1978-34 Placing Before The Voters Of The Kodiak Island Borough The Question Of Election Of A Charter Commission To Prepare A Unification Charter.r
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KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NUMBER 78 -34 -R
A RESOLUTION PLACING BEFORE THE VOTERS OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
BOROUGH THE QUESTION OF ELECTION OF A CHARTER COMMISSION TO PRE-
PARE A UNIFICATION CHARTER.
WHEREAS, Alaska Statute 29.68 provides a method whereby a
borough and the cities within it may be united into one government
under a home rule charter, and
WHEREAS, the Assembly has determined that the voters of the
Kodiak Island Borough should be given an opportunity to determine
whether they wish
home rule charter to
to create a charter commission to prepare
a
be approved or disapproved by separate vote
and outside first class cities at a subsequen
of the voters within
election.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Kodiak Island Borough
Assembly:
Section 1.
The following proposition shall be submitted
to the voters at the next regular Borough election
to be held on October 3, 1978, which is at least
90 days after adoption of this resolution:
Shall a charter commission be formed (and charter
commission members be elected as elsewhere pro-
vided on this ballot) to perpare, adopt and sub-
mit to the voters for their approval or rejection
a proposed charter uniting Kodiak Island Borough
and all cities within it as a single unit of
home rule government having the powers, duties,
and functions of a unified government as author-
ized by law?
Yes ( ) No ( )
Section 2. Effective upon the adoption of this resolution,
a call is issued for nominations of charter com-
mission candidates, specifying the filing dead-
line, and outlining the procedures for making
nominations as follows:
(a) Eleven qualified voters shall be elected to a
charter commission. Three (3) at large and
eight (8) from (1) cities, or (2) the area out-
side cities. The number of members elected from
cities and from the area outside cities shall be
proportionate to the respective populations, as
determined by the Department of Community and
Regional Affairs.
(b) Charter commission candidates shall be nominated
by petition signed by at least 50 qualified voter
of the area from which the candidate seeks elec-
tion, or by a number of qualified voters from
that area equal to at least 10 per cent of the
number of votes cast from that area in the last
regular Borough election, whichever is less.
(c) Nomination petitions shall be filed with the
Borough Clerk not later than September 1, 1978,
which date is at least 30 days after notice of th
call for nominations has been given through the
Borough. Nominating petition forms shall be
provided by the Borough Clerk.
(d) Procedures for acceptance of petitions, with-
drawal of petitions and other election matters
shall comply with all requirements of State law,
and with the requirements of Title 2 of the Code
of Ordinances of the Kodiak Island Borough to the
extent consistent with State law.
Section 3. The vote on the proposition stated in Section 1
shall be tabulated in two separate classifications.
One classification shall consist of all votes
cast in the (first class and home rule cities) of
the Borough. The other classification shall con-
sist of all votes cast in the remaining areas of
the Borough. In order for unification to be ap-
proved, it is necessary that a majority of the
votes in each classification favor unification.
If unification is approved, those charter com-
mission candidates who received the highest num-
ber of votes from their respective areas shall
serve as members of the commission.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Assembly of the Kodiak Island
Borough this "" day of , 1978.
ATTEST:
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