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Ordinance – 2025 – 2026 Operating Budget Amendment - 1
ORDINANCE NO. 4771
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 INCREASED OVERTIME FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT DEDICATED DUI ENFORCEMENT
PATROLS.
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
interagency agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission in the amount of $43,500
to conduct dedicated DUI enforcement patrols, officer development and educational outreach; and
WHEREAS, between 2019 and 2023, impaired driving contributed to half of all traffic
fatalities in Pasco. In 2024, DUI arrests increased by 9.4%, and DUI-related collisions decreased
by 12.9%, supported in part by the Department’s participation in Target Zero High Visibility
Enforcement campaigns.
WHEREAS, the interagency agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission
will fund 8 four-hour DUI patrol shifts per month, community outreach events, social media
messaging, officer mentoring shifts and related supplies.
WHEREAS, these activities aim to reduce impaired driving, support officer training, and
improve public trust and awareness around DUI enforcement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to RCW 35A.34.200 (1)(d), as follows:
Fund EXPENDITURE REVENUE
GENERAL Fund $43,500 $43,500
Total $43,500 $43,500
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 2nd day of June,
2025.
Pete Serrano
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________ ___________________________
Debra Barham, MMC Kerr Ferguson Law, PLLC
City Clerk City Attorneys
Published: June 8, 2025