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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-07-12 240-Y ORDER240-Y Introduced by Councilor Bigney, ,duly 12, 1971 (by request) CITY OF BANGOR ryrypp` (TITLE.) VGTbYTf d4".e[!d)A9 ChAFter..of the City of Bangor to Allow the Superintending School Comouttse t be Elected rather than Appointed. .. ........... .....- BV Ila City Caumit of the Uty ofItamgat: ORDERED: THAT in accordance with Title 30, section 1914• subsection 1, the municipal officers of the City of Hanger hereby amend the Charter of the City of Burger to Rad as follows and that the amendment be placed on a ballot on the next regular municipal election held not less than sixty (60) days after this order is passed. ARTICLE IV, section 1, of the Charter of the City of Banger, titled "Nomin- ation¢ and elections", is herebt amended by adding the following at the end of the first paragraph of said section: (SEC. 1) There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City of deeper • superintendiral; School Cwimittee, consisting of five (5) members, each to serme • term of three (3) years, and who shall be elected as follows: Namely, two (2) at the next regular municipal election for a term of three years commencing o January 1. 1973; two (2) members at the following regular municipal election to take office or, mercury 1. 1974; one (1) member to be elected at the following regular municipal election to take office on January 1, 1975, and in a like manner in succeeding years. (SEC. 2) Mesa members of the Superintending School Committee holding offices at the time this amendment takes effect shall serve for only until their successors e duly elected and qualified i accordance with the terms of paragraph oneof Section 1. (SFA. 3) In case of a a vacancy causes by the death, resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, of any member of the Srperintending school Committee, the vacancy shall be filled forthwith by the City Council for a period to terminate at the next regular municipal election, at which time there shall be elected a r membewho shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, or fill the vacancy if there be no unexpired term. ARTICLE IV, Section N, of said Charter is hereby amended and replaced with the £allaring: SEC. 4. Nominations for elective officers to be made by petition. Me nomination of all candidates for elective office provided for by Ufa Charter shall be by petition. Me petition of a candidate for Councilman shall be signed by not lea than one hundred and fifty nor more than two hundred qualified voters of the City. Me petition of candidates for warden and ward clerk shall be signed by not less than twenty-five net e than fifty qualified voters of the ward wherein the candidate IS to beelected. And the petition of a candidate for a member of the Supointendi� School Committee shall be signed by not less thau one hundred net more than one hundred and fifty qualified voters of the city. The number of said RECEIVED 1971 JUL -8 m 2:47 CITY CLERKS OFFICE CI1Y OF ReuODR. RPIRE IN CITY COUNCIL July 12, 1971 Indefinite� postponed. zoo -x ORDER Title, xmendi_el chatter, to allow superincogaiaq School Co ttee to be elected ........... I ................... I...... educed andfiledby 1m Petitions for Candidate$ far any office that may be signed by any voter Shall not excee3 the dauber of candidates to be elected to said office, and in no case may a voter sign more than one petition for any one candidate. ARTICLE V, Section 1 of said Charter is hereby amended and replaced with the following: SEC. 1 Titles and AppOintment. Shorn shall be the following administrative officers and boards: (a) The following officers add boards Shall be appointed by ballot by a majority vote of the members of the City Council: City Manager, City Clerk, City Solicitor, City Auditor, Treasurer aW Tax Collector, Members of the Eoard Of Massacre, Trustees of the Mater District, Civil Service Commissioners, such members Of the Enron Of Registration, Or a Registras as provided under the laws of the State of Maine, Trustees of Sophia hirstein Student Fund and Trustees of the Hervey Fund. ARTICLE V, Section 9 of said Charter is hereby repealed.