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.
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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
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Br nearson, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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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)
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