Ordinance 28710006.130.004
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ORDINANCE NO. 2871
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, LIMITING THE APPLICATION OF SICK
AND VACATION BENEFITS TO THE OFFICE OF MAYOR
AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the Council deems it to be in the public
interest to clarify Ordinance 2753 limiting its application to
insurance and other monetary benefits and excluding any lump sum
payout upon termination; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance 2753 is hereby amended to provide
that the benefits payable to the Mayor in accordance with section
2 of said ordinance be and are hereby limited to prohibit any form
of lump sum payout for sick or vacation benefits upon leaving
office. The benefits provided to department director level
employees are, with respect to the office of Mayor, intended to
provide to the City Council some indication of whether the Mayor is
serving as a full time Mayor in accordance with the assumptions
upon which the office of the salary of Mayor is based. A Mayor is
free to establish his or her own hours of work and state statutes
prohibits the City Council from reducing the Mayor's salary below
the level established by ordinance at the date the Mayor takes
office. The Council has stated its intention to consider vacation
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and sick leave usage when considering requests for increase in the
Mayor's salary, and vacation and sick leave shall be used for that
purpose and no other. Excess sick leave and vacation usage will
not result in the reduction of the salary of Mayor. Conversely,
any accrued vacation or sick leave at the date the Mayor's term
ends shall result in no payment whatsoever to that individual,
provisions of the City Code notwithstanding. This limitation shall
apply to any person elected to the office of Mayor after the
effective date of this ordinance.
Section 2. 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 the ordinance or a summary thereof consisting of
the title.
APPROVED:
4MAOR, allRA LL
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
C Y CLERK, RH A J. MARCH
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE�"FE CITY ATTORNEY:
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FILED WITH T CITY CLERK: February 28, 1992
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: March 2, 1992
PUBLISHED: "larch 8, 1992
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 1992
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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. 2871
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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:
March 8, 1992
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and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
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