Ordinance 1626ORDINANCE NO. 1626
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR FILLING VACANCIES
OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEN AND ADDING A NEW
SECTION 91.12.050 TO THE EDMONDS CITY CODE.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
A new section, Section 1.12.050 is hereby added to
the Edmonds City Code and shall read as follows:
1.12.050 Filling Vacant Council Positions.
In the event a vacancy or vacancies shall occur
on the City Council, such position or positions shall
be filled until a successor to such position or
positions can be elected for the remainder of the
unexpired term at the next municipal election pursuant
to the provisions of RCW 35A.12.050, in compliance
with the following procedure:
1. The Council shall, at the next regular
meeting following the occurrance of a vacancy set a
date within not less than one week nor more than three
weeks at which time the City Council shall meet to
nominate and appoint qualified persons to fill such
vacancy or vacancies. The date thus set shall be a
regular public meeting of the City Council.
2. The City Clerk shall be instructed to place
the matter on the agenda of the regular public meeting
thus selected under the title "Appointment to Fill
Council Vacancy."
3. The City Clerk shall cause notice of the date
at which time the City Council shall nominate a person
or persons to fill said vacancy to be sent to each
local newspaper of general circulation and to each
local radio or television station which has on file a
written request to be notified of special meetings in
accordance with provisions of the open public meetings
act, Chapter 250, Section 8 of the 1971 Extraordinary
Session Laws of the State of Washington. In addition,
said City Clerk shall cause notice to be posted of
such meeting at the Civic Center. Such notice shall
be mailed and posted the day following the setting
of the meeting date by the Council.
4. The notice shall invite all qualified
persons who would desire to be appointed to the vacant
position to submit or have submitted on their
behalf a written resume summarizing their quali-
fications. Such resumes shall be signed by the
applicant or such otherperson submitting said
resume and shall be verified or acknowledged in
the presence of and by a notary public. All
resumes shall be filed with the City Clerk not
later than by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding
the meeting at which nominations shall be made
and shall be available for inspection by the
public.
5. Only those persons who have submitted
resumes or had resumes submitted on their
behalf, in compliance with the preceding
paragraph, shall be eligible for nomination to
fill said vacancy.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: November 7, 1972
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: November 7, 1972
PUBLISHED: November 15, 1972