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ORDINANCE NO. 4753
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE 2025-2026 BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGET
(ORDINANCE NO. 4749), BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENT THERETO; TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE CITY’S GENERAL
FUND, ALLOCATING FUNDING FOR THE ADDITION OF FOUR FULL-
TIME EMPLOYEES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFFING TO
ENSURE EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION WITH AIRPORT AND FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2024, the Pasco City Council approved Ordinance No. 4749,
adopting the 2025-2026 Biennial Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, the 2025-2026 Biennial Operating Budget included the Police Department
operations in the amount of $50,067,449 for expenditures related to cost of labor, supplies and
services necessary to provide public safety to the community; and
WHEREAS, current projected costs exceed the originally anticipated costs, due to the
creation of an interlocal agreement with the Port of Pasco for the provision of airport police service
that requires the addition of four police officers and their associated labor costs, anticipated
training, equipment, supervision and administrative costs; and
WHEREAS, the first year of interlocal agreement requires a period of incremental staff
assignment to airport security based on completion of basic law enforcement academy and field
office training that will not be fully reimbursed by the Port of Pasco; and
WHEREAS, four (4) full time equivalent positions will be a City expense but not fully
dedicated to airport, interlocal agreement revenues for initial year of service will be less than full
cost of four positions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to RCW 35A.34.200, as follows:
Fund EXPENDITURE REVENUE
GENERAL Fund $1,509,787 $1,397,225
Total $1,509,787 $1,397,225
Ordinance – 2025 – 2026 Operating Budget Amendment - 2
Section 2. That the additions in appropriations and expenditures are hereby declared
to exist in the above funds for the said uses and purposes as shown above, and the proper City
officials are hereby authorized and directed to issue warrants and transfer funds in accordance
with the provision of the Ordinance.
Section 3. Except as amended herein, Ordinance No. 4749 as previously adopted
heretofore shall remain unchanged.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this ordinance should be held to the invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause phrase or word of this ordinance.
Section 5. Corrections. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code
reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including scrivener’s errors
or clerical mistakes; reference to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take full force and
effect five (5) days after approval, passage, and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington, on this 6th day of January,
2025.
Pete Serrano
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Debra Barham, MMC Kerr Ferguson Law, PLLC
City Clerk City Attorneys
Published: Sunday, January 12, 2025