HomeMy WebLinkAbout1177RESOLUTION NO. //7/
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A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, establishing a
procedure for notifying the public of upcoming
hearings and the preliminary agenda for Council
meetings.
WHEREAS, the Legislature enacted Chapter 168, Laws of the
1988 Session, requiring a city to establish a procedure for
notifying the public of upcoming hearings and the preliminary
agenda for the forthcoming City Council meetings; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish such a
procedure; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, vJASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The appropriate City department or the City
Clerk shall notify the public of upcoming hearings or the
preliminary agenda for forthcoming Council meetings by:
1. Five (5) calendar days before a hearing, providing
written notification to a locally distributed newspaper of such
hearing and requesting that the newspaper print an article
regarding the information in such notification, unless a law or
ordinance otherwise provides a specific means of notifying the
public of a public hearing;
2. Requesting of a locally distributed newspaper that
it notify the public that copies of the preliminary agenda for
upcoming Council meetings will be posted in the City Clerk's
office at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Council
meeting.
Section 2. A copy of the preliminary agenda for upcoming
Council meetings shall be posted in the City Clerk's office at
least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Council meeting.
Passed at a regular
City of Kent, Washington this
Concurred in by the
day of ?;·~· ' 1988.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
meeting of t~ouncil of the
~ day of 1988.
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Mayor of the City of Kent, this~
DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. II 7 } , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, the 11 day o~,........._.~ , 1988.
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MARIE JE , CITYlCLERK