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Home My WebLink Aboutord1990-050--9,7L4TC0M COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 90 -178 5 22 9U Goun ii lnzro 6/12/90 PS /Council S UBJECT.• Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code'1.08.060, Section C, to allow numbering of mini - initiatives ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance Support documents from Auditor Public Hearing Needed? Yes/ No /XX SUMMARY STATEMENT: The ordinance would bring the Code into compliance with the Whatcom County Charter. The need for such a change was noticed by the County Auditor. RECOMMENDED ACTION.- 6/12/90:. COMMITTEE ACTION (including dates): COUNCIL ACTION (including dates): 6 -12 -90 Passed Related File Numbers. Ordinance or Resolution Number: 0 90 -50 1 minima #.ord 2 3 1 INTRODUCED BY: Consent PROPOSED BY: Auditor DATE: 5 -22 -90 ORDINANCE NO. 90 -50 AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 1.08.060, SECTION C TO ALLOW NUMBERING OF MINI - INITIATIVES WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter, Section 5.65, gives the authority to number Mini - Initiatives to the Auditor. WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Code 1.08.060, Section C, excludes Mini - Initiatives from the numbering system. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that Whatcom County Code 1.08.060, Section C, be amended as follows: C. The auditor shall give the proposed initiative or referendum, except a mini-irdtiativer, a number which shall thereafter be the identifying number for the measure and refer it to the prosecuting attorney. The Auditor, when assigning numbers to initiatives, referendums and mini- initiatives, shall use a separate sequential series for each category. No number shall be reissued once used. ADOPTED this 12th day of June , 1990. ATTEST: Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Civil Deputy Prosecutor WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM CWNTY, WASHINGTON onald G a se ,Chair n (4 Approved ( ) Denied U Shirley Van Aante xecutive Date: & - /3 -` cD SHIRLEY FORSLOF AUDITOR OF WHATCOM COUNTY Phone (206) 676 -6740 Auditor - Accounting 676 -6741 Recording 676 -6742 Elections 676 -6743 Motor Vehicle Licensing MEMO TO: Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk FROM: Shirley Forslof Whatcom County Auditor / DATE: April 17, 1990 SUBJECT: Mini - Initiative Numbering System � f} P.O. Box 398, Bellingham, Washington 98227 -0398 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington 98225 Attached are copies of sections of the Home Rule Charter and Whatcom County Code, both address the numbering system for Mini - Initiatives. The Charter, Section 5.65, gives the authority to number Mini - Initiatives to the Auditor. However, Whatcom County. Code 1.08.060, Section C,excludes Mini - Initiatives from the numbering syste. Would you please propose a change to W.C.C. 1.08.060 Section C to make it consistent with the Charter Section 5.65. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. verifying the sufficiency of the signatures, the Auditor shall transmit the initiative petition to the Council which `gall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and enact or reject the ordinance within sixty (60) days. Section 5.42 — Initiative — Insufficient Signatures If the proponents of an initiative fail to obtain the requred number of signatures in the.designated time period, but have sufficient signatures to qualify the proposal as a mini - initiative, the proposal shall be treated as a mini - initiative at the request of the proponents. (amended by Referendum ' 1986) Section 5.50 — The Referendum The second power reserved by the people is the referendum. It may be ordered on any act, or bill, or ordinance, or any part thereof passed by the County Council except such ordinances as may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety o.r support of the county government and its existing public institutions. Upon registration and validation of a referendum petition, the measure will be ineffective pending the outcome of the referendum procedure. The registering of a referendum petition against one or more items, sections or parts of any act, bill or ordinance will not delay the remainder of the measure from taking effect. Section 5.60 — Referendum — Procedures Any legal voter, or organization of legal voters of Whatcom County may file a referendum proposal, against any enacted ordinance or portion thereof, with the County Auditor. The proposal shall be presented to the Auditor within forty -five (45) days after the ordinance is passed by County Council Within five (5) days, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, the Auditor shall confer with the petitioner to review the proposal as to form and style. The Auditor shall give the referendum proposal a number, which shall thereafter be the identifying number for the measure. The Auditor shall then transmit a copy of the proposal to the County Prosecuting Attorney, who within ten (10) days after receipt thereof, shall formulate a concise statement, posed as a question, not to exceed twenty (20) words, which shall express and give a true and impartial statement of the measure being referred. Such concise statement will be the ballot title. The petitioner then has one hundred and twenty (120) days to collect the signatures of registered voters of the county equal in number to not less than fifteen (15) percent of the number of votes cast in the county in the last gubernatorial election. Each petition shall contain the full text of the measure being referred and the ballot title. The Auditor shall verify the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition and, if it is validated, submit the measure to the people at the next general election that is not less than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the registering of the petitions. Section 5.65 — Initiatives, Referendums and Mini - Initiatives --- .Numbering System The Auditor, when assigning numbers to initiatives, referendums and mini - initiatives, -shall use a separate sequential series for each category. No number shall be reissued once used. (amended by Referendum 1986) Section 5.70 — The Recall The people further reserve the power of recall as provided in the Constitution and the laws of the State of Washington. Section 5.80 — Implement by Ordinance The Council shall enact ordinances to promote the carrying out of the provisions of this article. ARTICLE 6 — FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION Section 6.10 — Presentation and Adoption of Budgets At least seventy -five (75) days prior to the end of each fiscal year, the County Executive shall present to the County Council a complete budget and budget message, proposed current expense and capital budget appropriation ordinances, and proposed tax and revenue ordinances necessary to raise sufficient revenues to balance the budget; and at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the fiscal year, the Council shall adopt appropriation, tax and revenue ordinances for the next fiscal .year. Section 6.20 — Budget Information At least one hudred thirty -five (135) days prior to the end of the fiscal year, all agencies of county government shall submit to the County Executive information necessary to prepare the budget. -75- ;I C. The auditor shall give the proposed initiative or referendum, except a mini- initiative,`a number which shall thereafter be the identifying number for the measure and refer it to the prosecuting attorney. D. Petition forms for submission to the people for their approval or rejection at the next ensuing general election, shall be substantially in the following form: "WARNING: Every person who signs this petition with any other than his true name, or who knowingly signs more than one of these petitions, or who signs this petition when he is not a legal voter, or who make herein.any false statements, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both. "INITIATIVE (OR REFERENDUM) PETITION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS OF WHATCOM COUNTY. "T0: , Auditor of Whatcom County. "We, the undersigned citizens of Whatcom County and legal voters, respectfully direct that the proposed measure known as County Initiative (or Referendum) Measure No. entitled (insert here the established ballot title of the measure), a full, true and correct copy of which is printed hereon, shall be submitted to the legal voters of Whatcom County for their approval or rejection at the general elec- tion to be held on the day of , 19 ; and each of us, as signers of this petition, state: "I have personally signed this petition, I am a legal voter of Whatcom County, State of Washington, and my address is correctly stated on this petition. "For Print Name Residence Address City or-1 Petitioner's Official Street & Number Town Signature Use If Anv (Here follc.4 up to 20 nubered lines divided #to colum# as below) 1. ......J ............. 1.................... I .......... J............. 2. 3. etc. (Ord. 83 -89; Ord. §2.3) . " Return to: (nacre) (address) (city /town /state /zip)" 83 -55 (part): Ord. 3 -2 80 -22 §4:. Ord. 79 -31 (Whatcom County 6/84)