HomeMy WebLinkAbout4334 ORDINANCE NO. 4334
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending the Kent City
Code by removing subsection D of KCC 2.01.020
relating to council workshops.
RECITALS
A. On July 7, 2009, the City council passed ordinance 3923 which
established the council workshop as a regular meeting of the council.
B. Ordinance 3923 provides that final action of the council may be
taken at council workshops.
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C. RCW 35A.12.100 and RCW 35A.12.110 require the mayor to
preside over meetings of the city council.
D. Over time, there have been few, if any, instances in which final
council action, such as the passage of an ordinance or approval of a contract,
has been taken at a workshop. In addition, the council president has always '
presided over the council workshops. In essence, while the code has referred
to the council workshop as a council meeting, the City has treated the council
workshop as a committee meeting of the full council.
E. This ordinance amends the code to remove the council :
workshop as a regular meeting of the council. Contemporaneously, the
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council is establishing in its bylaws that the workshop is a committee of the
council made up of the full council, and that the mayor is permitted to attend
and participate in the workshop.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. - Amendment. KCC 2.01.020 is hereby amended as
follows:
2.01.020 City council meetings.
A. Meeting location. The regular and other meetings of the city council shall
be held in the council chambers at the City Hall unless otherwise designated
by majority of the city council at a regular or special meeting.
B. Regular meeting date and time. The regular meetings shall be held Qn
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the first and third Tuesdays of each month, except that during the month Of
December of each year, there shall be only one (1) regular council meeting to
be held on the second Tuesday of said month. If a regular meeting occurs pn
a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next business day at the saMe
hour. Regular meetings shall convene at 7:00 p.m., except that the regular
meeting scheduled for the first Tuesday in August and the first Tuesday !in
November shall be held at 5:00 p.m.
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C. Special meetings. Special meetings shall be held as provided by law at
such times as may be designated.
fegienal issues at 5!90 p.m. en each FegulaF eeuneil meeting day, exeept wh
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SECTION 2. - Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance
and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3, - Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering; or
references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations.
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SECTION 4. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force 30 days from and after its passage, as provided by law.
September 17, 2019
DANA RALPH, MAYOR Date Approved
ATTEST:
Sep
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KIr4BERLEY A. KOMOTO, CITY CLERK Date Adopted
September 20, 2019
Date Publish
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STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF KING }
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continuously as a weekly newspaper in King County, Washington. The
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the Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County.
The notice in the exact form annexed was published in regular issues of
the Kent - Covington Reporter(and not in supplement form) which was regularly
distributed to its subscribers during the below stated period. The annexed
notice (873716), a:
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was published on September 20`h, 2019.
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Classified Proof
CITY OF KENT
NOTICE OF
ORDINANCE PASSED
BY THE
KENT CITY COUNCIL
The following is a sum-
mary of an ordinance
passed by the Kent City
17,2019.
Council on September
ORDINANCE NOAM-
AN ORDINANCE of the
City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington,
amending the Kent City
Code by removing sub-
section D of KCC
2.01.020 relating to
council workshops. This
ordinance shall take ef-
fect and be in force 30
days from and after its
passage.as provided by
law.
A copy of the complete
text of this ordinance will
be mailed upon request
of the City Clerk.
Kimberley A. Komoto,
City Clerk
253-856-5725
CAI rk KentWA oov
Published in the Kent-
Covington Reporter
September 20, 2019.
#873716