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Home My WebLink About4430ORDINANCE NO. 4430 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 2'34 of the Kent City Code, entitled "Municipal Court", to adjust the salaries for judges, judges pro tem, and court commissioners. RECITALS A. The Kent Municipal Court was established in accordance with Chapter 3.50 RCW, which provides a municipal court structure that may be used by cities with populations of 400,000 or less. Chapter 2.34 of the Kent City Code was adopted to establish Kent's municipal court under Chapter 3.50 RCW, which began operations on January L, 1994. B. RCW 3.50.080 requires that the salaries of municipal court judges be set by ordinance and that all costs of operating a municipal couft be paid from funds of the City. Through Kent City Code 5 2.34.050, the City Council previously established the salaries of municipal court judges at 95olo of the salary paid to district court judges. Currently, district court judges are paid a salary of $190,L2O per year. The 95olo rate paid to Kent's municipal court judges in accordance with KCC 2.34.050 is $180,614. C. The Washington Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials has established a salary schedule that increases the salary paid to Amend Ch. 2.34 KCC - Ret Salaries of Judicial Positions 1 district court judges to $193,447, effective July L,2022, an increase of 93,327 per year. Through this ordinance, the Kent City Council increases the salary paid to municipal court judges to 100o/o of the salary paid to district court judges, effective July 1, 2022-a $12,833 increase annually. D. If a city's municipal court judges are elected, and if such city pays is municipal court judges a salary that is at a rate between 95o/o-lOOo/o of the salary paid to district court judges, the state will reimburse those cities a portion of the salary paid to municipal court judges to be deposited into a trial court improvement account and used to help fund improvements to court staffing, programs, facilities, and services. In 2O2L, the City of Kent received 943,044 from the state in partial reimbursement of judicial salaries, which was deposited into the City's trial court improvement account. E. Once this ordinance is effective, the salary adjustments provided for herein shall retroactively apply as of July 1, 2022' NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: ORDINANCE SE0TION 7. - Amendment - KCC 2.34.050. Section 2.34.050 0f the Kent City Code, entitled "Municipal judge salary - Costs," is amended as follows: sec. 2.34.O5O. Municipal judge salary - costs. The city will automatically adjust the salary paid to the Kent municipal court judges who meet the requirements of RCW 2.56.030(22) to an amount equal to the salary of district court judges as set by the Washington Citizens'Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials. The Kent municipal court judge salary adjustments required of this section shall be effective on a date Amend Ch. 2.34 KCC - Re: Salaries of Judicial Positions 2 commensurate with the effective date of adjustments to the salaries of district court judges made by the Washington Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials. 'ECTION 2. - Amendment - KCC 2.34.060. Section 2.34.060 0f the Kent City Code, entitled "Judges pro tem Court Commissioners," is amended as follows: sec, 2.34.060. Judges pro tem - court commissioners. A judge pro tem or commissioner appointed in accordance with RCW 3'50.075 or 3.50.090 shall receive compensation at the rate of $70.00 per hour unless modified by resolution or ordinance. The term of the appointment shall be specified in writing but in any event shall not extend beyond the term of the elected municipal judges, SECTION 3. - 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. ECTION 4. - 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' SECTION S. