Guy King Tower

Guy King Tower

Virginia Beach City Council Member

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Official Biography

Council Member Tower was appointed to City Council in April 2019 and subsequently elected in November of that year. He is a retired lawyer, mediator, educator and association executive.

He is a founding member of The McCammon Group, the largest organization of its kind in Virginia, that provides mediation, arbitration and other private dispute resolution services. His previous positions include: executive director for the Virginia Bar Association; director of educational services for the Office of the Executive Secretary, Supreme Court of Virginia; shareholder and director at Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.; adjunct faculty at the College of William & Mary and Old Dominion University; partner and associate at Hunton & Williams, and; tax attorney for Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

He is a charter member of the African American Cultural Center of Virginia Beach; a member of the Virginia Bar Association Committee on Issues of National and State Importance, and; on the boards of the Virginia Beach Library Foundation, Virginia Opera, Fort Norfolk Retirement Community, Inc. (Harbor’s Edge) and Democratic Business Alliance of South Hampton Roads. Among his previous positions, Tower was vice-chair of the Virginia Beach Library Board; chair of the Old Dominion University School of Business Advisory Council and a member of the board of directors for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.

Tower earned a Bachelor of Psychology from the University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He and his wife, Winship C. Tower, have been married for nearly 40 years and have four children and seven grandchildren.

Yes Votes

No Votes

Abstain

Absent

L.6. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 4/18/2023

Item Description:

MICHAEL BIONDOLILLO/ HELEN A. LEWIS for a Conditional Use Permit re short term rental at 2113 Atlantic Avenue, Unit 2C DISTRICT 6 ( formerly District 6— Beach) RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL

Action:

Approved/Conditioned, By Consent

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.1. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE the City Manager to EXECUTE a Lease for City- Owned Property for up to five( 5) years at Virginia Beach Farmers Market with Flutterby Soap Company, LLC

Action:

ADOPTED

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.2. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Resolution to RENAME the Bayside Recreation Center as " The Louis R. Jones Bayside Recreation Center" (Requested by City Council)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.3. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Resolution to DIRECT the City Manager to develop a public input process re the City's Election System (Requested by Mayor Dyer)

Action:

ADOPTED

Vote:

7-4

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Wilson

No:

Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wooten

Abstain:

Absent:

I.4. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE a $50,000 Grant from the Tourism Investment Program (TIP) fund re The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Foundations, Inc (Requested by Council Members Berlucchi and Branch)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.5. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Resolution REGARDING Membership of the Virginia Beach Cannabis Advisory Task Force (Requested by Council Members Berlucchi and Tower)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.6. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE the 2023 orth Landing River / Albemarle Sound Estuarine Symposium (Requested by Council Member Henley)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.7. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE the City Manager to erect signs discouraging motorists from giving money to panhandlers (Requested by Council Member Wooten)

Action:

ADOPTED, AS AMENDED

Vote:

10-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

Tower

I.8. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to DECLARE and CONVEY approximately 2.25 acres of City Property located on Upton Drive to be EXCESS of the City needs and AUTHORIZE the City Manager to EXECUTE the documents necessary to complete the conveyance of the property near the intersection of Nimmo Parkway to Hospice House of Hampton Roads

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.9.a. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinances to DESIGNATE as EXEMPT re Local Property Taxes: The Princess Anne Crew Club Auxiliary

Action:

ADOPTED,BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.9.b. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinances to DESIGNATE as EXEMPT re Local Property Taxes: Little Christian Academy

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.9.c. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinances to DESIGNATE as EXEMPT re Local Property Taxes: Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association, Inc.

Action:

ADOPTED

Vote:

9-2

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Holcomb, Miles, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Henley, Moss

Abstain:

Absent:

Guy King Tower

Virginia Beach City Council Member

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Official Biography

Council Member Tower was appointed to City Council in April 2019 and subsequently elected in November of that year. He is a retired lawyer, mediator, educator and association executive.

He is a founding member of The McCammon Group, the largest organization of its kind in Virginia, that provides mediation, arbitration and other private dispute resolution services. His previous positions include: executive director for the Virginia Bar Association; director of educational services for the Office of the Executive Secretary, Supreme Court of Virginia; shareholder and director at Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.; adjunct faculty at the College of William & Mary and Old Dominion University; partner and associate at Hunton & Williams, and; tax attorney for Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

He is a charter member of the African American Cultural Center of Virginia Beach; a member of the Virginia Bar Association Committee on Issues of National and State Importance, and; on the boards of the Virginia Beach Library Foundation, Virginia Opera, Fort Norfolk Retirement Community, Inc. (Harbor’s Edge) and Democratic Business Alliance of South Hampton Roads. Among his previous positions, Tower was vice-chair of the Virginia Beach Library Board; chair of the Old Dominion University School of Business Advisory Council and a member of the board of directors for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.

Tower earned a Bachelor of Psychology from the University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He and his wife, Winship C. Tower, have been married for nearly 40 years and have four children and seven grandchildren.

Yes Votes

No Votes

Abstain

Absent

Voting Record by Agenda Item

L.6. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 4/18/2023

Item Description:

MICHAEL BIONDOLILLO/ HELEN A. LEWIS for a Conditional Use Permit re short term rental at 2113 Atlantic Avenue, Unit 2C DISTRICT 6 ( formerly District 6— Beach) RECOMMENDATION: APPROVAL

Action:

Approved/Conditioned, By Consent

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.1. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE the City Manager to EXECUTE a Lease for City- Owned Property for up to five( 5) years at Virginia Beach Farmers Market with Flutterby Soap Company, LLC

Action:

ADOPTED

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.2. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Resolution to RENAME the Bayside Recreation Center as " The Louis R. Jones Bayside Recreation Center" (Requested by City Council)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.3. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Resolution to DIRECT the City Manager to develop a public input process re the City's Election System (Requested by Mayor Dyer)

Action:

ADOPTED

Vote:

7-4

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Wilson

No:

Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wooten

Abstain:

Absent:

I.4. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE a $50,000 Grant from the Tourism Investment Program (TIP) fund re The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Foundations, Inc (Requested by Council Members Berlucchi and Branch)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.5. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Resolution REGARDING Membership of the Virginia Beach Cannabis Advisory Task Force (Requested by Council Members Berlucchi and Tower)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.6. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE the 2023 orth Landing River / Albemarle Sound Estuarine Symposium (Requested by Council Member Henley)

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.7. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinance to AUTHORIZE the City Manager to erect signs discouraging motorists from giving money to panhandlers (Requested by Council Member Wooten)

Action:

ADOPTED, AS AMENDED

Vote:

10-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

Tower

I.8. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.9.a. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinances to DESIGNATE as EXEMPT re Local Property Taxes: The Princess Anne Crew Club Auxiliary

Action:

ADOPTED,BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.9.b. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinances to DESIGNATE as EXEMPT re Local Property Taxes: Little Christian Academy

Action:

ADOPTED, BY CONSENT

Vote:

11-0

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Henley, Holcomb, Miles, Moss, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Abstain:

Absent:

I.9.c. – Virginia Beach City Council Meeting – 12/13/2022

Item Description:

Ordinances to DESIGNATE as EXEMPT re Local Property Taxes: Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association, Inc.

Action:

ADOPTED

Vote:

9-2

Yes:

Berlucchi, Branch, Dyer, Holcomb, Miles, A. Rouse, Tower, Wilson, Wooten

No:

Henley, Moss

Abstain:

Absent: