Chapter 1.08
CLASSIFICATION OF CITY
Sections:
1.08.010 Noncharter code city classification adopted.
1.08.030 City council positions.
1.08.040 Existing ordinances, resolutions and orders.
1.08.010 Noncharter code city classification adopted.*
There is adopted for the city the classification of noncharter code city, retaining the mayor-council plan of government under which the city is operated as of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, as provided in Chapter 35A.12 RCW, endowed with all the applicable rights, powers, privileges, duties and obligations of a noncharter code city as the same exist as of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter or as may be provided thereafter, including any and all supplements, amendments or other modifications of Chapter 35A.12 RCW enacted thereafter. (Ord. 1567 § 1, 1980; prior code § 1-4001)
* Editor’s note: In November of 1981 the city adopted the city council-manager form of government.
1.08.020 Effective date.
The city clerk is authorized and directed to forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of the ordinance codified in this chapter for filing pursuant to RCW 35A.02.040, as amended, on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. Upon such filing the city shall thereafter be classified as a noncharter code city as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 1567 § 2, 1980; prior code § 1-4002)
1.08.030 City council positions.
The city councilmen existing as of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall continue to hold office for the balance of the terms for which they were elected, and upon expiration of those terms their successors are to be elected and qualified at the next biennial municipal election, to be conducted as provided in Chapter 35A.29 RCW. The positions for ward and for the at-large position shall be deemed and dealt with as separate offices for all election purposes, and are numbered as follows:
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Ward 1, Positions 1 and 2 |
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Ward 2, Positions 3 and 4 |
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Ward 3, Positions 5 and 6 |
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At-Large, Position 7 |
The terms for each position within each ward shall be staggered as required by law. Consistent with the provisions of the ordinance codified in this section, the offices of councilmember position Nos. 1, 3 and 5 will be filled at the 2011 general municipal election of four-year terms of office; councilmember positions 2, 4 and 6 will be filled at the 2009 general municipal election; position 7, councilmember-at-large, will be filled at the 2009 general municipal election for a four-year term of office. Thereafter the requisite number of city council positions shall be filled by election biennially as the terms of their predecessors expire and shall serve for terms of four years, unless any of those positions are determined to be vacant, then they shall be filled as provided by law. (Ord. 2734 § 2, 2009; Ord. 2732 § 5, 2009; Ord. 1567 § 3, 1980; prior code § 1-4003)
1.08.040 Existing ordinances, resolutions and orders.
All ordinances, resolutions and orders adopted under the third-class city classification, where not in conflict with state law, shall continue in force until repealed or amended by the city council under the newly adopted optional municipal code classification of noncharter code city under the mayor-council form of government.* (Ord. 1567 § 4, 1980; prior code § 1-4004)
* Editor’s note: In November of 1981 the city adopted the city council-manager form of government.