| Posted | 10/04/2024 |
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| Ends | 10/25/2024 |
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF ELECTION ON CITY OF VANCOUVER 2024 PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following five proposed amendments to the City of Vancouver Charter will be on the November 5, 2024 ballot for approval or rejection by the voters: CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 8 Concerning Vancouver City Officer Vacancies Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 2.06 shall be amended as follows: Section 2.06 Vacancies Defined An office, either appointive or elective, becomes vacant upon failure to qualify within the time limited by law; upon the death or removal from office; or resignation of the incumbent,; or removal from or absence from the city for sixty consecutive days without leave of the city council, or upon an adjudication of insanity; by virtue of a mental health condition that renders the person substantially incapable of doing their duty; by a conviction of drunkenness or by any permanent disability, preventing the proper discharge of duty; upon the inability to properly discharge their duty with or without a reasonable accommodation; by ceasing to be a resident of the city; by conviction of an infamous crime, or any crime involving a violation of official oath; by refusal or neglect to take the oath of office, or to give or renew the official bond or deposit such oath or bond within the time prescribed by law; by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction declaring void the election or appointment; or otherwise proscribed by state law. whenever a judgement is obtained against such officer for breach of condition of the official bond. CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 9 Concerning Methodology for Adjusting Vancouver Councilmember Salary Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 2.18(d) shall be amended as follows: Section 2.18d Citizens Commission on Mayor/City Council Salaries The commission may adopt a schedule of annual salary increases the same way the City adjusts fees and charges to reflect an increase up to the change in the Consumer Price Index equal to an average of the prior two complete calendar years (Two-Year Average Adjustment). at the Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the West region as established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the prior two years. If the Bureau of Labor Statistics discontinues publishing such index, the most similar index as determined by the city chief financial officer shall be applied. The commission may propose a schedule of salary increases of more than CPI-W the Two-Year Average Adjustment provided that such schedule shall be submitted to the voters for approval. In the event the voters reject such greater increase, the increase within the foregoing limits shall go into effect. The commission may decrease salaries, provided that such decreases shall not be effective until the commencement of a new term of office. The commission may also choose not to adopt any salary change. The commission shall file its schedule of salary adjustments, if any, for the positions of Mayor, Mayor Pro Tempore, and Councilmember with the City Clerk by May July 1 of the applicable year, so as to coincide with the City budget cycle. CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 10 Concerning the duties of Vancouvers City Manager Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 3.03 shall be amended as follows: Section 3.03 Powers and Duties The city manager shall be head of the administrative branch of the city government and shall be responsible to the city council for the proper administration of all affairs of the city and to that end, subject to the personnel provisions of this charter, shall have the power and shall be required to: (1) appoint or remove the city attorney, subject to the approval of the city council; (2) appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, remove all officers and employees of the city except as otherwise provided by this charter, or by state laws and except as the manager may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint and remove subordinates in such department or office; (3) prepare the budget annually in accordance with Article IV of the Charter, and submit it to the city council and be responsible for its administration upon adoption; (4) prepare and submit to the city council as of the end of the fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the city for the preceding year; (5)keep the city council advised on the financial condition and future needs of the city and make such recommendations as may to the manager seem desirable; (6) perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or required by the city council, not inconsistent with this charter. CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 11 Concerning City of Vancouver Contracting Procedures Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 11.05 shall be amended as follows: Section 11.05 Contracts Beyond One Year No contract involving the payment of money shall be made for a period of more than five years unless approved by ordinance. (Amended by the vote of the people on November 5, 2019.) CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 12 Concerning Initiative and Referendum Petitions Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Note: words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 10.03 shall be amended as follows: Section 10.03 Petitions and Committees (1) All petitions papers circulated for the purposes of an initiative or referendum shall be uniform in size and style. Initiative petitions papers shall contain the full text of the proposed ordinance and all other information and warnings required by law. Petitions shall be in a form prescribed by the City Clerk, and may be approved in advance as to form by the City Attorney. Before gathering signatures, any proposed initiated ordinance must be filed with the City Clerk. Within twenty working days after filing, the City Attorney shall evaluate the initiative proposal and express his/her their opinion as to whether or not the initiative proposal is within the scope of a legally permissible local initiative. The signatures to initiative or referendum petitions shall be from registered voters of the City of Vancouver and subject to acceptance by the officer responsible for verification of the sufficiency of signatures under state law. need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate