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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1908 RESOLUTION NO. 1908 A RESOLUTION requesting the Kitsap County Auditor to call a special election to be held with the general election on November 3, 1981, for submission to the qualified voters of the City for approval or rejection of a proposed amendment to the Bremerton City Charter. WHEREAS, the Bremerton City Clerk has received petitions signed by qualified voters of the City of Bremerton equal to fifteen percent (15%) or more of the total number of votes cast in the City of Bremerton at the last preceding general state election, asking for the adoption of a specified charter amend- ment, a copy of which petition and proposed charter amendment is annexed to this Resolution; and WHEREAS, State law (RCW 35.22.126) requires that upon receiving such a qualified petition the amendment shall be sub- mitted to the voters at the next regular municipal election occurring thirty (30) days or more after the petition is filed with the City Clerk; and WHEREAS, State law (RCW 29.13.020) provides that upon a request in the form of a resolution by the City Council at leash forty-five (45) days prior to a proposed election date, the County Auditor may call a special election on a date which coincides with the general election; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, at its regular session that the Kitsap County Auditor be hereby requested to call a special election to be held at the next regular municipal election on November 3, 1981, for the submission of a proposed amendment to the Bremerton City Charter to qualified voters of the City of Bremerton for approval or rejection, a copy of which proposed charter amendment is annexed to this Resolution. 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. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authenti- cation of such passage this 15 day of September, 1981. Glenn K. Jarstad Mayor Attested by: KATHLEEN L. MANDIO City Clerk NOTE: 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 3, 1981. The proposed amendment to the charter is set forth below in quotes and shows hyphen marks through existing text which would be sticken by the amendment, underscoring of new text which'would be added by the amendment, and existing text which would not be changed by the amendment with neither underscoring nor hyphen marks. 1. Section 4 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "Powers - How Exercised: All powers of this city, uI~]ess otherwise provided in this Charter, shall be exercised by, through and under the direction of a mayor, who shall be the city administrator, and ~we eemm~ss~e~e~ nine council members who shall constitute the city council and be the legislative body of the city. The mayor~ eemm~ss~enef~ and council shall be subject to the control and direction of the people at all times by means of the initiative, referendum and recall provided for in this Charter." 2. Section 5 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "Officers - Election and Term of: The elective officers of this City shall be {eu~ ten in number: The Mayor, who shall be 6emm~ss~e~e~ e~ P~e Hee~h ~ S~{e~p7 ~ P~h~s~ng A~en~ elected by majority vote from the city at large, and nine members of the City Council, who shall be elected by maj~__rity vote from each of their respective districts. The districts shall be formed from voting precincts and shall be constituted as follows: District ~1 Precincts 052, 056, 058, 060; District #2 - Precincts 048,054,062; District ~3 - Precincts 040, 042, 044, 046, 050; District ~4 - Precir]cts 001, 003, 005, 007; District ~5 Precincts 009, 011, 019, 023; District #6 Precincts 013, 025,027,029; District #7 Precincts 015, 017, 021; District #8 - Precincts 031, 033, 039_;_ District #9 Precincts 034,037. No person shall be eligible for election to any of the offices herein set out unless he or ~D~ be a citizen of the United States and of the State of Washington and a qualified elector of Kitsap County for two years last past and a resident of Bremerton. Candidates for the City Council must also be residents of their respective districts. The terms of all elective officers shall commence on the first Monday 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 AMENDMENT TO BREMERTON CITY CHARTER members of the City Council elected pursuant to the 1981 amendment to this Charter shall commence on the first Monday in January, 1983, and shall be for a period of three years jnd until their successors are elected and have qualified. ~Be f~{6{ officers e~e~e~ he~e~e~ sha~ serve f~em the ~me e{ ~he4~ elec~iQ~ a~ g~al~ea~e~ a~ p~Qvi~e~ by law ~e~ ~he eh~a MQa~ay ~R Deeem~e~ ½94~7 end eB~&l ~he~ sMeee~sors awe e~ee~e~ a~d hage qua~i~&e~. General municipal elections shall be held every ~h~ee four years. The e~ee~&~e e~&ee~s mayor shall devote {he&~ 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. 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." 3. Section 6 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "Salaries: The annual salaries of the on8 ~he 6&{y 6~e~R Mayor and members of the City Council shall be fixed by the City 6emm&es&e~ers Council in accordance with state law." 4. The third sentence of Section 7 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "A vacancy occurring otherwise than by recall, or by resignation after recall petiition is filed, shall be filled by appointment by the ~eme~,~g 6omm4s~&ene~s City Council unless the unexpired term be two years or longer." 5. The last sentence of Section 7 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "In the event that there &~ are more than e~e ~eeeney four vacancies in the City Council, which ~s are required to be filled by an election, the Governor shall be requested to temporarily fill such vacancies from qualified electors residing within the City of Bremerton until there is a quorum in the City Council, at which time the City Council shall immediately call a special election to permanently fill such vacancies." 