AN ORDINANCE submitting a proposition to the qualified electors of the City of Seattle, at the general election to be held on November 2, 1999, to amend Article X, Section 2 of the Charter of the City of Seattle to modify the requirement that the Fire Chief have at least ten years prior service by permitting such service to have been in a fire department in any jurisdiction of not less than one hundred thousand population rather than requiring such service to have been in a city of not less than one hundred thousand population; ratifying and confirming prior acts; calling on the City Clerk to certify the proposed amendment to the Director of Records and Elections of King County and directing such director to submit the proposition to City voters; and providing for the publication of such proposed amendment.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Subject to the approval of a proposition by a majority of the qualified electors casting votes thereon, Section 2 of Article X of the Charter of the City of Seattle is amended to read as follows:

ARTICLE X Fire Department

Sec. 2. APPOINTMENT OF FIRE CHIEF: The Fire Chief shall be appointed by the Mayor, such appointment to be effective only upon confirmation of the City Council passed by a majority vote of all its members and he the Fire Chief may be removed by the Mayor upon filing a statement of his)) the Mayor's reasons therefor with the City Council. He The Fire Chief shall have at least ten years service in a fire department in a City jurisdiction of not less than one hundred thousand population. In case the Fire Chief be appointed from the civil service, he or she shall resume his or her former position therein upon replacement and the subordinate appointees shall resume their former positions respectively.

Section 2. The King County Director of Records and Elections, as ex officio supervisor of elections, is hereby directed to submit to the qualified electors of the City the proposition set forth below at the City general election on November 2, 1999.

The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify the proposition to the King County Director of Records and Elections in the following form:

Proposed City Charter Amendment No. ____

Shall the Seattle City Charter be amended to modify the requirement that the Fire Chief have at least ten years prior service by permitting such service to have been in a fire department in any jurisdiction of not less than one hundred thousand population rather than requiring such service to have been in a city of not less than one hundred thousand population; and shall Article X, Section 2 of such charter be amended accordingly?

Yes ____ No ____

Every qualified voter at the election desiring to ratify the proposition shall mark his or her ballot "Yes." Every qualified voter desiring to reject the proposition shall mark his or her ballot "No."

Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the Director of the Department of Records and Elections of King County as Supervisor of Elections the charter amendment proposed herein in the form of a ballot title conforming to the foregoing statement of the same, and shall certify a copy of the proposed charter amendment, and the same shall be published by the City Clerk in two daily newspapers in the City for at least thirty (30) days prior to such election, and as required by RCW 35.22.170.

Section 4. Certification of the charter amendment proposed herein by the City Clerk to the Director of Records and Elections and any other act pursuant to the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon approval by the Mayor or, if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten (10) days after presentation, then on the eleventh (11th) day after its presentation to the Mayor or, if vetoed by the Mayor, then immediately upon its passage over his veto.

Passed by the City Council the _____ day of ____________, 1999, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________, 1999. _____________________________________ President _______ of the City Council

Approved by me this _____ day of _________________, 1999. ___________________________________________ Mayor

Filed by me this _____ day of ____________________, 1999. ___________________________________________ City Clerk July 6, 1999 (Ver. 2 )