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008-20 - Ordinance - Relating to Personnel Delegating Authority to the Mayor for Creating and Modification of Job Desc.oRDTNANCE NO.008-20 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO PERSONNEL; DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE MAYOR SET FORTH IN RCW 35A.11.020 FOR CREATION AND MODIFICATION OF JOB DESCRIPTTONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 35A.11.020 and 35A.12.020, the City Council has the authority to define the functions, powers, and duties of the City's appointive officers and employees, and that this authority is delegable; and WHEREAS, that power includes both the authority to create new positions for the City, and to establish the duties for newly created positions; and WHEREAS, new positions are created by the City Council through the budget process, or by ordinance if created between budget cycles; and WHEREAS, once created, pursuant to RCW 35A.12.090, the Mayor has the power of appointment and removal of all appointive officers and employees, subject to Council confirmation where required by ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a limited delegation of its authority under RCW 35A.11.020 and 35A.12.020 is warranted as the Mayor's administrative role is best suited to the efficient development, approval and implementation of detailed job descriptions consistent with the general duties for each appointive officer and employee of the City set by the Council; now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIT OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOTLOWS: SECTION 1. Findings and Recitals. The recitals set forth above are hereby adopted and incorporated as findings in support of this Ordinance. SECTION 2. Delegation of Authority. The City Council hereby delegates authority to the Mayor to establish and later amend as needed job descriptions for all appointive officers and employment positions created by the City Council. All job descriptions shall be consistent with the general qualifications and duties assigned by the City Council at the time the position is created by the Council, including those duties assigned to appointive positions at Chapter 2.08 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code. The Mayor shall report to the City Council when a job description is created or altered, consistent with this delegation. That report shall occur within ninety (90) days of the Mayor's action. Ordinance No. O08-20 Page? of 2 sEcTlON 3. Ratification. The City Council hereby ratifies and affirms any act consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance. SECTION 4. Corrections. Upon the approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and/or code publisher is authorized to make any necessary technical corrections to this ordinance. including but not limited to the correction of scrivener's/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any reference thereto. SECTION 5. Severability. tf any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this ordinance. SECTION 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be published in the official newspaper of the city and shall take full force and effect five (5) days after the date of publication. A summary of this ordinance in the form of the ordinance title may be published in lieu of publishing the ordinance in its entirety. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 28th day of April 2020. Robert Putaansuu, Mayor ATT Br nearson, MMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM rlotte A. Archer, City hn Cla mber S P RPO.lG' \s 4s s EAt PUBLTSHED: fllft,/ t EFFECTIVE oem:1\dy 1". o .qt t, https://www.wapublicnotices.com/Detai lsPrint.aspx?S I D:2zgqn4. Port Orchard Independent Publication Name: Port Orchard lndependent Publication URL: www.portorchardindependent.com Publication City and State: Port Orchard, WA Publication County: Kitsap Notice Popular Keyword Category: Notice Keywords: Notice Authentication Number: 20200505 l 03 43297 3 4 t t 0 2463794825 Notice URL Back Notice Publish Date: Friday, May 01,2020 Notice Content NOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD ORDINANCE The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City council at their regular council meeting held April 28,2020. oRDINANCE NO, OO8-2O AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY oF poRT oRCHARD, WASHINGTON, RELATING TO PERSONNEL; DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE MAYOR SET FORTH IN RCW 35A.11.020 FOR CREATION AND MODIFICATION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Copies of Ordinance No. 008-20 are available for review at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Port Orchard. Upon written request, a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed to any interested person without charge. Thirty days after publication, copies of Ordinance No. 008-20 will be provided at a nominal charge. City of Port Orchard Brandy Rinearson City Clerk Date of first publication: May 1, 2O2O (POI897664) ad+#8976641 Back lof I 51512020,8:34 AM