Ordinance 4385ORDINANCE NO. 4385
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHING TON, AMENDING THE CITY CODE PROVISIONS
FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE
MEETINGS
WHEREAS, the city council has the power to organize and regulate its internal affairs
under RCW 35A. I I .020; and
WHEREAS, the city council sees fit to modify its council meeting times and committee
meeting structure to allow greater flexibility and efficiency; and
WHEREAS, the city council has determined that regular meetings which fall on an election
day should occur on the immediately preceding day; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHING TON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1.04.010 of the Edmonds City Code, entitled "Regular public meeting
time and days," is hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text
is shown in strike through ):
1.04.010 Regular public meeting time and days.
A. Full Council. Regular meetings of the city council shall be held on every Tuesday of
every month at *§::00 p.m., except for the third and fifth Tuesdays of any month, the last
Tuesday of August, am! the first Tuesday of September. and as adjusted to accommodate
an election pursuant to ECC 1.04.035 . Regular meetings of the city council shall be held
as a hybrid meeting that is accessible both virtually and in person and where the in-person
component is conducted in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Complex, 250 Fifth
Avenue N., Edmonds, Washington. Council meetings shall adjourn no later than ~,2:00
p.m. on the day initiated unless such adjournment is extended by an affirmative vote of a
majority of the council as a whole plus one.
B. Council Committees. The city council shall have the following standing committees:
Committee A; Committee B, and Committee of the Whole fiAance~ parks aAd public works
( PPW ); public safety, planning human ser.rices and personnel ( PSPHSP"). Regular
meetings of the city council standing committees shall be held at the following dates and
times: Committee A on the first Tuesday of each month from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm;
Committee Bon the third Tuesday of each month from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm: and Committee
of the Whole on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on the third
Tuesday of e¥e1y month. Councilmembers and staff may attend all committee meetings
virtually. Members of the public may view the meeting virtually from their own device or
from a monitor provided by the city in the city council conference room, 121 5th A venue
North, Edmonds WA 98020. The respective regular eommitt:ee meeting times shall be as
follows: (1) PS:PlfSP shall commence at 3:30 p.m. and end at 5:30 p.m: (2) finance shall
commence at 5:30 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m.; anel. (3) PPW shall commence at I :30 p.m.
and end at 3 :30 p.m . Recordings of city council standing committee meetings shall be made
and posted online.
Section 2. A new Section 1.04.035 of the Edmonds City Code, entitled "Election Day," is
hereby added to read as follows:
1.04.035 Election Day
In the event a regularly scheduled city council meeting or committee of the whole meeting
falls on a primary or general election day, or on a special election day where the city has
placed a ballot measure before the voters, the regular meeting shall take place on the
immediately preceding day at the same time and place as it would have were it not for the
election.
Section 3. Section 1.04.050 of the Edmonds City Code, entitled "Committee functions,"
is hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in
strike-through):
1.04.050 Committee functions.
A. The purpose of council committees is to provide a forum for discussion and vetting
of topics or issues proposed for council approval. This forum may address issues of a
minor or routine nature, or signHicant issues that wan-ant additional information sharing
and discussion prior to final council action.
AB. Business items considered by a city council committee should only be forwarded to
the city council consent agenda with the unanimous consent of the committee members.
BC. Committee business items that have not received unanimous support of the
committee to be forwarded to the consent agenda may be discussed at a forthcoming
committee meeting if additional committee work is likely to produce unanimity.
Alternatively, the council president may place the item on a future council agenda for
further deliberation and/or action by the city council.
GD. The council president shall be a nonvoting ex-officio member of all council
committees, except when a regular committee member is absent, in which case the
council president may vote. When a committee chair is absent, the other regular
committee J'flember shall serve as the committee chair regular committee member with
the most council seniority will chair. or in case of a tie in seniority. the councilmember
with the lowest council position.
~~-The mayor and council members from other committees may attend committee
meetings of which they are not members and may join the discussion and ask questions
about a committee business item if they have been present during the entire discussion of
that business item; provided, that only committee members, or the council president when
substituting for an absent committee member, may vote on committee business. Presence
of a quorum of the city council at a committee meeting shall not change the character of
the meeting from a committee meeting to a city council meeting.
F. Items may be placed on the agenda of any standing committee at the discretion of the
council president, PROVIDED THAT any standing committee agenda may be modified
during any regular meetine: of the committee by the consent of a majority of the
committee.
Section 4 . Severability. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, or phrase of this
ordinance should be held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum and shall take effect five (5)
days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the title.
APPROVED:
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ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
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JEFFTARADAY -
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DA TE:
ORDINANCE NO.
January 23 2025
January 28 2025
January 31 2025
February 5, 2025
4385
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 4385
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 28 th day of January, 2025, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 4385. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE CITY CODE PROVISIONS FOR COUNCIL
MEETINGS AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DA TED this 28 th day of January, 2025.
CITYCLE~PASSEY
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Everett Daily Herald
Affidavit of Publication
State of Washington}
County of Snohomish } ss
Michael Gates being first duly sworn, upon
oath deposes and says: that he/she is the legal
represen ta tive of the Everett Dai ly Herald a
daily newspaper. The said newspaper is a legal
newspap er by order of the superio r court in the
cou nty in which it is publi shed and is now and
has been for more than six months prior to the
date of the first publication of the Notice
hereinafter referred to, published in the English
langu age continually as a dai ly newspaper in
Snoh omish County, Washington and is and
al wc1 ys has been printed in whole or part in the -
Ev erett Dai ly Hera ld and is of general
circulation in said County, and is a legal
newspaper, in accordance with the Chapter 99
of the Laws of 1921, as amended by Chapter
213 , Laws of 194 1, and approved as a legal
newspaper by order of the Sup erior Court of
Snohomish Coun ty , State of Washington , by
order dated June 16, 1941, and that the annexed
is a true copy of EDH1008568 ORD SUMMARY
4383-S as it was published in the regular and
entire issue of said paper and not as a
supplement form thereof for a period of I
issue(s), such publication commencing on
01/31/2025 and ending on O l/31/2025 and that
said newspaper was regularly distributed to its
subscribers during all of said period .
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ORDlNAN N 4383
AN ORDINANCE OF THE C l OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE CITY CODE PROYISIONi:,
RELATED TO THE MUNICI PAL COURT JUDGE AND
JUDGES PRO TEM ,
ORDINANCE NO 4384
AN ORDINANCE OF THe CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ESTABI.ISHING INTERIM DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS,
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, EMERGENCY HOUSING, ANO
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUS1NG \'STEP" HOUSING),
AN ORDINANCEORgt~A'11J~NO~f,
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OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE CITY CODE PROVISIQNS
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Published: January 31, 2025 , EOH1008S68
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