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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-022ORDINANCE NO. 2010-022 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.04 RELATING TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS, the City of Arlington, Washington has the authority to adopt ordinances for the general welfare of its citizens; and WHEREAS, certain provisions of the Arlington Municipal Code are outdated and require revision; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Arlington has requested revisions be made to Chapter 2.04, relating to the City Council; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arlington, Washington does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Arlington Municipal Code Section 2.04.020 is amended to read as follows: 2.04.020 Meetings --Time and place --When meetings fall on legal holidays. The city council shall hold its regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month, and its workshops on the second and fourth Mondays of each month; provided, however, that whenever such regular meeting falls upon a Monday declared in RCW 1.16.050 now or in the future as a legal holiday, then the regular meeting of the city council shall be held upon the following Tuesday. All meetings shall begin at seven p.m. Meetings shall be held at the Arlington Police Station/City Hall Annex, 110 E. 3rd St., Arlington, Washington. Section 2. Arlington Municipal Code Section 2.04.025 is amended to read as follows: 2.04.025 Compensation. Each city council member will be paid two hundred dollars for each regular meeting of the city council attended by such council member, not to exceed four hundred dollars per calendar month. The mayor will be paid one thousand five hundred dollars for each calendar month during which the mayor performs his or her duties. ORDINANCE NO.2010-022 Section 3. Arlington Municipal Code Section 2.04.027 is amended to read as follows: 2.04.027 Expense reimbursement. (a) In addition to the compensation provided for by AMC 2.04.025, the mayor and council members will be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in attendance at meetings required by virtue of their office. Such reimbursement shall include a per meeting expense as authorized by RCW 35A.12.070 in the amount of fifty dollars per meeting for attendance of city council members or the mayor at the following meetings, excluding regular city council meetings and city council work sessions immediately preceding or immediately after regular city council meetings, but in any event not to exceed eight meetings in any month for a council member and twenty meetings in any month for the mayor: (1) Attendance at official functions of the following organizations to which the city belongs: National League of Cities, Association of Washington Cities, Snohomish County Association of Cities and Towns, and Snohomish County Tomorrow; (2) Attendance at meetings where the council member or mayor is appointed or elected to attend by the mayor, city council, Snohomish County association of cities and towns, the Snohomish county executive, Snohomish county council, the Governor, or State Legislature, if the reason for the appointment was because of the individual's status as an elected official; (3) City council retreats, emergency city council meetings, or city council workshops; provided, that no reimbursement shall occur for these meetings when they occur immediately before or immediately after regularly scheduled council meetings; (4) Any function at which the individual is representing the city at the request of the mayor or by action of the city council; (5) City facility dedications and city -sponsored graduations and award ceremonies; (6) City council subcommittee meetings; and (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), reimbursement will not be authorized by virtue of this section for attendance at political functions. Section 4. Arlington Municipal Code Section 2.04.030 is amended to read as follows: 2.04.030 Procedures. Ordinances and resolutions may be offered for consideration by the mayor or by any council member at any meeting of the city council. The presiding officer will recognize any motion made and seconded from the council for the adoption of an ordinance or resolution. No ordinance or resolution will be adopted without the same having first been ORDINANCE NO. 2010-022 2 submitted to the city attorney for his or her approval as to form. It will be unnecessary to read the full text of any such ordinance or resolution and it will be sufficient that the same be read by reading aloud the title only, provided: (1) That copies of the full text thereof will have been previously furnished to each member of the city council present at the meeting where the same may be offered; (2) That copies of the full text of the same are available for examination by any member of the public present at the meeting where the same may be offered; and (3) Upon demand of any council member the full text of the same will be read aloud before adoption. Section 5. Arlington Municipal Code Section 2.04.050 is amended to read as follows: 2.04.050 Transaction of business --Procedure. The following rules will govern the proceedings of the city council. A quorum being present, the council will proceed to transact the business before it in the following manner, unless the same be temporarily suspended by unanimous consent: (1) Call to order; (2) Roll call of members; (3) Public comment, for members of the public to speak to the council regarding matters not on the agenda; (4) Consent agenda and approval of claims; (5) Public hearing; (6) Unfinished business; (7) New business; (8) Discussion items; (9) Information items; (10) Administrator and staff reports; (11) Mayor's report; (12) Council member reports (optional); (13) Executive session (optional). Section 6. Severabi I itv. If any provision, section, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 7. Effective Date. A summary of this Ordinance consisting of its title shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after the date of publication. ORDINANCE NO. 2010-022 3 PASSED by he City Council of the City of Arlington and APPROVED by the Mayor this t�,day of Y , 2010. CITY OF ARLINGTON Margaret ,arson, Mayor ATTEST: Kristi anfield, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ,r St en �-p e, 0 Attorney ORDINANCE NO.2010-022 4 CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE I, Kristin Banfield, being the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Arlington, Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance #2010-022 was approved at the September 20, 2010 City Council meeting. ORDINANCE #2010-022 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.04 RELATING TO THE CITY COUNCIL A true and correct copy of the original ordinance is attached. Dated this 21 St day of September, 2010. r Kristin Vnfield City Clerk for the City of Arlington