HomeMy WebLinkAbout4429RESOLUTION NO. 4 4 2 9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AUBURN, WASHINGTON, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 4281
PASSED DECEMBER 17, 2008, AND DESIGNATING THE
MEMBERS, POWERS, DUTIES AND MEETING TIMES AND
DAYS OF ALL STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN
WHEREAS, the Auburn City Council Committee on Committees designates
the formation and membership of the standing committees of the City Council,
subject to the approval of a majority of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Committee on Committees conducted a meeting on
December 1, 2008, at which time the Committee unanimously approved the
membership of the standing committees, powers and duties of standing committees,
and meeting schedules for 2009 and recommended the City Council's adoption of
the same.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, IN A
REGULAR MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED, HEREWITH RESOLVES AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Auburn Resolution No. 4281 passed December 17, 2007, is
hereby repealed effective December 31, 2008.
Section 2. The Standing Committees of the City Council for the City of
Auburn, Washington are as follows:
A. PUBLIC WORKS:
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RICH WAGNER (Chair), GENE CERINO (Vice Chair), and SUE
SINGER (member).
SCOPE: Makes recommendations to the City Council as a
whole on policies relating to water and sanitary
sewer utilities, storm drainage, streets and policy
matters involving construction, engineering, right-
of-way use, street vacation and equipment
maintenance and operations. This Committee will
coordinate equipment rental and utility matters with
the Finance Committee.
B. FINANCE:
NANCY BACKUS (Chair), BILL PELOZA (Vice Chair), and LYNN
NORMAN (member).
SCOPE: In addition to the normal monitoring of the financial
expenditures of the approved budget, this
Committee will make recommendations to the City
Council as a whole on policies relating to human
resources, municipal court, legal, information
services, and City real property transactions
including sale, lease, acquisition, and donations.
This committee will coordinate property
transactions with other appropriate Council
Committees.
C. PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
LYNN NORMAN (Chair), NANCY BACKUS (Vice Chair), and RICH
WAGNER (member).
SCOPE: Makes recommendations to the City Council as a
whole on policies relating to land use planning and
zoning, code enforcement, annexation, building
permits, human services, parks and recreation,
arts, museum, senior center, Mary Olson Farm,
communications, economic development,
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community services, theater, and King County
Library liaison.
D. MUNICIPAL SERVICES:
GENE CERINO (Chair), BILL PELOZA (Vice Chair), and VIRGINIA
HAUGEN (member).
SCOPE: Makes recommendations to the City Council as a
whole on policies relating to police, animal control,
maintenance of all public buildings, emergency
planning, cable TV, telecommunications, solid
waste, airport, golf course, and cemetery.
E. COMMUNITY CENTER COMMITTEE
RICH WAGNER (Chair), SUE SINGER (Vice Chair), LYNN NORMAN
(Member)
SCOPE: Makes recommendations to the City Council as a
whole on policies relating to development and
ongoing use of the Community Center and Teen
Center facilities at Les Gove Community Campus.
F. DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
LYNN NORMAN (Chair), SUE SINGER (Vice Chair), GENE CERINO
(Member)
SCOPE: Makes recommendations to the City Council as a
whole on policies relating to development in the
Downtown Urban Core, Farmers Market,
downtown development agreements and operating
policies.
G. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES:
Membership of the Council Committee on Committees shall consist of
three Councilmembers having the longest tenure on the City Council.
Longest tenure is to be calculated as the total length of consecutive
service as a Councilmember. The Councilmember with the longest
tenure shall automatically be the Chair of the Council Committee on
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Committees. In the event of two or more members have equal tenure,
the Chair and members of the Council Committee on Committees shall
be selected on the basis of the largest number of votes received at the
most recent general election(s) in which the Councilmembers were
respectively elected. It is provided, however, that Councilmembers
whose term of office will expire prior to or during the first meeting of a
new City Council and who have not been re-elected or appointed to
another term of office extending beyond the first meeting of a new City
Council shall not serve on the new Council Committee on Committees
or be allowed to vote on the approval of the membership of the new
committees.
