Resolution 318RESOLUTION NO. 318
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY
AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE VARIOUS
PRECINCTS OF SAID CITY ON FEBRUARY 4, 1975, AN
ADVISORY BALLOT POSING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
THE CITY COUNCIL OF EDMONDS SHOULD PROVIDE FOR
A FULL -47IME MAYOR UNDER THE MAYOR - COUNCIL PLAN
ON GOVERNMENT, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, Washington,
has received a report and recommendation of a citizens' advisory
committee recommending that the City of Edmonds place before the
qualified voter of said City a proposal to adopt the Council - Manager
plan of government under the existing classification of the City of
Edmonds as a noncharter code city, and
WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous ofproviding the
opportunity for the qualified voters of said City to express their views
not only on that proposition, but in the alternative, by an advisory
ballot pn providing for a full -time Mayor rather than a part -time
Mayor, and
WHEREAS, a special election will have to be called, and an
emergency thereby exists and is so declared, in order for the qualified
electors to determine whether to adopt the Council - Manager plan of
government, or in the alternative, provide for a full -time Mayor,
prior to the next general municipal election, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds that an emergency exists
to determine whether the City Council of the City of Edmonds should
provide for a full -time Mayor rather than a part -time Mayor and that
as a result of the existence of such an emergency it is necessary to
call a special election.
Section 2. A special election is called to be held in the City
of Edmonds as provided by law on the 4th day of February, 1975, at
which time there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said
City for their approval or rejection of an advisory proposition which
shall consist of a concise statement as set forth below, and in addition
a caption to permit the voters to readily identify the proposition and distin -"
guish it from other propositions on the ballot.
Section 3. The caption and statement to be submitted to the
qualified voters of the City for their ratification or rejection shall read,
as follows:
CITY OF EDMONDS
PROPOSED FULL -TIME MAYOR
ADVISORY BALLOT
If the Mayor - Council government plan is retained
under the Optional Municipal Code, should there be a
full -time Mayor?
FOR full -time Mayor . . . . . . . . [ ]
AGAINST full -time Mayor . . . . . . . [ ]
The above referenced caption shall be placed on the ballot
immediately before the statement, and shall be printed in heavy black
type in such -a manner as to be readable at a glance.
Section 4. The Auditor of Snohomish County, as ex- officio
Supervisor of Elections, shall have jurisdiction over and shall conduct
such special election. The City Clerk shall deliver to the Auditor of
Snohomish County, as ex- officio Supervisor of Elections, at least
forty -five (45) days prior to the date of such special election, a
certified copy of this Resolution showing its passage and including
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the ballot title as herein set forth. Such special election shall be
noticed, advertised and conducted in the manner provided by law.
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edmonds this
22nd day of October , 1974 .
APPROVED:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
F -TY CLERK
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Filed with the City Clerk: October 11 , 1974
Published: October 30 and November 6, 1974
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