HomeMy WebLinkAbout2049 RESOLUTION NO. 2049
A RESOLUTION setting forth an amendment to Article
III, 48; Article IV, §19, §20, 421, §22; Article V,
§23, §24, 425,; Article VI, §26, §27, §28, 429;
and Article XVII, 462 for submission to the voters of the
City for approval and ratification or rejection at the
general election to be held on November 6, 1984.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON
at its regular session, that at the general election to be held
on November 6, 1984, there shall be submitted proposed amendments
to the Bremerton City Charter to qualified voters of the City of
Bremerton for approval or rejection as hereinafter set forth; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall cause the
verbatim proposed Charter amendment to be published at least once
a week for four (4) weeks next preceding the election in the
official newspaper of the City of Bremerton.
N 0 T E: All references to "the Charter" refer to the
Charter of the City of Bremerton as it exists on the date of the
general election on November 6, 1984. The proposed amendment to
the Charter is set forth below and shows hyphen marks through
existing text which would be stricken by the amendment,
underscoring of new text which would be added by the amendment
and neither underscoring nor hyphen marks of existing text which
would not be changed by the amendment.
ARTICLE III
Legislation and Administration
SECTION 8: 8~en~a~en e~ ee~ne~ an~ B~ee~en e~ Maye~
-Baeh ean~a~e ~e~ an e~ee~ve ~es~en sha~ ~e
e~ee~e~ ~e~ e~e e~ ~he ~ne ~es~ees e~ ~he 6~y ~e~ee~ e~ ~he
~es~en e~ Maye~ ~he 6~y 6e~ee~ sha~ Be ~he sere
~e~s~a~e ~e~y e~ ~he e~y?
edm~n~s~a~e~' e~ ~he 6~y an~ she~ Be ~espens~B~e ~e~ ~he
~h~s 6ha~e~7 amet she~ make e½~ e~pe~n~men~s
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Organization of City Functions and Appointment of
Officers and Employees - The functions of City government
required by this Charter or by the City Council shall be
organized into such directorates, departments and divisions.as
provided by ordinance. The Mayor shall be responsible for the
supervision, control and operation of all City directorates,
departments and divisions. The Mayor shall make appointments of
all administrative heads. Confirmation by the City Council of
appointments of administrative heads shall be required only when
the Council by ordinance or the Charter expressly provides for
confirmation of such appointments.
ARTICLE IV
~epa~ment e~ Public Health and Safety
SECTION 19: The Bepa~ment e~ P~b½~e Hea½t½ end
s½a}} ~ne}~ee t½e The City shall have a Police Department
and a Fire Department and Health Department. The Mayor shall
appoint the Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department
with confirmation by Council. ~he Mayer s~a~ ~ew~se
the Pa~ Beard7 the B½~a~y Bea~ en~ ~he e~y
6emm~ss~en w~th ~he eensent e~ the 6~ty 6e~ne~ and the M~n~e~a~
aerie. The Mayor shall make certain that the Constitution and
Laws of the State, this Charter and all ordinances of the City,
are enforced within the City and its jurisdiction. He shall take
all proper measures for the preservation of public peace and
order and suppression of all riots and tumults. He shall have
the power and it shall be his duty to prescribe reasonable rules
and regulations for the discipline and uniform of the police and
fire departments and as to the general policy to be followed in
the direction thereof, and from time to time to alter and repeal
the same'. He shall cooperate with all other law-enforcing
officers and agencies; an8 sha}~ a~ ½east enee eaeh
~epePt ~e~}y ~n w~{t{n~ te the eeene{} t½e eena~en;
an~ neeas e{ ½{s
SECTION 20: The Chief of Police shall be the head of the
police force of the City, and all police officers shall be under
his immediate direction and command. All police officers shall
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be considered deputies of the said Chief of Police and shall have
like powers and duties with the Chief in regard to the execution
and service of process and arresting offenders with or without
warrants. The Chief of Police must execute all process issued by
the Pe~ee ~s~½ee Municipal Judge or any committing
magistrate of the City. He shall make arrests for breach of the
peace, for commission of crime or misdemeanor, with or without
warrant, as a peace officer may do under the Laws of the State of
Washington; he shall exercise.vigilant control over the peace and
quiet of the City and shall have supervision over the City jail.
He shall keep a correct record of all arrests made by the police
department, showing the time when and the cause of complaint upon
which such arrest was madeT and she½½ su~m½~ a w~t~e~ ~epe~
et ½east e~ee eeeh me~th te the Mayor. The said Chief of
Police shall perform other duties and have such other powers as
shall be provided by ordinance.
