Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government.
35A.13.140 - City manager—Removal—Reply and hearing.

RCW 35A.13.140
City manager—Removal—Reply and hearing.

The city manager may, within thirty days from the date of service upon him or her of a copy thereof, reply in writing to the resolution stating the council's intention to remove him or her. In the event no reply is timely filed, the resolution shall upon the thirty-first day from the date of such service, constitute the final resolution removing the manager and his or her services shall terminate upon that day. If a reply shall be timely filed with the city clerk, the council shall fix a time for a public hearing upon the question of the manager's removal and a final resolution removing the manager shall not be adopted until a public hearing has been had. The action of the council in removing the manager shall be final.

[ 2009 c 549 § 3029; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.13.140.]

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Revised Code of Washington

Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code

Chapter 35A.13 - Council-Manager Plan of Government.

35A.13.010 - City officers—Size of council.

35A.13.020 - Election of councilmembers—Eligibility—Terms—Vacancies—Forfeiture of office—Council chair.

35A.13.030 - Mayor—Election—Chair to be mayor—Duties.

35A.13.033 - Election on proposition to designate person elected to position one as chair—Subsequent holders of position one to be chair.

35A.13.035 - Mayor pro tempore or deputy mayor.

35A.13.040 - Compensation of councilmembers—Expenses.