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ORDINANCE NO. 3755
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2912,
AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE EDMONDS CITY
CODE TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 3.10 EMERGENCY
RESERVE FINANCE FUND, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN
THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City maintains an Emergency Reserve Finance Fund, established
pursuant to Ordinance No. 2912 for the purpose of maintaining fiscal resources to address
unanticipated emergencies including declines in federal and other revenue, as well as
emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to both clarify and limit the purposes for
which the fund may be used to true catastrophic emergencies such as earthquakes or other
natural or man made disasters, pursuant to the authorization established by RCW 35A.33.120 as
a restriction on the Mayor's statutory ability to make transfers between individual appropriations
within any fund, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 2912 is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The Edmonds City Code is hereby amended by the adoption of a new
Chapter 3.10 Emergency Reserve Finance Fund to read as follows:
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Chapter 3.10
3.10.010 Emergency Reserve Finance Fund
In accordance with the authorization of RCW 35A.33.120, funds
placed in the Emergency Reserve Finance Fund shall be used only
in cases of true catastrophic emergencies such as earthquake or
other natural or man -made disasters, No transfer from this fund
shall occur without the express consent of the Edmonds City
Council in the form of a budget appropriation, an authorizing
ordinance or an expenditure authorized pursuant to the provisions
of RCW 35A.33.080 and .090.
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.
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF E A EY:
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 10/02/2009
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 10/06/2009
PUBLISHED: 10/11/2009
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/16/2009
ORDINANCE NO. 3755
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3755
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 6th day of October, 2009, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3755. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 2912, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE EDMONDS CITY CODE
TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 3.10 EMERGENCY RESERVE FINANCE FUND, AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 7th day of October, 2009.
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH } S.S.
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3755
> of the City of Edmonds, Washington.
} `On the 6th day'of October, 2009, the City of the City of
Edmonds, ".passed Ordinance, No. 3755. A summary of the content
of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides 'as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHING-
TON, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2912, AMENDING THE
PROVISIONS OF THE. EDMONDS CITY CODE TO ADD. A
NEW :CHAPTER 3.10 EMERGENCY RESERVE FINANCE
FUND, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BE-
COME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request. ;
DAT.ED,this 7th day.of October, 2009.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Published: October 11, 2009.
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. 3755
Repealing Ordinance 2912
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:
October 11, 2009
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to jtrs �Abscribers during all of said period.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th
RE_ "TVED
day of October, 200
OCT 2 0 2009
E.1DM0N,,, :; I CLERK
Notary Public in and State of Wash � •rC A'g i ett, Snohomish
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