Ordinance 945 - Kalispell Police Dept Residency Requirements99
ORDINANCE NO. 945
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 22-6, KALISPELL CITY CODE, (ORDINANCE
NO. 668, SECTION 1) TO PROVIDE THAT APPOINTEES TO THE KALISPELL
POLICE DEPARTMENT MUST HAVE RESIDED IN THE STATE OF MONTANA CON-
TINUOUSLY FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AND IN FLATHEAD COUNTY FOR AT LEAST
SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THEIR APPOINTMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT
THE MAYOR HAS THE DISCRETION TO WAIVE SUCH RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL,
MONTANA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 22-6 of the Kalispell City Code (Ordinance No.
668, Section 1), is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 22-6. Age and residence requirements.
The members of the police department on the active list
of the city at the time of their appointment under this chapter
shall not be less than twenty-one years of age, nor more than
forty years of age, but this restriction shall not apply to
any member of the present police department, nor to police
reserves hereinafter provided for, nor to honorably discharged
soldiers, sailors, and marines of the United States who were
in the late war with Germany and her Allies.
Every police officer must be a citizen of the United
States and a resident of the city; and must have resided, in
the State of Montana continuously for a period of at least
one year and in Flathead County for a period of at least six
months, prior to his appointment to the city police force.
The above provision, requiring residence in the city, shall
not apply to present members of the police force, who now
' reside outside of the city.
SECTION II. The Mayor, in making an appointment to the police force
as provided by law, has the discretion to waive the residency re-
quirements of this ordinance.
FINALLY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA,
AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS 21st DAY OF January , 1960.
Norma E. Happ, Mayor
ATTEST:
Marjo) ie Giermann, City Clerk
I, Marjorie Gienaatffi, City Clerk of the
City of Kalispell, Montana, do certify that on
the 1/ st day of'
19 'o ,
I posted a copy of the foregoing ordinance in
My office, and the
same re ined posted
for a period of five days, and the foregoing is
a true and correct
copy of the ordinance
as passed by the City Council.
City C1eyk of the Ci
Montana