SECTION 21: The Fire Chief shall be fire marshal of the
City and shall have immediate control and management of all fire
engines and fire apparatus belonging to the City, and all members
of the Fire department shall be under his immediate control and
command. He she½~ su~m~ e w~e~ repeTt te the Mayor at
~eest enee e menthT a s~a~ement e~ the eend~t~ensT activities and
needs e~ t½e ~,~e 8epe~ment. He shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as the Council may by ordinance
provide.
SECTION 22: The City shall have a Health Officer who shall
be a doctor of medicine duly licensed in the State of
WashingtonY o__r ~½e e&ty Hea½~½ 8~ee~ s½a~ have eent~e½
e~ ~he hee~h depa~me~ ~de~ the d~ee~en e~ ~he Meye~
· the City may enter into contracts with any adjoining political
sub-division of the State in the formation of and in the support
of a district health department.
ARTICLE V
Deparment of Finance
SECTION 23:
a. The Mayor shall have eha~e e, the depar~men~ e~
~&nanee and sha~ be responsible for the custody of City funds
and monies. He shall be eM e~e~e ~eee~e~ e~ the ~y~ he
e~a~ ~eep ~e~ aeee~n~s an~ me~e s~eh ~epe~s an~ ~e~e~m e~eh
e~he~ ~es as are p~ese~e~ by ~h~e eha~e~ e~ by e~nanee=
He sha~½ ~ee~na~e ene e~ h~e assistants as eh~e~ aee~e~an~
as e~y ~eae~e~? He eha~ have chaplet e~pe~v~e~en an~ een~e~
e~ a~½ ~e~e? ~ee~e~ w½a~vee an~ mMn~e~pa~ b~n~s an~ e~
men~e~pa~y ewne~ cemeteries= maintain or cause to be
maintained all records and reports required by ordinance, state
and federal law.
b. There shall be an Auditing Committee comprised of
the Mayor, two City Council members to be designated by the City
Council, the City Attorney, and an independent consultant, who
shall be selected by the other four members of the Auditing
Committee. -The Auditing Committee shall appoint a City Auditor
who shall s~erve at the pleasure of the Committee. The City
Auditor shall only be removed. by the majority vote of the entire
membership of the Committee sitting as a whole.
SECTION 24: All revenues accruing to or belonging to the
City shall be under the control of the Council and shall be paid
out as authorized by this Charter, or by ordinance, by warrants
on the ~eeeu~e~ City, drawn by the Clerk and signed by the
Mayor. No warrants for the payment of money shall be drawn
against any of the funds of the City until there shall be monies
sufficient to the credit of such fund to pay the same, together
with warrants outstanding against said fund; provided, the City
may, for the purpose of paying current running expenses of any
fiscal year, provide by ordinance that General Fund warrants may
be drawn in payment thereof to any amount not exceeding eighty
percent of the uncollected revenues anticipated in the budget
adopted for the fiscal year in which said warrants are issued,
and if said warrants are not paid upon presentment they shall be
stamped by ~½e e,ey ~eas~re~ with the date of presentment,
with the notation "Not paid for lack of funds," and thereafter
said warrants shall bear interest at the rate of such percent per
annum as the market requires.
SBe~eN ~5~ ~he e~y ~eas~e~ s½a½½ ~eee~ve a~ men~es
~e and be~en~n~ ~e ~he e~y7 and a~ ~e~ ~n~s he~d ~y ~e
e~y7 end sha~ kee~ an aee~e~e de~e~ed aeeoMn~ e~ ~he same
s~e½ manner as ~o s½ew ~e eMae~ ~nane~o~ eos~en o~
Be s½a~ me~e a eomp}e~e ½~em{ie~ ~epeT~ ~e ~e Seine&} ne~
~han ~he }~eh ~ay e~ ~he men~h ~e~}ew~n~ a}} men~es Peee~ve~ and
pa~d ou~ by h{m ~&n~ ~he p~eeed~n~ moseS= Sa{~ ~eas~=e~
~ve ~o ~½e e}e~ a da~y s~a~emen~ e~ ban~ be}asses7 o~ e~y