6. The heading of ARTICLE III of the charter shall be changed from "Council and Legislation" to "Legislation and Adm in istra tion" . 7. Section 8 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "Organization of Council and Election of Mayor: Each candidate for a pes&~&on es e~mm&s~&one{ an elective position shall file and be elected for one of the {h~ee ~epe~men~s nine AMENDMENT TO BREMERTON CITY CHARTER positions on the City Coucil or the position of Mayor. The City Council shall be the sole legislative body of the city. The ~_~or shall be the administrator of the city and shall be Ee~sponsible for the supervision, control and operation of all city departments and the office of the City Clerk, except as provided otherwise in t~is charter, and shall make all appointments of administrative, heads with confirmation City Council. ~he ~e{ss~ e~ee{e~ {emmi~ioner of ~nb~ic M~a~th a~ ga~e~y shall ~e {~e M~yor of the e~ty. Each ~emm~ss~o~e~ e~ h~ ewn ~epe~tment a~v eMeep~ as o~he~w~se here~n gha~l make all appointments Qg a~m~R~s~Fa~4ve hea~s without Reeess~y e~ eon~rmation by ~he e~he~ 8. Section 10 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "Voting Power: ~eh eommiBBie~ef sha~½ 5e entitle8 ~e ~ ~o~e7 ~ ~e Me~e~ ~ ~e~ h~e ~he ~we~ e~ ~e~o Each member of tile City Council shall be entitled to one vote. The Mayor shall not have a vote on the City Council regarding legislative matters~ but the May{jr shall have the power of veto~ however, the veto may be overridden,by the affirmative vote of six Inembers of the City Council." 9. The last sentence of Section 14 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "Such emergency ordinance or resolution may be enacted without previous filing, providing it contains a statement of its urgency, and shall require a unanimous vote of the eemm~Msie~e~s City Council." 10. Sections 19, 20 and 21 of the charter shall be changed by substituting the word "Mayor" for the words "Commissioner of Public Health and Safety" wherever they appear. 11. The second sentence of Section 22 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "The City Health Officer shall have control of the health department under the direction of the ~emm~ss~e~e~ Mayor." 12. The first sentence of Section 23 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "The 6ommi~e~e~ O~ P~enee MayoE shall have charge of the department of finance and shall be responsible for the custody of city funds and monies." AMENDMENT TO BREMERTON CITY CHARTER -3- 13. The last sentence of Section 23 of the charter shall be stricken as follows: "~g ~he d~M~½~{y e~ e~e~ee o~ ~he Maye~ he she½~ p~es~de at a~½ mee~ t~ ee~ es Maye- 14. The first sentence of Section 25 of the charter shall be changed by substitutiAg the words "City Treasurer" for the words "Commissioner of Finance as treasurer". 15. The last sentence of Section 25 of the charter shl~ll be changed by substituting the word "Mayor" for the word "Commissioner". 16. Sections 26 and 29 of the charter shall be changed by substituting the word "Mayor" for the words "Con-~issioner of Public Works and Utilities" wherever they appear. 17. ARTICLE VII of the charter shall be captioned "Office of City Clerk". 18. A new sentence shall be added to the beginning of Section 30 of the charter as follows: "The Mayor shall be charged with the administration of the office of City Clerk." 19. Section 30 of the charter shall be change<] by substituting the word "Mayor" for the words "Commissioner of Finance"; and by substituting the word "Mayor" for the word "Commissioner"; and by substituting the word "Council" for "CoF~ission". 20. The first sentence of the second paragraph of Section 30 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "The City Clerk shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to purchase all materials, supplies, equipment, and personal property of every kind for the support and maintenance of the different departments of the city government, including the ~e~men~s e{ eee~ e~ ~he eemm~s~e~e~s elective officers of the city, and the offices of all appointive officers of the city; and it shall be the duty of the head of each department, ef ~e eemm~ss~e~e~ ~n e~a~e {he~e~7 and all appointive officers of the city, to cause to be prepared estimates of the supplies required for the proper conduct and maintenance of their respective departments and offices covering periods to be fixed by the City Clerk, and to forward the same to the City Clerk in accordance with his or her directions, and no such authorities, officers, departments, eemm&~s~e~s elective officers of the AMENDMENT TO BREMERTON CITY CHARTER -4- city or any officer or employee thereof, shall have the authority to purchase any article for the use of said departments or office, and payments for all such supplies, material, equipment and personal property, shall be charged to the budget of each of such departments, securing such materials, supplies, equipment, or property in proportion to the amount received." 21. The first two sentences of Section 39 of the charter shall be changed to read as follows: "Classification of Service: 1. There shall be excepted from the operation of this article the following: Mayor, ~emm~e~e~ e~ ~fl~ee e~ Aee~ P~eHes~.~ Agen~ City Council members, City Attorney, Municipal Judge, Health Officer, and all non-salaried members of appointive boards and commissions. 2. There shall be included with the scope of this article, excepting as may be otherwise prohibited by State law, all other appointive officers, including the following: City Treasurer, City Clerk, City Engineer, Superintendent of Streets, Building Inspector, Superindendent of Garbage, Superintendent 6f Water, and all other directors or heads of departments or department subd iv is ions." 22. Section 44 of the charter shall be changed by sub- stituting the word "Mayor" for the words "Commissioner of Finance". AMENDMENT TO BREMERTON CITY CHARTER --5-