The function of the Council Committee on Committees is to supervise
the formation and membership of all standing committees of the City
Council. The Council Committee on Committees shall, subject to the
approval of a majority of the entire City Council, designate all of the
standing committees of the City Council. In addition, the Council
Committee on Committees shall, biennially at the first meeting of a new
City Council, or periodically, submit a list of the proposed members of
all standing committees of the City Council for approval by a majority
vote of the entire City Council. The Council Committee on Committees
shall also recommend the Chair for each standing committee of the
City Council, which recommendations shall also be subject to approval
by a majority vote of the entire City Council. The membership of all
standing committees of the City Council shall consist exclusively of
Councilmembers. Each chair of any standing committee of the City
Council shall, in the absence of a quorum at a meeting of his/her
particular standing committee, have the authority to appoint a non-
member of the standing committee, from the City Council to that
standing committee for that meeting to create a quorum for that
meeting, or in the chair's absence the vice-chairman shall be able to
appoint another Councilmember to that particular committee in the
absence of a quorum. The function of the Council Committee on
Committees is also to propose amendments ta the Rules of Procedure
of the City Council to the full City Council, and to address issues
relatinq to the whole City Council and make recommendations for
action by the full City Council relative to such issues.
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DEPUTY MAYOR and COUNCILMEMBER-AT-LARGE:
SUE SINGER
Section 3. The Council Committee Chairman shall call meetings and chair
said meetings and cause minutes of said meetings to be available in a timely fashion
and shall schedule at least one meeting per month. It shall be the discretionary
power of the Chairman of each Committee to require any appointive or salaried City
employee to attend Committee meetings.
Section 4. Unless otherwise designated by the Chairman, the day and time
of the meetings of the Standing Committees of the City Council of the City of Auburn
shall be as follows:
A. PUBLIC WORKS:
3:00 P.M.
First and third Mondays of each month.
B. FINANCE COMMITTEE:
6:30 P.M.
First and third Mondays of each month.
C. PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMTITEE:
5:00 P.M.
Second and fourth Mondays of each month.
D. MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMTITEE:
4:00 P.M.
Second and fourth Mondays of each month.
E. COMMUNITY CENTER COMMITTEE
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At such dates, times and places as are
identified by the Chair, pursuant to the rules
for special meetings.
F. DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
4:00 P.M.
Second and fourth Tuesdays of each
month.
G. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
The Council Committee on Committees shall meet
biennially upon the seating of each new City Council or
more often as needed.
Section 5. [New Section] The Deputy Mayor shall serve in the following
capacities:
Intra-Council Relations
• Serve as a non-voting, ex officio member of all standing committees of
the city council, provided that the deputy mayor may vote when
attending a standing committee meeting where less than the total
number of regular members of the committee is in attendance and able
to vote
• Serve as an alternate to all council committees
• Assist in new councilmember training
• Support cooperative and interactive relationships among
councilmembers
• Work with council to prepare for council retreats and committee of the
whole meetings
Mayor-Council Relations
• Help maintain a positive and cooperative relationship between the
mayor and the city council
• Act as conduit befinreen the mayor and the city council on issues or
concerns relating to their duties
• Work with mayor to plan council retreats and committee of the whole
meetings
Interqovernmental Relations
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• Act in absence of mayor as requested and/or as required
• Be aware of all city regional and intergovernmental policies and
activities
Communitv Relations
• Represent the city in absence of mayor, as requested and/or as
required
Section 6. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to incorporate the
changes in the committees' scope of authority and function in the City Council Rules
of Procedure, including changing references from Mayor Pro Tem to Deputy Mayor.
Section 7. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative
procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation.
Section 8. This Resolution shall take effect and be in full force and effect
upon passage and signature hereon.
DATED and SIGNED this k5ell day of December 2008.
CIT UBURN
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ATTEST:
PETER B. LEWIS
~ MAYOR
Da ' Ile E. Daskam, City Clerk
APPR'OVZD AS'TO FORM:
Daniel B. Heid~,Uv A
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