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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4889 AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Title 2 of the Bremerton Municipal Code by amending and recodifying Chapter 2.02 relating to City office hours as Chapter 1.02 and amending and recodifying Chapter 2.04 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to the City Council meetings as Chapter 2.02. WHEREAS, the current provisions of Chapter 2.02 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to City Office hours would be more appropriately codified in Title 1 of the Bremerton Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to recodify as Chapter 1.02 and amend the provisions of Chapter 2.02 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to City office hours; and WHEREAS, the current provisions of Chapter 2.04 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to City Council business meetings would be better established in a City Council rule or policy; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to recodify Chapter 2.04 of the Bremerton Municipal Code as a new Chapter 2.02 and update said chapter in order to allow for more flexibility and efficiency in administering City Council business; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION1. Chapter 2.02 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "City Business Hours" is hereby recodified as Chapter 1.02 of the Bremerton Municipal Code and amended to read as follows: Chapter 2.921.02 CITY BUSINESS HOURS ........ 1.02.010 CITY OFFICE HOURS. ............................... v .................. , ................. f.~r lunch, offices, which routinely conduct business with the public, shall be open for the transaction of business between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of each business day from Monday through Friday, unless otherwise posted. These offices shall be closed on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. 1 City Business and City Council 2.~2.92~1.02.020 LEGAL HOLIDAYS. (a) The following holidays are adopted as legal holidays for the City: The first day of January (New Year's Day); the third Monday of January (Martin Luther King's Birthday); the third Monday of February (President's Day); the last Monday of May (Memorial Day); the Fourth day of July (Independence Day); the first Monday in September (Labor Day); the eleventh day in November (Veteran's Day); the fourth Thursday and Friday in November (Thanksgiving holiday); the twenty-fifth day of December (Christmas Day); and any other day designated by public proclamation of the Chief Executive of the State as a legal holiday or as a day of thanksgiving. (b) Whenever a legal holiday falls upon a Sunday, the following Monday shall be a legal holiday, and whenever any legal holiday falls upon a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a legal holiday. SECTIONZ Chapter 2.04 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled "City Council" is hereby recodified as Chapter 2.02 of the Bremerton Municipal Code and amended to read as follows: Chapter 2.0402 CITY COUNCIL 2.0402.010 ~ MEETINGS. (a) Regular meetings. The time and place of the regular meeting of the City Council required by Charter shall be each Wednesday at five-thirty p.m. at the designated Council Chambers or the City Council ©fficcConference Room, City Hall, Bremerton, Washington o~r any other place within the corporate limits of the City as provided in the public notice of meeting. Provided, however, if such meeting day falls upon a legal holiday, then pursuant to the ~RCW 42.30.070, such regular meeting shall be held on the next business day .... ~ ........ r~ ......................... ~ .... v ...................r, ,- vt, .............. ~ ..... fc, rth ...................... o~, .....v ...... ~' .................... ~ ........................... thu (b) Agendas and notice of regular meetings. A regularly scheduled City Council meeting may consist of a business meeting and/or study session, a combination thereof, or any other format as established by the Ceity Ceouncil. Notices of agendas of all regular meetings shall be posted at City Hall and delivered to the local television station and local newspaper of general circulation by mail, facsimile or other similar means. Agendas for City Council business meetings shall be in a format established by City Council rules and procedures. Bus/ne:: 4 r, ..... ;~ ~,,~.~.~ p.~ ..... ] ...... vort 2 City Business and City Council (c) Pre-council meetings. The City Council shall meet at 5:00 p.m. on the same day, immediately prior to the regular weekly council meetings, for a pre-council meeting to discuss the agenda for such regular meeting and/or other administrative matters. (d) Special meetings. Pursuant to RCW 42.30.080, special meetings of the City Council may be held~ after public notice has been given, at a time and place as specified in the notice of meeting. (e) Committees. The CiW Council may, by rule or procedure~ establish council committees, and procedures for such committees, to assist the City Council in conducting it's business. (f) Changes to meeting schedules and format. Changes to the time~ place and format (such as agendas) of any council meeting may be changed by the council subject to the provisions of the City Charter and state law relating to council meetings. (g) Rules and Procedures. The City Council may adopt any rules and procedures it deems appropriate to implement the provisions of the City Charter and this chapter relating to council meetings and council business. 2.04~4~02.020 COUNCIL MEMBER SALARY SCHEDULE. Council member salary schedules shall be established and filed with the C_eity C_elerk by the Bremerton Citizen's Commission on Council Salaries pursuant to the Charter. SECTION 3. Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or sentences of this ordinance are 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& F~f. fective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten (10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. APPROVED by the City Council theJ~.~ day of ~ / ,2004 PASSED by the City Council the~m~(:~~ day of _~~. ,2004 D~AREN NYGR'EN, 0o~ncil President 3 City Business and City Council Approved this ~ day of ~7~C~ ~, 2004.. CARY BOZ~ ~ty Clerk ~"R~GER A. L-'~BOVICFI~,, City Attorney PUBLISHED the~tfa_ day of .~ ,2004 EFFECTIVE the~..~day of'74g.o~,j_.d_a ,2004 ORDINANCE NO. R:\LEGAL\Ordinances\City Council\Ch. 2.04 Amend.doc 4 City Business and City Council AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION County of Kitsap, State of Washington No. 100095279 I, Valerie Zoller, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That she is now, and at all times embraced in the publication herein mentioned was the principal clerk of the printers and publishers of THE SUN; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the County of Kitsap, in which County it is published and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publication hereinafter referred to, published in the English language continually as a daily newspaper in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, and is now and during all of said time, was printed in an office maintained in the aforesaid place of publication of said newspaper; that the following is a true text of a legal advertisement as it was published in regular issues (and not in supplement form) of said newspaper on the following dates, to wit: March 4, 2004 and that such newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period. That the full amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of $36.42 amount has not been paid in full. (Signature of Principal Clerk) Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of March 8, 2004 Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Kitsap County. ORDINANCE NO. 4889' AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, amending Title 2 of the Bremerton Municipal Code by amending and recodifying Chapter 2.02 relating to City office hours as Chapter 1.02 and amending and recodifying Chapter 2.04 of the Bremerton Municipal Code relating to the City Council meetings as Chapter 2.02.- APPROVED by the City Council the 18th day of February, 2004- PASSED by the City Council the 25th day of February, 2004- The full text of this ordinance is available from the City Clerk's Office, 239 Fourth Street, Bremerton, WA 98337.- March 4, 2004° ° #100095279-