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ORDINANCE NO. 4 3 1 9
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING AUBURN CITY CODE
3 SECTION 2.06.220 ENTITLED "COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES" AND RELATING
TO THE COMMITTEE MEETING DATES.
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5 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
6 Section 1. Ordinance No. 4268 passed by the City Council on February 1,
7 1988 and purporting to amend Section 19 (C) of Ordinance No. 2401 (November 3,
8 1969) as amended by Ordinance No. 2603 (December 6, 1971) and relating to
9 meeting dates of the Auburn City Council Committee on Committees is hereby
10 repealed in its entirety.
11 Section 2. Subsection B of 2.06.220 of the Auburn City Code entitled
12 "Committee on Committees" as passed by Ordinance No. 2401 (November 3, 1969)
13 as amended by Ordinance No. 2603 (December 6, 1971) and Ordinance No. 3603
14 (February 17, 1981),and relating to the Appointment and Powers of the Council
15 Committee on Committees, is hereby amended as follows :
16 2.06.220 Committee on committees.
17 There is created and established a council committee on com-
18 mittees for the city council , the appointment, duties and
19 functions thereof to be as follows:
20 A. Appointment. Membership in the council committee on
21 committees shall consist of the three council members
22 having the longest tenure on the city council . Longest
23 tenure is to be calculated as the total of consecutive ser-
24 vice as a city councilman. In the event of two or more mem-
25 bers having equal tenure, the chairman and members shall be
26 selected on the basis of the largest number of votes received
27 at the most recent general election. Councilmen whose term
28 of office will expire p prior to or during the first meeting of
29 a new council and have not been reelected or appointed to
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I another term of office extending beyond the first meeting of
2 a new council shall not be allowed to serve on the new
3 council committee on committees or allowed to vote on the
4 approval of membership of the new committees.
5 B. Powers and Functions. The function of the council committee
6 on committees is to supervise the formation and membership of
7 all standing committees of the city council . The council
8 committee on committees shall , subject to the approval of a
9 majority of the entire city council , designate all of the
10 standing committees of the city council . In addition, the
11 council committee on committees shall ((biannual-}y)) bien-
12 nially at the first meeting of a new council , or periodi-
13 cally, submit a list of the proposed members for all standing
14 committees of the city council fora approval b majority
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15 vote of the entire city council . The council committee on
16 committees shall also recommend the chairman for each
17 standing committee of the city council , which recommendation
18 shall also be subject to approval by a majority vote of the
19 entire city council . The membership of all standing commit-
20 tees of the city council shall consist exclusively of council
21 members. Each chairman of any standing committee of the city
22 council shall , in the absence of a quorum at a meeting of his
23 particular standing committee, have the authority to appoint
24 a nonmember of his standing committee, from the city council
25 to that standing committee for that meeting to create a
26 quorum for that meeting, or in the chairman's absence the
27 vice-chairman shall be able to appoint another city coun-
28 cilman to that particular committee in the absence of a
29 quorum.
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I Section 3. There is hereby added a new Subsection C, to Section 2.06.220
2 of the Auburn City Code to read as follows:
3 C. Meeting Dates. The Auburn City Council Committee on
4 Committees shall meet biennially upon the seating of each
5 new City Council or as needed.
6 Section 4. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administra-
7 tive procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this
8 legislation.
9 Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days
10 from and after its passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
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12 INTRODUCED: JANUARY 16, 1989
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14 PASSED: JANUARY 16, 1989
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15 APPROVED: JANUARY 16, 1989 '
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19 ATTEST:
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22 Robin Wohlhueter, City Clerk
23 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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26 Margue ite Schellentrager, City Attorney
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PUBLISHED: JANUARY 22, 1989
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