[fullwidth backgroundcolor=”” backgroundimage=”” backgroundrepeat=”no-repeat” backgroundposition=”left top” backgroundattachment=”scroll” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” bordersize=”0px” bordercolor=”” borderstyle=”” paddingtop=”20px” paddingbottom=”20px” paddingleft=”0px” paddingright=”0px” menu_anchor=”” equal_height_columns=”no” hundred_percent=”no” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]

Town of Washington Government

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 November. 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. The mayor 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.

Emergency Info

Water and Sewer

Sewer Customers: If you notice sewage coming from your grinder pot and the alarm is not going off please check your circuit breaker for your pump and if it is in the off position please turn it to the on position and your pump should come on. If it does not come on please call ESS at their emergency number 540-825-6660. If you have a sewer emergency and your alarm is going off please turn it off using the toggle switch underneath the gray circuit box. The alarm light will still stay on. Please call ESS at 540-825-6660 to report your emergency. Please make sure you leave your name, telephone number, and street address. If you have a sewage leak in the line from the house to the grinder pot that leak is the home owner’s responsibility to have it repaired.

Please remember: Never put any of the following materials into sinks, toilets, or drains:

Glass, metal, wood, seafood shells, fish tank gravel or stones
Disposable wipes diapers, socks, rags, or cloth
Sanitary napkins or tampons
Egg shells or kitty litter
Plastic objects (toys, eating utensils, etc.)
Strong chemicals, toxic, caustic, or poisonous substances
Film developing chemicals
Degreasing solvents
Any explosive or flammable material
Gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil, paint thinner, or antifreeze
Cooking fat (lard, oil, or grease)

These materials may create unsafe conditions in your lines and grinder pump pot or may clog your home system as well. Repairs resulting from damages to the pump station due to improper use will be billed to the property owner.

Water Customers: If you have a water leak obviously coming from the meter box or in the street please call the Town during office hours to report your leak or call Country Water Systems at 540-825-2781 during non-business hours. If you have a leak in the water line coming from your home to meter box it is the home owner’s responsibly to have it repaired.[/fusion_text][section_separator divider_candy=”” icon=”” icon_color=”” bordersize=”1px” bordercolor=”” backgroundcolor=”” class=”” id=””][accordian class=”” id=””][toggle title=”TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS” open=”no”][one_half spacing=”yes” last=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” class=”” id=””]
Mayor – Fred Catlin
566 Mt. Salem Avenue
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-671-9894 (business cell)
Email: fred.catlin@washingtonva.gov

Vice Mayor– Mary Ann Kuhn
558 Gay Street
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-2020
E-Mail: maryann.kuhn@washingtonva.gov

Treasurer – Gail Swift
490 Mount Salem Ave
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-671-0944
Email: gail.swift@washingtonva.gov

[/one_half]
[one_half spacing=”yes” last=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” class=”” id=””]

Jean Goodine
Washington, VA 22747
E-Mail: jean.goodine@washingtonva.gov

Patrick O’Connell
17 Harris Hollow Road
P.O. Box 300
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3800
E-Mail: patrick.oconnell@washingtonva.gov

Brad Schneider
152 Piedmont Ave.
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3733
E-Mail: brad.schneider@washingtonva.gov

Joseph Whited
4 Skyline Lane
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 202-374-7215
Email: joe.whited@washingtonva.gov

[/one_half][/toggle]

[toggle title=”TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES” open=”no”]

[one_half spacing=”yes” last=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” class=”” id=””]

[/one_half]

[one_half spacing=”yes” last=”yes” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” class=”” id=””]

[/one_half]

[/one_half]
[/toggle]

[toggle title=”BOARDS & COMMISSIONS” open=”no”]

Butch Zindel, Chairman
311 Gay Street
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1190
butch.zindel@washingtonva.gov

George Eatman
589 Gay Street
P.O. Box 203
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3751
george.eatman@washingtonva.gov

Raym Crow, Secretary
195 Piedmont Ave.
P.O. Box 344
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-9917
raym.crow@washingtonva.gov

Robert Ballard
P.O. Box 412
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1113
robert.ballard@washingtonva.gov

Drew Mitchell
P.O. Box 412
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-1113
drew.mitchell@washingtonva.gov

Caroline Anstey, Chairman
510 Main Street
P.O. Box 403
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-692-5155
caroline.anstey@washingtonva.gov

Judy DeSarno
24 Harris Hollow Road
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-9913
judy.desarno@washingtonva.gov

Jeanne Kauffman
P.O. Box 218
Flint Hill, VA 22627
jeanne.kauffman@washingtonva.gov

Board of Zoning Appeals

Ray Gooch
132 Gay Street
P.O. Box 4
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 866-523-6353
rappray@gmail.com
[/one_half]
[/toggle]

[toggle title=”DEPARTMENTS” open=”no”]

Administrative
Barbara Batson
P.O. Box 7
567 Mt. Salem Ave.
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3128
Email: townofwashington@washingtonva.gov

Legal
John Bennett, Town Attorney
306 North West Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
Phone: 540-825-3838
Fax: 540-825-5696
Email: jcbe@msn.com

Treasurer
Gail Swift
490 Mount Salem Ave
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-671-0944
Email: gail.swift@washingtonva.gov

Water and Sewer
Barbara Batson
P.O. Box 7
567 Mt. Salem Ave
Washington, VA 22747
Phone: 540-675-3128
Email: townofwashington@washingtonva.gov

Zoning
John Bennett, Zoning Administrator
306 N. West Street
Culpeper, VA 22701
Phone: 540-825-3838
Email: jcbe@msn.com
[/toggle]

[toggle title=”TOWN ORDINANCES – Download PDF” open=”no”]

[/toggle][toggle title=”COMPREHENSIVE PLAN – Download PDF” open=”no”]

[/toggle][/accordian][/fullwidth]

Town of Washington Government

Emergency Info

Water and Sewer

TOWN NOTICES