Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 35 Cities And Towns - Chapter 35.18 Council-Manager Plan

35.18.005 Definition -- "Councilman.
As used in this title, the term "councilman" or "councilmen" means councilmember or councilmembers.[1981 c 213 § 1.] ...

35.18.010 The council-manager plan
Under the council-manager plan of city government, the councilmen shall be the only elective officials. The council shall appoint an officer whose title shall be ...

35.18.020 Number of councilmembers -- Wards, districts -- Terms -- Vacancies
(1) The number of councilmembers in a city or town operating with a council-manager plan of government shall be based upon the latest population of ...

35.18.030 Laws applicable to council-manager cities -- Civil service
A city or town organized under the council-manager plan shall have all the powers which cities of its class have and shall be governed by ...

35.18.035 Second-class cities, parking meter revenue for revenue bonds
See RCW 35.23.454. ...

35.18.040 City manager -- Qualifications
The city manager need not be a resident. He shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications ...

35.18.050 City manager -- Bond and oath
Before entering upon the duties of his office the city manager shall take the official oath for the support of the government and the faithful ...

35.18.060 City manager -- Authority
The powers and duties of the city manager shall be: (1) To have general supervision over the administrative affairs of the municipality; (2) To appoint ...

35.18.070 City manager -- May serve two or more cities
Whether the city manager shall devote his full time to the affairs of one city or town shall be determined by the council. A city ...

35.18.080 City manager -- Creation of departments
On recommendation of the city manager, the council may create such departments, offices and employments as may be found necessary and may determine the powers ...

35.18.090 City manager -- Department heads -- Authority
The city manager may authorize the head of a department or office responsible to him to appoint and remove subordinates in such department or office. ...

35.18.100 City manager -- Appointment of subordinates -- Qualifications -- Terms
Appointments made by or under the authority of the city manager shall be on the basis of executive and administrative ability and of the training ...

35.18.110 City manager -- Interference by councilmembers
Neither the council, nor any of its committees or members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his removal from, office ...

35.18.120 City manager -- Removal -- Resolution and notice
The city manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term and may be removed by a majority vote of the council. At least thirty days ...

35.18.130 City manager -- Removal -- Reply and hearing
The city manager may, within thirty days from the date of service upon him of a copy thereof, reply in writing to the resolution stating ...

35.18.140 City manager -- Substitute
The council may designate a qualified administrative officer of the city or town to perform the duties of manager: (1) Upon the adoption of the ...

35.18.150 Council -- Eligibility
Only a qualified elector of the city or town may be a member of the council and upon ceasing to be such, or upon being ...

35.18.160 Council -- Authority
The council shall have all of the powers which inhere in the city or town not reserved to the people or vested in the city ...

35.18.170 Council meetings
The council shall meet at the times and places fixed by ordinance but must hold at least one regular meeting each month. The clerk shall ...

35.18.180 Council -- Ordinances -- Recording
No ordinance, resolution, or order, including those granting a franchise or valuable privilege, shall have any validity or effect unless passed by the affirmative vote ...

35.18.190 Mayor -- Election -- Vacancy
Biennially at the first meeting of the new council the members thereof shall choose a chairman from among their number who shall have the title ...

35.18.200 Mayor -- Duties
The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council, and be recognized as the head of the city or town for all ceremonial purposes and ...

35.18.210 Mayor pro tempore
In case of the mayor's absence, a mayor pro tempore selected by the members of the council from among their number shall act as mayor ...

35.18.220 Salaries
Each member of the council shall receive such compensation as may be provided by law to cities of the class to which it belongs. The ...

35.18.230 Organization on council-manager plan -- Eligibility
Any city or town having a population of less than thirty thousand may be organized as a council-manager city or town under this chapter.[1965 c ...

35.18.240 Organization -- Petition
Petitions to reorganize a city or town on the council-manager plan must be signed by registered voters resident therein equal in number to at least ...

35.18.250 Organization -- Election procedure
Upon the filing of a petition for the adoption of the council-manager plan of government, or upon resolution of the council to that effect, the ...

35.18.260 Organization -- Ballots
At the election for organization on the council-manager plan, the proposition on the ballots shall be: "Shall the city (or town) of . . . ...

35.18.270 Organization -- Election of council, procedure
If the majority of the votes cast at a special election for organization on the council-manager plan favor the plan, the city or town shall ...

35.18.280 Organization -- Holding over by incumbent officials and employees
Councilmen shall take office at the times provided by RCW 35.18.270 as now or hereafter amended. The other city officials and employees who are incumbent ...

35.18.285 Organization -- First council may revise budget
If, at the beginning of the term of office of the first council elected in a city organized under the council-manager plan, the appropriations for ...

35.18.290 Abandonment of council-manager plan
Any city or town which has operated under the council-manager plan for more than six years may abandon such organization and accept the provisions of ...

35.18.300 Abandonment -- Method
The sufficiency of the petition for abandonment of the council-manager form of government shall be determined, the election ordered and conducted, and the results declared ...

35.18.310 Abandonment -- Special election necessary
The proposition to abandon the council-manager plan must be voted on at a special election called for that purpose at which the only proposition to ...

35.18.320 Abandonment -- Effect
If a majority of votes cast at the special election favor the abandonment of the council-manager form of government, the officers elected at the next ...