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ORDINANCE NO. 4842
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 TWO CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO DELIVER SEVEN-DAY COVERAGE OVER
A SIX-MONTH PERIOD AS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
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 did not include the vendor code
compliance initiative and additional general code compliance support in the amount of $90,000
which provides for two code enforcement officers to deliver seven-day coverage over a six-
month period as requested by City Council; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2025-2026 Biennial Operating Budget to reflect
appropriations in the General Fund.
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 $90,000 $0
Total $90,000 $0
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 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
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