petition there shall be attached a statement of the circulator thereof as provided by this section. Each signer of any such petition paper shall sign in ink or indelible pencil and shall indicate after such signers name, the signers place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify the place. On each petition shall appear the names and addresses of the same five registered voters of the city, who, as a committee of the petitioners, shall be regarded as responsible for the circulation and filing of the petition. Printed on each separate petition paper there shall be an affidavit of the circulator thereof, affirmed under penalty of perjury, that said circulator personally circulated the foregoing paper, that it bears a stated number of signatures, that all the signatures appended thereto were made in the circulators presence, and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be. (2) Acceptance of electronic signatures authorized but not required: nothing in this Charter shall preclude the City Council from authorizing, by resolution, the acceptance of electronic signatures when, and to the extent, allowed by state law. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 10.04 shall be amended as follows: Section 10.04 Filing and Certifying All petition papers sections comprising an initiative or referendum petition shall be assembled and filed with the cCity cClerk as one instrument. Petitions pages must be filed no later than February 1 of the same year as the Municipal General Election is held. Within ten days after a petition is filed, the cCity cClerk shall determine whether each paper section of the petition has a proper statement of the circulator and shall convey the valid signed petition pages sections to the officer responsible for the verification of the sufficiency of the signatures to the petition under state law for such verification. The cCity cClerk shall declare any petition paper section entirely invalid and not submit said petition page section for verification, which does not have printed thereon include an affidavit affirmed under penalty of perjury signed by the circulator thereof. If a petition paper section is found to be signed by more persons than the number of signatures certified by the circulator, the last signatures in excess of the number certified shall be disregarded, and the City Clerk shall strike out the excess signatures. If a petition paper section is found to be signed by fewer persons than the number certified, the signatures shall be accepted unless void on other grounds. After completing examination of the petition, and after receiving verification of the sufficiency of such petition signatures from the officer responsible for verification of the sufficiency of signatures under state law, the cCity cClerk shall certify the result thereof to the city council at its next regular meeting. If the cClerk certifies that the petition is invalid or has insufficient signatures, the cClerk shall set forth in a certificate the particulars in which it is defective and shall at once notify the committee of the petitioners of such findings. Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 - 937310
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| Posted | 10/04/2024 |
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| Ends | 10/25/2024 |
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF ELECTION ON CITY OF VANCOUVER 2024 PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following five proposed amendments to the City of Vancouver Charter will be on the November 5, 2024 ballot for approval or rejection by the voters: CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 8 Concerning Vancouver City Officer Vacancies Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 2.06 shall be amended as follows: Section 2.06 Vacancies Defined An office, either appointive or elective, becomes vacant upon failure to qualify within the time limited by law; upon the death or removal from office; or resignation of the incumbent,; or removal from or absence from the city for sixty consecutive days without leave of the city council, or upon an adjudication of insanity; by virtue of a mental health condition that renders the person substantially incapable of doing their duty; by a conviction of drunkenness or by any permanent disability, preventing the proper discharge of duty; upon the inability to properly discharge their duty with or without a reasonable accommodation; by ceasing to be a resident of the city; by conviction of an infamous crime, or any crime involving a violation of official oath; by refusal or neglect to take the oath of office, or to give or renew the official bond or deposit such oath or bond within the time prescribed by law; by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction declaring void the election or appointment; or otherwise proscribed by state law. whenever a judgement is obtained against such officer for breach of condition of the official bond. CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 9 Concerning Methodology for Adjusting Vancouver Councilmember Salary Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 2.18(d) shall be amended as follows: Section 2.18d Citizens Commission on Mayor/City Council Salaries The commission may adopt a schedule of annual salary increases the same way the City adjusts fees and charges to reflect an increase up to the change in the Consumer Price Index equal to an average of the prior two complete calendar years (Two-Year Average Adjustment). at the Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the West region as established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the prior two years. If the Bureau of Labor Statistics discontinues publishing such index, the most similar index as determined by the city chief financial officer shall be applied. The commission may propose a schedule of salary increases of more than CPI-W the Two-Year Average Adjustment provided that such schedule shall be submitted to the voters for approval. In the event the voters reject such greater increase, the increase within the foregoing limits shall go into effect. The commission may decrease salaries, provided that such decreases shall not be effective until the commencement of a new term of office. The commission may also choose not to adopt any salary change. The commission shall file its schedule of salary adjustments, if any, for the positions of Mayor, Mayor Pro Tempore, and Councilmember with the City Clerk by May July 1 of the applicable year, so as to coincide with