Ordinance 31100006.030.006B
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ORDINANCE NO. 3110
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING AND CLARIFYING
ORDINANCE NOS. 2622, 2741, 2884, 2961 AND 3004
REGARDING THE MEETINGS QUALIFYING FOR
COMPENSATION, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM
COMPENSATION AMOUNT PAYABLE FOR FUTURE
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIXING A TIME
WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance Nos. 2622, 2741, 2884, 2961 and 3004 have established
and clarified a method of compensation of City Councilmembers which includes a base payment
of $350 per month for Councilmembers taking office after December 31, 1989, and $50 per
meeting to a maximum of seven meetings or $350 per month, and
WHEREAS, various ordinances define the City Council meetings which qualify
as official meetings of the City Council or a meeting at which the City Council wishes to be
represented and which qualify for the $50 per month payment, and
WHEREAS, due to changes in meeting schedules and committee structures, as
well as changes within other regional entities of which the City is a member, certain
organizations have ceased to exist and their duties have been assumed by successor agencies, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has established a maximum on the number of
meetings qualifying for compensation in order that these changing committee structures can be
recognized while meeting the intent and purpose of the provisions of the Washington State
Constitution which prohibits the City Council from increasing the compensation of its members
during their term of office, NOW, THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance Nos. 2622, 2741, 2884, 2961 and 3004 are hereby amended
in, but only in, the following respects in order to clarify the meetings eligible for compensation.
Councilmembers taking office following December 31, 1989 shall receive $350 per month as
base compensation. An additional payment of $50 per public meeting actually attended shall be
paid to a Councilmember to a maximum payment of $350 per month. "City Council meeting"
shall mean all regular meetings of the Edmonds City Council attended by a quorum of its
members, whether regular or special meetings, as well as other public meetings attended by
Councilmembers as appointed representative of the City Council in the performance of their
duties. The following meetings are specifically approved when attended as an assignment of a
designated Councilmember or alternate:
a. Cultural Arts and Convention Districts;
b. Disability Board;
C. Professional Consultant Selection Committee;
d. SnoCom;
e. Medic 7;
f. Snohomish County Community Transit;
g. Snohomish County Drug Enforcement Task Force;
h. Edmonds Alliance for Economic Development;
i. Comprehensive Human Resources Committee;
j. Snohomish County Tourism Advisory Board;
k. Port of Edmonds District Meeting; and
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1. Meetings of other entities or of committees of the City Council,
when attendance is preapproved by the Council President for a
specific City Councilmember designated as the City's
representative. Approval for attendance at additional meetings
may be extended by the City Council President at his or her
discretion when attendance has previously been authorized by the
City Council or in order to provide coverage for the Mayor or
another member of the City Council who is unable to attend a
public meeting at which the Council President deems City
representation to be in the City's best interests.
Compensation authorized by the City Council President for attendance at
additional meetings under paragraph 1. above shall authorize payment regardless of whether the
specific meeting is listed in this ordinance as preapproved for payment.
In the event that compensation is paid directly to a City Councilmember for his
or her attendance at a meeting by the public entity conducting the meeting and such
compensation amount is less than the $50 per meeting approved for City Councilmembers, the
Councilmember shall receive a payment from the City equal to the difference between the
amount paid by the other entity and the $50 per meeting compensation authorized by this
ordinance. In no event shall any City Councilmember elected to office prior to January 1, 1998,
receive compensation in excess of $350 per month for meeting attendance nor total compensation
from the City in excess of $700 per month. The term "compensation" as used in this ordinance
shall not include the reimbursement of actual expenses incurred.
Section 2. Any City Councilmember elected to office on or after January 1, 1998,
shall receive compensation of $350 per month as base compensation and an additional payment
of $50 per meeting actually attended in accordance with the policies established by Section 1 of
this ordinance to a maximum of $400 per month.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
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such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally 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:
MAYOR, BARBARA S. FAHEY
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THU.CITY ATTORNEY:
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 08/26/96
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 09/03/96
PUBLISHED: 09/08/96
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/13/96
ORDINANCE NO. 3110
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3110
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 3rd day of September , 199 6 , the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3110 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting
of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING AND
CLARIFYING ORDINANCE NOS. 2622, 2741, 2884, 2961 AND 3004 REGARDING THE
MEETINGS QUALIFYING FOR COMPENSATION, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM
COMPENSATION AMOUNT PAYABLE FOR FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
DATED this 4th day of September , 199 6
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, ss
COUNTY OF SNOHO1vISH,
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 3110
of the City o1
Edmonds; Washington "
On the 3rd.day,o, Septem
ber, 1996, the Crty Council 01
the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3110. A sum-
mary . of the content of said
ordinance, consisting of the
6—ihis 4th- day' :ofi
amber " 1996.
'ANDAA S. CHASE
,ity Clerk "
shed: " " September ;. 8
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Affidavit of Publication
RECEIVED
SEA" 17 1996
EDMONDS CITY CLERK
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ......... ......................... . . . . ..
Summary of Ordinance No. 3110
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
September 8, 1996
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