Contact the Mayor: the Honorable Alson Kelen: kbemayor@ntamar.net
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Latest Resolutions and Ordinances passed by the Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council (all links are PDF file downloads):
KBE Resolution #5-2009: Resolution to re-establish and reaffirm the KBE local government Constitution via referendum in the 2011 General Election due to the many discrepancies between the various versions of the KBE Local Government Constitution filed with the RMI Ministry of Internal Affairs.
KBE Resolution #6-2009: Resolution stating that the KBE Local Government Council has no issue with High Court judge James Plasman hearing the election case brought by former Mayor Eldon Note even though the judge used to work for Internal Affairs many years ago when the KBE Local Government Constitution was created.
KBE Resolution #7-2009: Resolution stating the Council's position that because the KBE Constitution gives them a choice of two methods of choosing a Mayor should the Mayor seat become vacant by death or resignation or any other cause, they choose the provision that permits the Council to vote for a current member of the Council to serve out the term of the late Mayor Kataejar Jibas until the next General Election in 2011.
KBE Resolution #8-2009: Resolution certifying the election of Alson Kelen Mayor by the KBE Local Government Council to serve out the term of deceased Mayor Kataejar Jibas until the next General Election in 2011.
Current KBE Local Government Constitution that will be followed until the 2011 referendum to be carried out during the 2011 General Election.
The Constitution of the Marshall Islands
The Compact of Free Association as Amended (also know as "Compact II") between the Marshall Islands and the United States.
Hon. Senator Tomaki Juda [pictured, right, in 2007], youngest son of King Juda, was elected for the first time in 1972 as Mayor and served until 2000 when he was elected Senator after the death of Henchi Balos. He was reelected in November of 2003. [elected every 4 years]
Hon. Mayor Alson Kelen was elected on April 16, 2009, and then sworn in on May 11, 2009 (above photo). Mayor Kelen was formerly an Executive Council member for the local government and was elected after the death of former Mayor Kataejar Jibas. [elected every 4 years].
Contact the Mayor: the Honorable Alson Kelen: kbemayor@ntamar.netFormer Bikinian Mayor Kataejar Jibas, died at 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, October 2, 2008, in the Philippines following an automobile accident that occurred on September 17 in Majuro, Marshall Islands. He was 55 years old. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, nine children and many grandchildren.
See the Kataejar Jibas Memorial Page.
[L to R] Former President (he was Speaker of the Marshall Islands Nitijela at the time of this photo), Hon. Kessai Note, Hon. U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, former Hon. Bikini Senator Henchi Balos, and former Hon. Bikini Mayor Tomaki Juda (now senator) in the U.S. Senate Chamber just before President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in 1999.
[L to R] Former Bikinian Councilman Simon Jamore, Former Bikinian Mayor Eldon Note, Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Bikinian Senator Tomaki Juda, Washington, DC, July 25, 2002.
Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council Officers:
Mayor: Alson Kelen(elected every 4 years)
Treasurer: Andy Bill (appointed)
Asst. Treasurer: Marsh Note (appointed)
Consultant: Johnny Johnson (appointed)Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council Voting Members:
Alap (non-elected traditional seat)
Jokonwa Aitap, represented by Mishimori Jamore
Joses Irujiman (Iroij for the people of Bikini), represented by Jackie Irujiman
Alap Tomaie Lektak, represented by Season LeviticusCouncil (elected every four years) November, 2007 results below:
Ejit Island Ward [3 seats]:
Alson Kelen (now Mayor)
Hinton Johnson
Banjo JoelKili Island Ward [12 seats]:
Charity Balos (new)
Preacher Balos (new)
Fred Johnson (new)
Ketruth Juda
Typhoon Jamore
Ichiro Mark (new)
Quincy Calep
Wilson Note
Roger Joel (new)
Urantha Jibas
Uraki Jibas
Biton Leer (new)
Kessai Note, whose father was a Bikinian, was elected unanimously as President of the Marshall Islands on January 3, 2000. He is the first Marshall Islander to be President who does not hold any traditional lines of power. In his role as Speaker of the Nitijela and Senator from Jabot Island, a tenure that lasted for the past 12 years, he became most known for his stand against gambling in the Marshall Islands. Before becoming President, he traveled for many years as a member of the Bikini Atoll local government's delegations. He was reelected for a second term as President of the Marshall Islands in January of 2004. After serving as President of the Marshall Islands for 8 years, in January of 2008, he began serving as a senator from Jabot Island.
Read a Pacific Magazine story about former President Kessai Note [November 2001]
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Bikini/Kili/Majuro Projects Manager:
Derly Gutierrez (based in Majuro) email: kbeproj@ntamar.net
Attorney at Law:
Jonathan M. Weisgall, Chartered (Washington, D.C.)
Fund Trustees:
M & T Trust Company (Resettlement Trust for the People of Bikini) & (Bikini Claims Trust Fund)
Assets Manager:
UBS Paine Webber (Atlanta, Georgia)
Contact our local government: bikinijack@gmail.com
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