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Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Virginia
Official City Record
Official source, last checked Sep 27, 2026- City Council meets
- Second and fourth Tuesday of each month (work session at 5:00 p.m., public meeting at 7:00 p.m.).
- Meeting location
- City Council Chamber, 6th Floor, City Hall, 801 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704.
- Clerk of Council · Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Clerk of Council (council agendas, minutes, ordinances): Debra Y. White, CMC/AAE, City Clerk · Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 6th Floor, 801 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704-3822 · 757-393-8639. Clerk of the Circuit Court (deeds, wills, court records): Cynthia P. Morrison · P.O. Box 1217 / 1345 Court St., Portsmouth, VA 23705 · 757-393-8671 · cmorrison@vacourts.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.portsmouthva.gov/129/Agendas-Minutes
- City Manager · Mayor
- Steven Carter, City Manager · City Manager's Office, City Hall, 6th Floor, 801 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704 · 757-393-8641. Mayor: Shannon E. Glover · Office of the Mayor, City Hall, 6th Floor, 801 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Portsmouth City Public Schools · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only