P.O. Box 7
485 Gay Street
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3128
Fax: 540-675-1742
E-Mail: Laura Dodd

Legal
Town Attorney - John Bennett
306 North West Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
Phone: 540-825-3838
Fax: 540-825-5696
E-Mail: John Bennett

Treasurer
Jerry Goebel
28 Harris Hollow Road
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-2032
E-Mail: Jerry Goebel

Water and Sewer
Laura Dodd
P.O. Box 7
485 Gay Street
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3128
Fax: 540-675-1742
E-Mail: Laura Dodd

Zoning
John W. McCarthy, Town Zoning Administrator
290 Gay Street
P.O. Box 519
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: (540)675-5330
Fax: (540)675-5331
E-Mail: John McCarthy

 

Town Ordinances

Town Ordinances

Comprehensive Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Town information
Town Hall


Town Hall, circa 1857, was built as a Presbyterian Church.

The Washington Town Council continued its May 13 meeting to Tuesday, June 4 at 7 p.m., for a work session with the Planning Commission, Town Attorney John Bennett and Town Zoning Administrator John McCarthy to consider possible amendments to the Zoning Ordinance definition of a bed and breakfast. The meeting is in the Town Hall on Gay Street.
 

The Washington Town Council meets on the second Monday of every month at 7 p.m., in the Town Hall, 485 Gay Street.

The Planning Commission meets the fourth Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall.

The Architectural Review Board (ARB) meets the second Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall.