Charter Of The City Of Spokane State Of Washington Commission Form Of Government Adopted December 28 1910 As Amended By Vote Of The People November 4 1913 PDF Download

Excerpt from Charter of the City of Spokane, State of Washington: Commission Form of Government, Adopted December 28, 1910 as Amended by Vote of the People November 4, 1913 Section 9. Organization of Council - Mayor: At its first regular meeting, the council shall elect, by a majority vote, a president and a vice president. The president of the council shall be mayor of the city. He shall preside at all meetings of the council. In his absence or disability, the vice president shall perform the duties of president and mayor. In the absence or disability of both president and vice president, the other members of the council shall select one of their number to perform the duties of president and mayor. The council shall determine its own procedure. Section l0. Meetings: All meetings of the council shall be public. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, which shall be a public record. The council shall hold at least one legislative meeting each week, and shall hold meetings daily for the transaction or business. At any meeting of the council, three members shall constitute a quorum, but a less number may adjourn from time to time. The council shall provide by ordinance a means by which a minority may compel the attendance of absent members. Section 11. Voting Power: Each commissioner shall be entitled to a vote. The mayor shall not have any veto power. Section 12. Form and Manner of Legislation: All legislation and appropriations of money shall be by ordinance, save where there is a special fund created for a particular purpose; payments from such fund shall be made on order of the council. Every ordinance and resolution shall be in writing and read in full at a council meeting before a vote is taken thereon, and upon every such vote the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded. Section 13. Subject of Ordinance: The subject of every ordinance shall be set out clearly in the title thereof, and no ordinance except one making appropriations shall contain mote than one subject. Ordinances making appropriations shall be confined to the subject of appropriations. Section 14. Enacting Clause: The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be in the words: "The City of Spokane does ordain." Section 15. Time of Passage - Appropriations - Emergency: Every ordinance, other than emergency ordinances, shall have three public readings, not more than two of which shall be on the same day. At least three days shall elapse between the introduction and the final passage, except as otherwise provided in this charter. Every ordinance appropriating money In excess of one thousand ($l000.00) dollars, and every ordinance and resolution authorizing the making of any contract involving a liability on the part of the city in excess of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, shall remain on file at least one week before its passage, except an emergency ordinance or resolution. An emergency ordinance or resolution may be enacted without previous filing, provided it contains a statement of its urgency, and be passed by a four-fifths vote. Section 16. Ordinances - Signing and Attesting: Every ordinance passed by the council shall be signed by the mayor or two councilmen, and attested by the clerk. Section 17. Ordinance - Publication Of: Every ordinance shall be published once in The Official Gazette, hereinafter provided for, within ten days after Us passage. Section 18. Ordinaces, Recording and Authentication: Every ordinance after its enactment, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be attested by the clerk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com