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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4339 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 433 J AN ORDINANCE o f the City o f Pasco, Was hin g to n, Amending Section 1 J .04.020 "Operations o f the Code Enforcement Boa rd." WHEREAS, The Cod e Enforcement Boa rd was established m 1996 along with appointme nt term s of two ye a rs; and WHEREAS, The hi sto ry of the vacancies of the appointed me mbers indicates there is little turnover related to unex pired term s; and WHEREAS, A maj ority of the term s o f o th er C ity Boa rd s and Comm iss ions consist of appointment te rms g reater than two years; and WHEREAS, The appointment process and the operations of th e Code Enforcement Board w ill re s ult in increased efficiencies if th e appo intment term s are g reater than two years; NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Section 11 .04.020 o f the Pasco Municipal Cod e , shall be and here by is a me nd ed a nd s hall read as fo ll ows: 11 .04 .020 OPE RATION OF C ODE ENFO RCEMENT BOARD. T he membe rship of the Pasco Code E nforcement Board shall be a s follow s : (I) The Board sha ll cons ist of fiv e (5) votin g members ; (2) All position s o n the Board shall be filled by persons a ppointed by the C ity Council ; (3) All m embers of th e Boa rd shall be re s id ents of the C ity of Pasco, both at the time of their appo intm ent and for th e full t e rm of th e ir appointment; (4) The CEB m embers who are first appointed sha ll serve te rm s as des ig nated in I I .04.0 20(a), but thereafter board me mbe rs shall be appointed for a term of-twe fo ur (~ 4) years and s ha ll commence o n th e first day of Janua ry of the yea r of the a ppo intm e nt ; (a) The term for the first appointed board members shall commence and terminate as follows : Position 1 -Janua ry I , 19 9 7 to Ja nuary I , 1999 Po s iti on 2 -Janua ry I , 1997 to January 1, 1999 Position 3 -Janua ry I , 1997 to January I , 2 000 Positi o n 4 -January I , 1997 to January I , 2000 Position 5 -January I , 1997 to January I , 2000 (5) The appointing a uth o rity may re move by maj ority vote any person it appo inted for lack of due dili gence or fo r other good cause. Any vacancy created by rem ova l from office, resig natio n, change in resid ency to o uts ide the C ity limits o f Pasco, or for any othe r reason, shall be filled by the a ppo in t in g autho rity for tha t pos iti o n for the rem a inder of that term. Section 2 . Thi s ordinance s ha ll be in full fo rce and effect fi ve d ays after passage and publi cati o n as required by la w . ~ P )'\SSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at its regular meeting of l.WJ.-~ ?.D '2017 . Matt Watkins , Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: . I ,b ......___~---~\>----­ Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney