The League supports:

• Local self-government for the City of Kent.
• Retention of a charter for Kent in order that the form of government, system of representation and election system of the city may be locally determined.
• Continuation of the council-manager form of government for Kent. Full responsibility for the administration of the city should be vested in the manager, the city's chief executive.
• In conjunction with this form of government, the charter should provide for the appointment of a manager by city council and recognize the subordinate position of staff department heads to the manager. All staff department heads should be appointed by and be responsible to the manager. Department heads, such as the Director of Law and Director of Finance, should not be directly elected by the voters.
• The present system of electing council both from wards and at-large. Four-year terms for council should be retained, as should the present system of staggering terms. Council should be elected by wards that are substantially equal in population.
• The election of Mayor and council members via nonpartisan elections.
• The power of electors to remove from office by recall election any officer of the City. A petition signed by no less than 25% of Kent voters who voted in the last Presidential election to sign a petition to place on the ballot recall of Mayor or Council-at-Large, or in the case of a ward councilperson, 25% of the voters registered in the ward in question who voted in the last Presidential Election.
• The review of the Charter occurring on even numbered years, as needed, but not to exceed 10 years between reviews.