SEASIDE >> The electorate of the city of Seaside will be asked to decide two measures on the November ballot — Measure BB dealing with the length of a mayor’s term, and Measure CC deciding the fate of “safe and sane fireworks” in the city.

Measure BB will ask: Shall the term of office for Mayor be four years? Yes or No.

Measure CC will ask: Shall ordinance 2027, an ordinance of the City Council of the city of Seaside, repealing and replacing Chapter 8.32 of the Seaside Municipal Code to prohibit the sale, purchase, possession, storage and use of all fireworks, including safe and sane fireworks, be adopted? Yes or No.

Each of those measures will require a majority vote, 50% + 1, to pass.

The mayor and council members are currently voted in at large, and since the city’s incorporation nearly 70 years ago, the mayor has been elected for a two-year term. If Measure BB passes with the majority of votes, then the mayoral candidates in the 2026 election would be running for a four-year term. Council members already serve four-year terms.The voters of the city of Seaside will be also be asked on the November Ballot whether or not to adopt an ordinance which will enact a ban on all sales, possession and use of fireworks, including “safe and sane” fireworks, with the only exception being when such fireworks discharged is part of a public display, agricultural or educational activities, which are subject to a permit.

A “yes” vote for Measure CC will adopt Ordinance 2027 and the ban on safe and sane fireworks. A “no” vote is a vote against the ban and will leave the existing fireworks regulations in effect.

The city of Seaside currently permits the sales, possession, use and discharge of “safe and sane” fireworks between June 28 and July 5, between the hours of noon and 10 p.m. The city issues licenses to eligible nonprofit organizations for sale of safe and sane fireworks pursuant to a specified application process.