Editing Kenmore, Washington (section)

==Government and politics==
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Kenmore has a [[Council–manager government]], being governed by a [[city council]] consisting of seven council members, each of whom is elected to a four-year term. Council elections are held every two years, with either three or four positions standing, depending upon year. All positions are nonpartisan and at-large, elected by the entire city voting population. The Council passes ordinances, sets policies, and elects from its own membership a Mayor and Deputy Mayor for two-year terms. The Council holds regular meetings on the second, third, and fourth Mondays of each month, with special meetings added as needed.

[[File:Kenmore City Hall 2.png|thumb|Kenmore City Hall]]

Day-to-day operations of the city are administered by a [[City Manager]], hired by the City Council. City code also stipulates the hiring of a full-time [[City Clerk]]. Major committees included in Kenmore Municipal Code are the Landmarks and Heritage Commission, the Planning Commission, and the Library Advisory Board.

City of Kenmore police duties are subcontracted through the King County Sheriff's Office; the original City of Kenmore Fire Department's duties were expanded via agreement with nearby Lake Forest Park, becoming the Northshore Fire Department.

Shortly after its incorporation in 1998, the city passed a [[moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on [[cardroom]]s and other gambling establishments; at the time, Kenmore had a single cardroom, which was later grandfathered into an expanded ban in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bain |first=Lara |date=June 18, 2005 |title=City Council to decide future of Kenmore's only cardroom |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20050618/gambling18e/city-council-to-decide-future-of-kenmores-only-cardroom |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> After the ban was struck down and reinstated, the issue was decided in a public [[referendum]] in September 2004 that did not pass a ban on cardrooms, but the city council kept its ban in place. The moratorium was overturned by the [[King County Superior Court]] following a lawsuit from the cardroom's owner, but a new ban was passed in 2005 and appealed to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|federal Ninth Circuit]], where the ban was upheld.<ref name="cardroom-ban">Whitely, P., "[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/eastsidenews/2003176762_cardroom05e.html Federal judge says lone cardroom has to go]," ''Seattle Times,'' 5 August 2006.</ref><ref name="cardtrial">Hicks, Joshua, "[http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn-b/news/19673234.html Court upholds Kenmore ban on card rooms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620201148/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn-b/news/19673234.html |date=2008-06-20 }}", ''Bothell Reporter,'' 11 June 2008</ref> Following negotiations between the city, the state gambling commission, and the owner, the cardroom closed in 2009.<ref name="cardroom-closeing">Corrigan, T., "[http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/news/49465407.html It's not in the cards: Kenmore spot to close] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706095340/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/news/49465407.html |date=2009-07-06 }}", "Kenmore Reporter," 29 June 2009</ref>

===Police===
Kenmore contracts with the [[King County Sheriff's Office]] for police services. Deputies assigned to Kenmore wear city uniforms and drive patrol cars marked with the city logo. There are currently 9 patrol officers, one traffic officer, one storefront officer, and one chief assigned full-time to the city.