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Paige Rice, who has played a larger role for Charlottesville City Council as its chief of staff amid discussions of changing the city's form of government, tendered her resignation Wednesday, according to a city news release. Her last day is Sept. 21.

According to the city, Rice joined as clerk of council in 2010. She has since “led the Council Office as it has taken on additional responsibilities in response to the needs of our community, including the recent expansion of the office to include Council personnel focusing on outreach as well as research and policy.”

Rice saw a pay increase from $72,842 a year as clerk of council in 2017 to $98,328 as chief of staff, according to city spokesman Brian Wheeler.

Additionally, Rice would have overseen two new positions that were approved in the fiscal year 2019 budget: a community relations manager and a policy/research analyst. Like Rice, these positions will directly serve the council.

“Some of the councilors needed a name change for the position,” Mayor Nikuyah Walker said Wednesday. “Not much about the positions changed outside of supervising the new positions.”