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election of fifteen (15) Freeholders of the City of
Bremerton for the purpose of altering, revising, adding to,
or repealing the existing City Charter for the City of
Bremerton, and providing for an effective date.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1: PURPOSE: To provide for the qualification, declaration,
and election of fifteen (15) Freeholders to a Board of Freeholders
in accordance with RCW 35.22.050, and RCW 35.22.140, for the purpose
of altering, revising, adding to, or repealing the existing charter
of the City of Bremerton.
SECTION 2: FREEHOLDERS' QUALIFICATIONS' In order to be qualified as a free-
holder for election to the Board of Freeholders, a person must:
1. Be a qualified elector of the City of Bremerton.
2. Have been a resident of the City of Bremerton at least two (2)
years prior to the date of his or her election.
SECTION 3: FREEHOLDERS--NUMBER TO BE ELECTED. There shall be fifteen (15)
Freeholders elected to the Board of Freeholders.
SECTION 4: FREEHOLDERS--ORDER ON BALLOT: The names of those persons seeking
election to the Board of Freeholders shall be listed on the ballot in the
order of their filing.
SECTION 5: FILING--PERIOD FOR DECLARING CANDIDACY: Filing shall take place
in the office of the City Clerk from the sixth Monday preceding the election
through to the next succeeding Friday, a period of five (5) days, during the
regular office hours of the City Clerk.
SECTION 6: FILING FEE~ The~e shal~ be no filing fee.
SECTION 7: FREEHOLDERS-COMPENSATION/EXPENSES. Freeholders shall receive
no compensation during the period of their office. Reasonable expenses of
the Board of Freeholders will be paid by the City of Bremerton.
SECTION 8: FREEHOLDERS-ELECTION: The fifteen (15) candidates receiving
the highest vote total shall be elected to the Board of Freeholders.
SECTION 9: FREEHOLDERS-VOTE. Each elector may vote for up to fifteen (15)
Freeholders on his or her individual ballot.
SECTION 10: NOTICE: The City Clerk is directed to publish in the city-wide
newspaper of daily circulation, at least ten (10) days before the date set
for the election, the object of the election in the following form:
On Tuesday, May 18, 1987 there shall be called a special
election co submit to the voters of the City of Bremerton
a proposal to create a Board of Freeholders for the purpose
of altering, revising, adding to, or repealing the existing
charter of the City of Bremerton, which will be voted upon
by the electors of the City of Bremerton.
SECTIOM 10, continued
The following is a list of candidates to be voted
upon:
SECTION 11: SAVINGS. If any section, provision, or part
thereof of this Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid
or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not effect the
validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof
not adjudged unconstitutional.
SECTION 12: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be an
effective date thirty (30) days after publication and after
two (2) readings at City Council.
APPROVED by the City Commissioners on the first readings
this .~ day of February 1982.
PASSED by the City Commissioners of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this~n,.~__~day of March, 1982.
GENE NELSON /
Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MANDIO
City Clerk
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