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Ballot Measure November 4, 1997

On August 12, 1997, Council adopted Ordinance 1997-042, forwarding a proposed Charter amendment to voters regarding implementation of a biennial budget process, which was ultimately adopted.

Charter after 1997 Amendment

Amendment Number	Amendment Text	Vote Totals	Outcome
Amendment 1	Shall Article 6 of the Whatcom County Charter be amended to provide for a two year budget?	Yes 22,559 (57%) No 16,837 (42.61%)	Passed

Charter After Amendments Charter After 1997 Amendments	Copy of charter after the approved amendments in that year (and as documented below) were incorporated Refer to the History and Proposed Amendments by Date for more information on each revision date.
Strike Version 1997 Strike Version	Strike version of the charter sections that had amendments so you can see what changed
Proposed Amendments 1997 Proposed Amendments	List of the proposed amendments with a notation of whether that amendment was passed or not, and including vote counts if available
Ordinances Resolutions and Memos Adopted Ordinance for 1997 Ballot Measure Ordinance 1997-042 THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED ORDINANCES WERE NEVER ADOPTED AND SO DID NOT RESULT IN AN AMENDMENT DATE: 1999 Proposed Ordinance that never went to a ballot 1999 Finance Minutes for Full Time councilmembers 1999 Minutes for Amendments that never went to voters AB 1999-090 Agenda Bill and Action Taken Five Members Ord on 2.17.1999 Proposed Ordinance amendments in 1999 not on ballot 2.23.1999 Amend Charter for Councilmember Salary Ord on 7.20.1999 2001 Failed Ordinance Regarding District Voting 2001 Failed Ordinance regarding District voting Minutes from Council December 11 2001 (page 46)	Supporting ordinances, resolutions, memos, and other publications that support or discuss the changes in that year
Ballots and Election Results 1997 Election Results (page 1)	Election documentation and results if applicable