Ordinance 36640006.9000
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7/09/07
ORDINANCE NO. 3664
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF ECC
10.25.030 RELATING TO THE SCOPE OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE SYSTEM, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the Edmonds City Code establishes provisions regarding civil
service coverage for its police department, which have not been amended for some years; and
WHEREAS, RCW 41.12.050 relating to scope of civil service coverage and the
process for exclusion has been amended; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the public interest to incorporate
the provisions of RCW 41.12.050; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to provide for a right to return to vested
civil service status where a chief was promoted from within the classified service; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds City Code, Section 10.25.030 Scope is hereby amended
to read as follows:
10.25.030 Scope.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all full -time police
personnel of the City except as provided herein.
1. The position of police chief shall be exempt from civil
service coverage. The police chief shall have the authority to
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exclude an additional number of positions, to be designated the
unclassified service. The number of such persons who may be
designated shall be determined in accordance with the provisions
of RCW 41.12.050.
2. The selection of specific provisions to be in the unclassified
service and exempt from civil service shall be made by the police
chief, who shall notify the Civil Service Commission of his or her
selection. Subsequent changes in the designation of which
positions are in the unclassified service may be made only with the
concurrence of the police chief, the Mayor, and the Civil Service
Commission, and then only after the Civil Service Commission has
heard the issue in an open hearing.
3. If a position initially selected by the police chief to be in
the unclassified service is in the classified civil service at the time
of selection, and if the position is occupied, the employee
occupying the position has the right to return to the next highest
position or like position in the classified Civil Service.
4. When the Police Chief has been appointed from within the
department and has previously established tenure within the
classified service, he or she shall retain the civil service rank to
which he or she has vested. The Chief serves at will and may be
removed with or without cause at any time. In the event that the
Chief is removed without cause, the Chief may, at his or her
option, return to the last tenured position in the classified service.
Civil service tenure may be terminated only for cause in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
5. All appointments to and promotions in the classified
service of the department shall be made solely on merit, efficiency
and fitness except as specifically provided in RCW 35.13.360
through 35.13.400, which shall be ascertained by open,
competitive examination and impartial investigation. No person in
the unclassified service shall be reinstated in or transferred,
suspended or discharged from any such place, position, or
employment, contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
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Section 2. 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 GA H AKENSON
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY ) 5�&&
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 09/14/2007
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 09/18/2007
PUBLISHED: 09/23/2007
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/28/2007
ORDINANCE NO. 3664
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3664
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 18th day of September, 2007, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3664. 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
PROVISIONS OF ECC 10.25.030 RELATING TO THE SCOPE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE
SYSTEM, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 19th day of September, 2007.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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ST ATE C E'JASIIINv -ON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
J SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3664
of the City of mon s, as ington
On the 18th day of September, 2007, the City Council of
the City of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3664. A sum-
mary of the f ontanl of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides °as follows:' + - ""
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMO S, WASHING-
TON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF'ECC 10.25.030
RELATING TO THE SCOPE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SYS-
TEM, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BE-
COME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be Mailed upon request.
DATED this 19th day of September, 2007.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE !
Published: September 23, 2007.
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Affidavit of Publication
S.S.
The undersigned, being first duly swom 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. 3664
City of Edmonds
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 23, 2007
and that said newspaper was reguiar distributed to its subscribers during all of said period.
Principal Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th
REC'IWD day of September, 2007
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Notary Public ' nd fo the State of Washington, residing at E Brett, nohorpiit�sl���C
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