monies an~ s~ men~es en ½end= He sha~} no~ }oan any e~
~unda e~ e~he~w~se t~spose o{ ~½e same? e~eep~ ~s aeeePdanee
}aw= He she}} The City shall keep all funds en~
~espons&b~e ~½e~e~o~ and shall deposit the same in one or more
banks of the City of Bremerton subject to the Laws of the State
of Washington and any rules and regulations which the Council may
prescribe. {mme~{a~e~y s~e~ ~he ann~a~ ~aM }evy7 ~he
· ~easu~e~ s½a]:½ open end keep se~a~a~e end d~s~ne~7 seeaunts
w~h eae½ spee~a~ ~nd me~e neeessa~y by ~ew and sha~
s~e½ ~nds w~½ ~axes ee~ee~ed; and ~he same s½a~ ~ema~n
e~ed½~e~ an~ she½~ he ~a~ e~ en½y ~n ~he ~aymen~ e~
spee~a~ ~ax e~ e~he~w~se ~oz a speeds½ p~pesey s½a~½ be ~se~
~he~ p~pese and ~e~ ne e~he~v and ne ~nds sha½~ be d~ve~ed
~zem ~he [9~]~pese ~o~ which ½~ was e~Q~no~]cy assessed~ ee~ee~ed
e~ vexed by ~he ~eep~e w+~hee~ ~he )~epes~en ~he~e~e~
s~bm~ed ~o e vo~e od ~he ~ee~e end a~%he~led by a~ ~eas~
-ma~e~+~y ve~e a~ e+~he~ a spee+e~ e~ ~ene~a~ e~ee~½en=
· ~eas~]."e~y apleo~n~d by ~he MayeFT sha~½ ~ve s~eh bond as
~equ~zed by ~he eoune{~=
ARTICLE VI
8epe~mene e~ Public Works and Utilities
SECTION 26: The Mayor shall be charged with the
adm{n{s~a~on o~ ~he Bepa~men~ supervision and control of
Public works and Utilities, which s~a}} includes ~e
Engineering Bepa=~men~, Street and Sewers Be~e~men~, the
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Municipal Water SystemT ~ty Bu~d~n~ ~nspeetor, Building
Code Compliance and any other utilities owned or acquired by the
City. He sha~½ appoint n ~ty Bn~neerT Superintendent
StreetaT Superintendent e~ WarefT and Building ~nspee~erT
wb~e½ e~,ee there may be ether ,nspeetersT ~he Mayer sha½~ have
superv,s½en and eentre~ e~ a~ streetsT pub~e wer~sT
er ded~outed te pebble uaeT on~ e~ ~he mun~e~pe~ water systemT
and any ether ut~½½t~es ewne~ er ae~u~re~ by the
reee~n½~ed ab,~½ty and e~per,eneer He s½a~ bave'superv,s,on and
ebar~e e~ u~ en~neer~n~ and aurvey~n~ tabu,red ~n the
preseeut~en e, ½eea½ ,mprevemente and sba~½ de and perform
other wor~ that may be re~u~red e~ ~½m by the 8oune~T
~he see perta,ns to the department o~ to any o~he~ department
~he ~ty7 Be eha~ have peeaeae~en e~ an~ ~eep a~ mapsT s~rveya
a~ sireeta and pub~e p~aees on ~e ~n the 8,~y En~neerAs
e,~,ee ~n the e½ty Hu~ fe~ pub~,e reVerenee7
Water sba½½ be eha~ed w,th the eentro~ an~ epera~,en e~
mMn~e,pa~ woter
SEe~,eN ea? ~he e,~y Bu,½d,n~ tnspeete~ sha~ be ehar~e~
w~h ~he ~ssuanee and ~rant~n~ e~ permits perta~n~n~ te the
There she~ be appointed by the Mayo~ sueh othe~ ~nspeetors7
ARTICLE XVII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 62: Wbeneve~ by ~be p~ov,e~ens o~ eh~s
du~es and ~unet~ona performed by7 through or under the
superv,s,on e~ nny depnr~mentT bear~ er e~,ee have been
~rans~e~ed ~e same ether department7 board or e~,eeT the
emp~eyees en~a~ed &n the pe~ormanee e~ sueh dut,es and
at the t~me th~a ehar~er sha~ ~e ~nto e~eetT sha~ be
~ans~erred aeeofd,n~y and be deemed te have been
e~pe~n~e~ ~e ~½e ~espee~ve pes~ens ~nve½ved ~n ~½e pe~e~manee
e~ s~e~ d~e~es end ~ne~ens7 ~n~ ~emeve~ e½e~e~em ~n
eeee~denee w&~½ ~he p~ev½s~ens e~ ~h~s ~½a~e~v The ~ayor
shall appoint the Park Board~ the Library Board, the City
Planning Co~ission and the ~unicipal Judqe with confirmation by
the City Council.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 12th
day of September , 1984.
BILL AMO
W.L. STURDIVANT
ROY T. MOSELY
JIM ADRIAN
CLYDE PACHEK
ART ANDERSON
PHIL DROUIN
SPENCER HORNING
RUSS JOHNSON
MORRIE DAWKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, Clerk