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Vancouver (/ v æ n ˈ k uː v ər / ⓘ van-KOO-vər) is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, located in Clark County.Founded in 1825 and incorporated in 1857, Vancouver had a population of 190,915 as of the 2020 census, [4] making it the fourth-most populous city in Washington state.
[2] [3] In 2014, McEnerny-Ogle was elected to the Vancouver City Council. The first woman to be elected mayor of Vancouver, she was elected to succeed Tim Leavitt in November 2017 for a term beginning January 1, 2018. [4] [5] [6] She was endorsed in the race by The Columbian, which noted her prior term on the city council since 2014. [7]
Most cities in Washington have this form of government, which calls for an elected mayor and an elected city council, including Seattle, Spokane, Kent, Everett, Bremerton, and Bellingham. Council-manager Cities with an elected council and appointed city manager include Yakima, Vancouver, Tacoma, Bellevue, Pasco, and Kennewick.
(The Center Square) – The Vancouver City Council is not putting a citizen-led initiative on a future ballot, with city officials having declared the initiative to remove traffic lanes from city ...
The last city to use the three-member commission form of government was Shelton; it adopted a council–manager structure in 2017. Most cities in Washington have the mayor–council form of government, which calls for an elected mayor and an elected city council. Cities with a council–manager system have an elected council and appointed city ...
Its county seat and largest city is Vancouver. [2] It was the first county in Washington, first named Vancouver County in 1845 before being renamed for William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1849. It was created by the Provisional Government of Oregon in Oregon Country on August 20, 1845, and at that time covered the entire present ...
The following is a list of mayors of Vancouver, Washington from 1858 on. The city of Vancouver was incorporated on January 23, 1857. # Mayor Term start Term end
The legislation, passed in 1953, supersedes the Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921 and grants the city more and different powers than other communities possess under BC's Municipalities Act. The city is governed by the 10-member city council, a nine-member school board, and a seven-member park board, all elected for four-year terms.