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Introduced by Councilor Swcy, July 13, 1981
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) VIYT1iCYs.....9!^em c fourges. Clty Chaucer - Increase in the
Size of the Bangor School Committee from Five (5) to Seven (7) Members
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By she City ComrmB of the City of Bangor:
ORDERED,
TEIAT, in accordance with. Chapt. 32, PWL of 1981, the City Clerk
shall take all ncBary action to place on a ballot at the next regular
City Election the following question and statement of fact:
'Shall the Charter be amended to increase the size
of the Bangor School Committee from 5 to x members,
as authorized by the Legislature?"
Statement of Pact: Chapt. 32, Private 5 Special Laws
of 1981, authorizes the City of Bangor to amend its
Charter to increaWthe number of persons serving o
the Bangor School Committee from 5 to J members. The
amendment, if accepted by a majority of the legal voters
voting on the proposal, will repeal and replace Section
2 of Article II -A of the Charter with the following:
Sec. 2. Composition, election, tenure of office. The
Superintmdfng School. Committee shall consist of ] members
to be elected, at large, by popular vote of the qualified
voters of the City of Bangor. Those ember of the committee
holding office at the time this amendment takes effect shall
serve =fit their terms expire and their successors e duly
elected and qualified. The remaining 2 positions shall be
filled at a special election to be heldnot more than 90 days
after the effective date of this amendment. The candidate
accruing the largest total of votes. at the municipal election
shall be elected. to serve until the first Monday in November,
1984, and the candidate receiving the nast to the largest total
umberof votes shall be elected to a until the first
Monday be November, 1983. Thereafter, at each regular municipal
election the qualified voters of the City shalt ballot for
candidates for office on the committee whose terms 'aspire that
year. All members of the Superioteading School Committee shall
serve for terof 3 years and until their successors are duly
ls ms ted and qualified.
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In City Council July 1j X1961 0 RDE R
Title
Amendment to Bangor City Charter- increase
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