Buckley Mayor

Employer / Organization

City of Buckley

Next Election

Aug 03, 2021

Filing Window

May 17, 2021 - May 21, 2021

Description

The Mayor is the chief executive and administrative officer of the City and serves as the official and ceremonial head of the City on ceremonial occasions. Functions of the Mayor include: Being in charge of all departments and employees, Directing the preparation of, and submits to the Council a proposed yearly budget, Exercising the power to veto ordinances passed by the Council (such veto may be overridden by vote of a majority of all Council Members plus one more vote), Making recommendations for Council consideration and action, Presiding over all meetings of the City Council (Mayor only has a vote in the case of a tie, except in the case of passage of any ordinance, grant, or revocation of franchise or license, or any resolution for the payment of money), Reporting to the City Council concerning affairs of the City and its financial and other needs

Application Guidelines
The filing window for this Seat begins the Monday two weeks prior to Memorial Day and ends on the Friday of that week (5 days). Candidacy filing papers can be acquired at and are submitted to either the county elections office or the Secretary of State’s Office in Olympia. For non-partisan offices, if there is only two candidates filed for a Seat they will run against each other in the November election. If more than two candidates file for a non-partisan office, than the non-partisan office will go through the August primary and the top two vote getters will advance to the November election for the seat. For a partisan office, the candidates will run in the August primary even if only two people are participating. This may create scenarios where the same candidates participate for the same seat in the August primary and November election. For any further questions, the Pierce County Elections office can be reached at (253)-798-8683 or [email protected], and the Secretary of State’s Office can be reached at (360) 902-4151 or [email protected]. ***Washington is one of the only states with online filing for candidacy. For more information regarding filing online, please see here: http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/DocumentCenter/View/33845

Submit application to:
Pierce County Elections, 2501 S. 35th St., Tacoma, WA, 98409, US