HomeMy WebLinkAbout4838 Ordinance - Pasco Aquatic Center Operational Expenses Budget AmendmentOrdinance – 2025 – 2026 Operating Budget Amendment - 1
ORDINANCE NO. 4838
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE 2025-2026 BIENNIAL BUDGET (ORDINANCE NO. 4749)
BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENT THERETO; TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATION IN THE CITY’S AQUATIC CENTER FUND.
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2024, the Pasco City Council approved Ordinance No. 4749,
adopting the 2025-2026 Biennial Operating Budget; and
WHEREAS, on December 1, 2025, the Pasco City Council approved Ordinance No. 4807,
adopting the 2025-2026 Biennial Operating; and
WHEREAS, on December 1, 2025, the Pasco City Council approved Resolution No. 4686
authorizing the City Manager to execute a new Interlocal Agreement between the Pasco Public
Facilities District and the City for administrative and financial services, and for management and
operations of the new Aquatic Center; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the interlocal agreement, the City is obligated to provide
employees from the City’s Parks & Recreation Department to support Aquatic Center
management and operations; and
WHEREAS, Pasco City Council approved Ordinance 4821, creating the “Aquatic Center
Fund”; and
WHEREAS, Pasco City Council approved Ordinance 4822, amending the 2025-2026
Biennial Operating Budget to include thirty-two (32) full time equivalent positions and related
expenses in the amount of $2,557,900; and
WHEREAS, thirty-two (32) full-time equivalent positions were established as City
positions, with all associated costs reimbursed at cost by the Pasco Public Facilities District as
provided in the Interlocal Agreement; and
WHEREAS, thirty-two (32) full-time equivalent positions were established as City
positions, with all associated costs reimbursed at cost by the Pasco Public Facilities District as
provided in the Interlocal Agreement; and
WHEREAS, additional funds are necessary to manage and operate the Aquatic Center for
the remainder of 2026; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Ordinance – 2025 – 2026 Operating Budget Amendment - 2
Section 1. Pursuant to RCW 35A.34.200(1), as follows:
Fund EXPENDITURE REVENUE
169 Aquatic Center Fund $1,318,272.00
169 Aquatic Center Fund $1,318,272.00
Total $1,318,272.00 $1,318,272.00
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.
Ordinance – 2025 – 2026 Operating Budget Amendment - 3
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington this 18th day of May, 2026.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC
City Attorney
David Milne
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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Krystle Shanks
Deputy City Clerk
Published: Sunday, May 24, 2026