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its passage, as provided by law' Once this ordinance is effective, the salary provisions shall apply retroactively to July L,2022. All other provisions, if any, shall apply prospectively. Amend Ch. 2.34 KCC - Re: Salaries of Judicial Positions 3 A RALPH, ATTEST: KIMBERLEY MOTO, CITY CLERK ED AS TO FORM: ITE, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY June 2L.2022 Date Approved June 2I, 2022 Date Adopted June 24,2022 Date Published Amend Ch. 2.34 KCC - Ret Salaries of Judicial Positions 4 sTAl'ri oF WASI{INGTON, COUNTY OF KING } AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION PUBLIC NOTICE Rudi Alcott, being first duly sworn on oath that he is the Vice President of Advertising for Sound Publishing, which publishes the Kent Reporter a weekly newspaper, which newspaper is a legal ncwspaper of gcneral circulation and is now and has been for more than six months prior to thc date of publication hereinafter referred to, published in the llnglish language continuously as a weekly newspaper in King County, Washington, 'I'he Kent- Covington Reporter has been approved as a l,egal Newspaper by ordcr o[ the Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County. The notice in the exact form annexed was published in regular issues o1' the Kent- Covington l{eporter (and not in supplcment" form) which was rcgularly disuibuted to its subscribers during the below statcd pcriod.'fhc anncxed notice, a: Public Notice #K8N9s7040 was published on June 24r 2022 The full amount of the fee charged for said foregoing publication is the sumof $217 69 l{udi A}cott Vice President, Advert ising Subscribed and sworn to me this 8'h day of September,2022 . 'tiibbett, Notary Public for thc Statc of Washington, Residing in ng, Washington ttlllt DER gsT,ARr PUg.LIC WA ;;.ri.'-'a&-.t*.:r*l :ii,:'.:r+o.'i+1ffii#g.: CITY OF KENT NOTICE OF ORDI. NANCES PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL The following are 6um- maries of otdinances passed by the Kent Cilv Council on June 21.anna ORDINANCE NO. 4430 - AN ORDINANCE of lhe City Council of lhs Cityof Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 2.34 of the Kent Ciiy Code.entitle.' "Municipal Court". to adjust the salarie$ for Judges. JUdg-es pro lem. and courl conrmissioners. This or- dinance shall take etfect and be in force 30 days from and after it5 pas- sage, as provided by law. Oncs this ordinanceis effective. llle salary provisiqns shall apply retroactively to July 1. 2022. All other provi- sions. it any, shall applv prospectively. ORDINANCE NO. 4431 - AN ORDINANCE of the Crty Council of lhe City of Kenl. Washrnlrlon. va- cating a portion ol Na- don Slreet. also knowi) as Naden A.venue. and reserving an easenrent- Thrs ordinanc€ shall take effect and be in full force five days after the date of publicalion, as provid- €d by law. ORDINANCE NO.4432 - AN ORDINANCE of lhe City Council of the Cily of Kent. Washinglon. va- cating a portion of right- of-way consisting of an alleyway situated be- tw6en propertiss located between Railroad Ave- nue S. to the west and Bridges Avenue S. to the east, and E. Russell St. lo the no(h and E. Mor- Classified Proof I ..'e "5r,.: .. . ' . Proofbd by Jennifer Tribbett, 09108/7022 I l:12:28 arn Pagc: 2 Classified Proof d*€iii *ffii;si'riY' ':l':i;; ton Streel to the $outh. and reseruing an ease- ment and lhe right to grant easements. This ordinanco shall take ef- fect and be in force 30 days konr and afler its passage. as p,ovded by law. oRoINANCE NO. 4433 - AN OROINANCE of the Ciiy Council of the City of Kent. Washington, amendrng the Parks and Recrealion Elomant of the city's Comprehen- sve Plan related io th€ adoption oI lhe 2Q22- 2027 Pa'ir. and Open Space Plan. (CPA-2021-8). Thrs ordi- narfce shall lake eftect and be in force 3O days from and after the date of passage as provided bv law ORDINANCE NO. 4434 - AN ORDINANC€ of the City Council ol lhe Cily of Kent. Washington. re- pealing Section 2 of Or dinence No. 4234 thalhad adopted Kent's 2017 Surface Water De- sign Manual. and adopt-ing Kenl's new 2O22 SurtacB Wat6r Design Manual. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its passage. as provKled by law. ORDINANCE NO. 4435 - AN OROINANCE of the Cily Council o{ the City ol Kent, Washinglon. re- lalng to land us6 and zonrng. speclfically the rezorring ol a 2.23-acreparcel located al 24032 116th Ave SE. Kent. Washinglon from NCC (Neighborhood Convenience Commer- cial) to MRT-16 (Multi- family Residential Town- house Dislrict) Thrs ordinanco shall take ef- {€6t and be in force 30 days from and atter its passage. A copy ot th6 conrplete lext of any ordrnance will be mailed upon teqtrest af the Crq/ Clerk Kimbedey A. Komolo, Crty Clerk Kkonloto@KenlWA gov ?53-856-5725 #957040 06t24t22 Prooi'ed by Jennifer Tribbett, 09/08/2022 I l: l2:28 am Page: 3