Ordinance 32750006.900000
09/20/99
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ORDINANCE NO. 3275
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE EDMONDS CITY CODE
TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 10.80, CITIZENS COMMISSION
ON SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, Article 11, Section 8 of the Washington State Constitution prohibits
the salaries of elected officials from being increased during a term of office, and
WHEREAS, the setting of salaries for certain elected officials such as elected
officials of the City of Everett and state judges salaries have been delegated respectively by the
Everett Charter and by the Washington State Constitution to independent commissions for
establishment of salaries, and
WHEREAS, that option is not available to the City of Edmonds under its charter,
Title 35A of the Revised Code of Washington, and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to incorporate, to the extent available to it,
the concepts behind a commission on elected officials' salaries in order that such a commission
be established to present its recommendations to the City Council, and
WHEREAS, the City Council hopes and believes that the utilization of a
committee will depoliticize the setting of elected officials' salaries and provide realistic salaries
for elected officials at a level which will attract qualified candidates to public service, NOW,
THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds City Code is hereby amended to add a new Chapter
10.80 Citizens Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials to read as follows:
Chapter 10.80
Citizens Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials
10.80.010 Purpose: It is the policy of the City of Edmonds to
base salaries of elected officials on realistic standards so that
elected officials of the City may be paid according to the duties of
their offices, and so that citizens of the highest quality may be
attracted to public service. To effectuate this policy, the Edmonds
Citizens' Commission on Salaries of Elected Officials ( "Citizens'
Commission ") is hereby created consisting of seven (7) members
with duties and responsibilities as set forth below.
10.80.020 Duties: The Citizens' Commission shall study the
relationship of salaries for each respective position. Except as
provided otherwise below, the Citizens' Commission shall be
solely responsible for its own organization, operation, and action
and shall enjoy the fullest cooperation of all elected officials,
departments and agencies of the city of Edmonds.
10.80.030 Eligibility: The Citizens' Commission shall consist
of seven (7) members, all of whom must be at least twenty -one
(21) years of age, registered to vote, and maintain personal
residence within the boundaries of the City of Edmonds. No City
of Edmonds official, or public employee, immediate family
member of the official or employee shall be eligible for
membership on the Citizens' Commission. As used in this
subsection, the phrase "immediate family" means parents, spouse,
siblings, children, or dependant relative of the official or employee,
whether or not they are living in the same household.
10.80.040 Appointment: Two (2) members of the Citizens'
Commission shall be appointed by the City Council and one (1)
member shall be appointed by the Mayor; the appointed three
members shall select the other four (4) members. The members of
the Commission shall serve four (4) year terms beginning October
1, 1999, except that the first seven members shall be appointed for
different terns as follows: (a) one member appointed by the City
Council for a period of four years; (b) one member appointed by
the City Council for a period of two years; (d) two of the members
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selected by those three members to serve for periods of four years;
and (e) two of the members selected by those three members to
serve for periods of two years. No person may serve more than
two (2) consecutive terms. Members of the Commission may be
removed by the Mayor, with the approval ' of the Council, only for
cause of incapacity, incompetence, neglect of duty, malfeasance in
office, or for a disqualifying change of eligibility. The unexcused
absence of any member of the Commission from two (2)
consecutive meetings of the Commission shall constitute
relinquishment of that person's membership on the Commission.
Such relinquishment creates a vacancy in that person's position on
the Commission. Upon a vacancy in any position on the
Commission, a successor shall be selected and appointed to fill the
unexpired term. The selection and appointment shall be concluded
within thirty (30) days of the date that position becomes vacant and
shall be conducted in the same manner as originally provided for
that person's appointment.
10.80.050 Operation: The members of the Commission shall
elect a chair from among their number. The Commission shall
prepare a recommended schedule of salaries by an affirmative vote
of not less than five (5) members of the Commission. Members of
the Commission shall receive no compensation for their services.
10.80.060 Salary Schedule Recommendation: The
Commission shall file its initial schedules of recommended salaries
for elected officials of the City with the City Clerk no later than the
first Monday in November, and shall file a recommended schedule
on the same day every two years thereafter. The signature of the
chair of the Commission shall be affixed to each schedule
submitted to the City Clerk. The chair shall certify that the
schedule has been adopted in accordance with the provisions of
this charter and with the rules, if any, of the Commission. Such
schedules shall become effective only upon adoption by the City
Council and in accord with state law.
10.80.070 Open Meetings: All meetings, actions, hearings,
and business of the Commission shall be subject to the Open
Public Meetings Act as set forth in Chapter 42.30 of the Revised
Code of Washington. Prior to the filing of any salary schedule, the
Commission shall hold no fewer than two (2) public hearings
thereon within the two (2) months immediately preceding the filing
of its recommendation.
10.80.080 Referendum: Any ordinance enacting change of
salary shall be subject to referendum petition by the citizens in
accordance with City Ordinance. Any ordinance which enacts a
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Commission recommendation shall be subject to § XI, Section of
the Washington State Constitution regarding increases of elected
officials' salaries during their term of office.
10.80.090 Reimbursement Unaffected: The Mayor and Council
members shall receive reimbursement for their actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of
their office, or the Council by ordinance may provide for a per
diem allowance. Procedure for approval of claims for expenses
shall be as provided by ordinance, consistent with state law.
Section 2. 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,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 3. 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
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF n FEY AT EY:
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 09/24/99
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 09/28/99
PUBLISHED: 10/04/99
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/09/99
ORDINANCE NO. 3275
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3275
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 28th day of September, 1999, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3275. 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
EDMONDS CITY CODE TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 10.80, CITIZENS COMMISSION ON
SALARIES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS; AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 29th day of September, 1999.
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.1 -,e CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHONISH,
NO, 3275
of the City Of dmonds,
Washington
I the 28th day of September,
the City Council cf the City
dmonds, passed Ordinance
3275. A summary of the
tnt of said ordir,ance, con -
ig of the title, provides as
vs:
)RDINANCE OF THE CITY
CODE TO ADD A NEW
TER 10.80, CITIZENS
IISSION ON SALARIES
.ECTED OFFICIALS; AND
3 A TIME WHEN THE
SHALL BECOME EF-
VE.
full text of this Ordinance
mailed upon request.
ED this 29th day of Sep-
1999.
CITY CLERK,
SANDRA S. CHASE
ied: October 4.1999 '
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Affidavit of Publication
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 ......... ...............................
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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:
Oc.tober . . . ... 4, ... 1999
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