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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4484 RESOLUTION NO. 4 4 8 4 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 4429 PASSED DECEMBER 15, 2008, RELATING TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN WHEREAS, on December 15, 2008, the Auburn City Council adopted Resolution No. 4429 designating the members, powers, duties and meeting times and days of all standing committees of the City Council of the City of Auburn; and WHEREAS, modifications to the scope of authority for the Municipal Services Committee and Planning and Community Development Committee have been recommended to streamline functions of the Committees. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, IN A REGULAR MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED, HEREWITH RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2 of Resolution No. 4429 relating to the designation of Standing Committee members, powers and duties is amended as follows: A. PUBLIC WORKS: 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 Resolution No.4484 May 12, 2009 Page 1 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 aand reGreat+eR lannin , arts, museum, snninr ,.on+or, , communications, economic development, 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 Resolution No.4484 May 12, 2009 Page 2 planning, cable TV, telecommunications, solid I waste, airport, parks and recreation pro rq ams, museum, seniar center, Mary Olson Farm, 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 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 Resolution No.4484 May 12, 2009 Page 3 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 to the Rules of Procedure of the City Council to the full City Council, and to address issues relating to the whole City Council and make recommendations for action by the full City Council relative to such issues. Section 2. 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. Section 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation. Resolution No.4484 May 12, 2009 Page 4 Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect and be in full force and effect upon passage and signature hereon. lJ DATED and SIGNED this ~ day of May, 2009. F 7- ATTEST: PETER B. LEWIS MAYOR ~ Danielle E. Daskam, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~ , Dat-rrel B. Hei City At orne Resolution No.4484 May 12, 2009 Page 5