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#26517 - 02/09/10 09:44 AM Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns
Wally B old hand Registered: 11/10/08 Posts: 761	Dean Bunkers has resigned for "health reasons." http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011023131_apwaoceanshoresmayor.html
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#26533 - 02/09/10 11:38 PM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: Wally B]
Freelancer newbie Registered: 07/23/09 Posts: 29	Is Ocean Shores really in Grays Harbor?
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#26535 - 02/10/10 05:27 AM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: Freelancer]
Turnow Pooh-Bah Registered: 12/03/08 Posts: 1950 Loc: Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico	At least until the next great Tsunami to strike the coast. _________________________ Strive for the ideal, but deal with what's real.
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#26537 - 02/10/10 11:08 AM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: Turnow]
FUBAR addict Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 628	According to the DW article, Mayor Bunkers "appointed" Police/Fire Chief Mike Styner to act as "chief executive officer" until someone is appointed to fill the vacancy. Only in Ocean Shores would they appoint a city employee to act as Mayor. I can't wait to see if they expect Mike to sign contracts, ordinances, etc. on behalf of the City. By state law, the mayor (in a mayor/council form of government) is the chief executive officer of the city. The other issue is whether Mike will be paid the mayor's salary of approximatley $100,000 per year, or his own salary as Police Chief.
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#26538 - 02/10/10 11:37 AM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: FUBAR]
Stash Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/08/08 Posts: 4522 Loc: State of Euphoria	Quote: The other issue is whether Mike will be paid the mayor's salary of approximatley $100,000 per year, or his own salary as Police Chief. Actually, I would see the issue being whether the Mayor has the authority to appoint his successor, and/or if the Council will step up and assert its authority. Imagine if Mayor Durney had announced he is resigning effective immediately and has appointed Chief Myers, or Volkers, or the City Attorney as the Acting Mayor. Do you think the City Council would sit back and say "Well, ok." Or would they step up and say, "Excuse me, Mr. Mayor?", "We don't think so." I wonder if Ocean Shores has a Council President. I wonder if the Council President understands his/her role? _________________________ It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to. Jean-Luc Godard
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#26539 - 02/10/10 11:44 AM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: Stash]
FUBAR addict Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 628	The city attorney would be okay You make a good point. The council can override anything the mayor does as soon as his resignation takes effect.
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#26540 - 02/10/10 11:48 AM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: FUBAR]
FUBAR addict Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 628	Another issue is the fact that a city employee cannot legally hold elective office in the city. Remember when Mike Rand was on the city council, and had to resign so that he could take a job with the Hoquiam Parks Department?
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#26541 - 02/10/10 02:13 PM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: FUBAR]
Stash Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/08/08 Posts: 4522 Loc: State of Euphoria	Yep. I remember. That was back when the Class of '73 really ruled.:) Councilmember Hurd wanted to be the forester for a while, too. When he was finally no longer a councilmember, he eventually became the City Forester... and by all accounts, a reasonably good one, too. _________________________ It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to. Jean-Luc Godard
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#26543 - 02/10/10 04:40 PM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: FUBAR]
MWMI addict Registered: 12/23/08 Posts: 632	Originally Posted By: FUBAR According to the DW article, Mayor Bunkers "appointed" Police/Fire Chief Mike Styner to act as "chief executive officer" until someone is appointed to fill the vacancy. Only in Ocean Shores would they appoint a city employee to act as Mayor. I can't wait to see if they expect Mike to sign contracts, ordinances, etc. on behalf of the City. By state law, the mayor (in a mayor/council form of government) is the chief executive officer of the city. The other issue is whether Mike will be paid the mayor's salary of approximatley $100,000 per year, or his own salary as Police Chief. Since when in the last few years has Ocean Shores let a silly little thing like state law get in the way of a decision.
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#26544 - 02/10/10 05:47 PM Re: Ocean Shores Mayor Resigns [Re: MWMI]
Turnow Pooh-Bah Registered: 12/03/08 Posts: 1950 Loc: Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico	Doesn't OS employ a city attorney? Or is it the city officials don't ask for her or his opinion before violating the law? The city attorney with whom I worked off and on for twenty five years wasn't shy at all of calling a time out to explain to the mayors and councils why what they were proposing was not legally defensible. Generally the elected officials had the good sense to heed his advice. _________________________ Strive for the ideal, but deal with what's real.
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