HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986 RESOLUTION NO. 1986
A RESOLUTION setting forth amendments to
Article II, § 5 for submission to the
qualified voters of the City for approval and
ratification or rejection at the general
election to be on November 8, 1983.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BREMERTON at its regular session that at a public election to be
held on the 8th day of November, 1983, there shall be submitted
to the qualified voters of the City for approval and ratification
or rejection amendments to the Charter of the City of Bremerton
as set forth in the following proposition:
ARTICLE II, ELECTIVE OFFICERS
SECTION 5 - Officers - Election and Term of: The elective
officers of this City shall be ten in number: The Mayor, who
shall be elected by majority vote from the City at large, and
nine members of the City Council, who shall be elected by
majority vote from each of their respective districts.
The districts shall be formed by ordinance and they shall be as
equal as possible in population size. Said district lines shall
be adjusted~.from time to time by the City Council to compensate
for population shifts and/or changes in the size of the City.
Be eens~u~e~ as ~e~ews~ B~s~e~ ~ P~ee~e~s 85~7 8567
88~7 8857 88~T B~s~e~ ~ - P~ee~ne~s 8897
B~s~e~ ~6 - P~ee~ne~s 8½87 8~57 e~7 ~gT a~s~e~ ~ -
B&s~e~ ~9 P~e~e~s ca47 es~=. No person shall be
eligible for election to any of the offices herein set out unless
he or she be a citizen of the United States and of the State of
Washington and a qualified elector of Kitsap County for {e~ ~we
yee~s ½es~ pes~ and a resident of Bremerton. Candidates for
the City Council must also be residents of their respective
districts at the time of filing. Council members are required
to reside continuously within their district during their
elective term. The terms of all elective officers shall commence
on the first day Mem~ay in January following their election
and shall be for a period of four years and until their
successors are elected and have qualified; provided, that the
first terms of the Mayor and nine members of the City Council
elected pursuant to the 1981 amendment to this Charter shall
commence on the first day Medley in January, 1983, and shall
be for a period of three years and until their successors are
elected and have qualified; provided, that in the 1985 election
the four Council members representing Districts 2, 4, 6 and 8
shall be elected for a term of two years. The remaininq five
Council members representing Districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, shall be
elected for a four-year term. From the 1987 election forward,
municipal elections shall be held every two years, and all
Council members shall be elected for four-year terms. -Genera½
m~n~e~a~ e~ee~ens she~ Be he½~ every ~e~r years=. The Mayor
shall devote his or her entire time during business hours to the
service of the City and shall not hold any other public office
except notary public. Within the first ninety days of each year,
the Council members shall, by majority vote, designate one of
their number, or any qualified registered voter of the City of
Bremerton, as Mayor Pro Tempore to serve in the absence or
disability of the Mayor. The Mayor Pro Tempore shall hold office
at the pleasure of the Council, and perform all the duties of the
Mayor, except that the Mayor Pro Tempore may only remove
department heads of the City of Bremerton after the Mayor has
been absent from his position as Mayor for thirty consecutive
days, in which event the Mayor Pro Tempore may remove department
heads of the City of Bremerton with the approval of the Council.
The members of the City Council need not devote their entire
business time to service of the City but shall meet regularly at
least once each week.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton
this 14 day of September, 1983.
BILL AMO
E.L. STURDIVANT
ROY T. MOSELY
JIM ADRIAN
CLYDE PACHEK
ART ANDERSON
PHIL DROUIN
SPENCER HORNING
RUSS JOHNSON
MORRIE DAWKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MCCLUSKEY
City Clerk
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