the City budget cycle. CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 10 Concerning the duties of Vancouvers City Manager Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 3.03 shall be amended as follows: Section 3.03 Powers and Duties The city manager shall be head of the administrative branch of the city government and shall be responsible to the city council for the proper administration of all affairs of the city and to that end, subject to the personnel provisions of this charter, shall have the power and shall be required to: (1) appoint or remove the city attorney, subject to the approval of the city council; (2) appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, remove all officers and employees of the city except as otherwise provided by this charter, or by state laws and except as the manager may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint and remove subordinates in such department or office; (3) prepare the budget annually in accordance with Article IV of the Charter, and submit it to the city council and be responsible for its administration upon adoption; (4) prepare and submit to the city council as of the end of the fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the city for the preceding year; (5)keep the city council advised on the financial condition and future needs of the city and make such recommendations as may to the manager seem desirable; (6) perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or required by the city council, not inconsistent with this charter. CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 11 Concerning City of Vancouver Contracting Procedures Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 11.05 shall be amended as follows: Section 11.05 Contracts Beyond One Year No contract involving the payment of money shall be made for a period of more than five years unless approved by ordinance. (Amended by the vote of the people on November 5, 2019.) CITY OF VANCOUVER PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 12 Concerning Initiative and Referendum Petitions Note: Words that are shown in (italics) would be deleted by this amendment. Note: words that are shown underlined would be added by this amendment. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 10.03 shall be amended as follows: Section 10.03 Petitions and Committees (1) All petitions papers circulated for the purposes of an initiative or referendum shall be uniform in size and style. Initiative petitions papers shall contain the full text of the proposed ordinance and all other information and warnings required by law. Petitions shall be in a form prescribed by the City Clerk, and may be approved in advance as to form by the City Attorney. Before gathering signatures, any proposed initiated ordinance must be filed with the City Clerk. Within twenty working days after filing, the City Attorney shall evaluate the initiative proposal and express his/her their opinion as to whether or not the initiative proposal is within the scope of a legally permissible local initiative. The signatures to initiative or referendum petitions shall be from registered voters of the City of Vancouver and subject to acceptance by the officer responsible for verification of the sufficiency of signatures under state law. need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate petition there shall be attached a statement of the circulator thereof as provided by this section. Each signer of any such petition paper shall sign in ink or indelible pencil and shall indicate after such signers name, the signers place of residence by street and number, or other description sufficient to identify the place. On each petition shall appear the names and addresses of the same five registered voters of the city, who, as a committee of the petitioners, shall be regarded as responsible for the circulation and filing of the petition. Printed on each separate petition paper there shall be an affidavit of the circulator thereof, affirmed under penalty of perjury, that said circulator personally circulated the foregoing paper, that it bears a stated number of signatures, that all the signatures appended thereto were made in the circulators presence, and that the circulator believes them to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be. (2) Acceptance of electronic signatures authorized but not required: nothing in this Charter shall preclude the City Council from authorizing, by resolution, the acceptance of electronic signatures when, and to the extent, allowed by state law. The City of Vancouver Charter Section 10.04 shall be amended as follows: Section 10.04 Filing and Certifying All petition papers sections comprising an initiative or referendum petition shall be assembled and filed with the cCity cClerk as one instrument. Petitions pages must be filed no later than February 1 of the same year as the Municipal General Election is held. Within ten days after a petition is filed, the cCity cClerk shall determine whether each paper section of the petition has a proper statement of the circulator and shall convey the valid signed petition pages sections to the officer responsible for the verification of the sufficiency of the signatures to the petition under state law for such verification. The cCity cClerk shall declare any petition paper section entirely invalid and not submit said petition page section for verification, which does not have printed thereon include an affidavit affirmed under penalty of perjury signed by the circulator thereof. If a petition paper section is found to be signed by more persons than the number of signatures certified by the circulator, the last signatures in excess of the number certified shall be disregarded, and the City Clerk shall strike out the excess signatures. If a petition paper section is found to be signed by fewer persons than the number certified, the signatures shall be accepted unless void on other grounds. After completing examination of the petition, and after receiving verification of the sufficiency of such petition signatures from the officer responsible for verification of the sufficiency of signatures under state law, the cCity cClerk shall certify the result thereof to the city council at its next regular meeting. If the cClerk certifies that the petition is invalid or has insufficient signatures, the cClerk shall set forth in a certificate the particulars in which it is defective and shall at once notify the committee of the petitioners of such findings. Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 - 937310
