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Home My WebLink About3086 MLMC Title 1 and 2 UpdatesORDINANCE NO. 3086 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEVERAL SECTIONS IN TITLE I “GENERAL PROVISIONS” AND TITLE II “ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL” OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL CODE Whereas, City Council Agreement #1 directed staff to eliminate the Council Committee meetings effective immediately following the June Retreat, and Whereas, City Council Agreement #3 identified changes in the content and order of agenda items effective immediately following the June Retreat, and Whereas, staff have identified several other housekeeping items needing update to streamline processes, align with current practices, as well as improve efficiencies and best practices. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1.08.820 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Specific Penalties – Additional Assessment” is amended as follows: 1.08.040 Specific Penalties - Additional Assessment: Whenever there shall have been established by any action of the City Council a specific non- deferrable, non-suspendable penalty for violation of any section of this code, the designated representative of the city, who shall issue a notice of infraction or a citation for the commission of a crime as defined by Section 1.08.010 where a specific penalty is provided, shall add to the penalty provided by this code, the cost of all court filing fees as established by this code together with any assessments or penalties required to be imposed by RCW 3.62.090 Public Safety and Education Assessment, or other state law. Section 2. Section 2.08.050 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Meeting Agendas” is amended as follows: 2.08.050 Meeting Agenda: An item may be placed on a Council meeting agenda, in advance of posting an agenda, by any of the following methods: majority vote of the Council; Council consensus; any three (3) Council members; the City Manager; a Council Committee; or the Mayor. Document Ref: EZC75-WT7G7-3MZ9Z-PBAVF Page 1 of 5 Page 2 of 5 The business of all regular meetings of the Council shall be transacted as follows; provided, however, that the Mayor/Deputy Mayor may, prior to or during a Council meeting, rearrange items on the agenda to conduct the business before the Council more expeditiously: A. Call to order by the Mayor. B. Roll call. C. Pledge of allegiance. D. Approve the agenda. E. Presentation. F. Citizen communications. G. Summary reports: Mayor, Council, and City Manager. GH. Public hearing. HI. Consent agenda. IJ. Old business. JK. New business. KL. Administrative Staff reports. LM. City Council member reportscommunications. M. Information item. N. Executive session. O. Adjournment. P. Future Next scheduled meeting day, date, and time. Section 3. Sections 2.08.600 to 2.08.630 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Council Committees” are repealed. Document Ref: EZC75-WT7G7-3MZ9Z-PBAVF Page 2 of 5 Page 3 of 5 Section 4. Sections 2.08.700 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Advisory Bodies” is amended as follows: 2.08.700 Purpose of This Article: A. Participation. The City of Moses Lake’s commissions, boards, and committees provide an invaluable service to the City. Their advice on a wide variety of subjects aids the Mayor and Council members in the decision-making process. Effective citizen participation is an invaluable tool for local government. The City Council may assign duties to advisory bodies that are consistent with their oversight. For example, Planning Commission may have a Historic Preservation Board or Design Review Commission and the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Advisory Board may have Tree City oversight, or Arts Commission, or Creative District Committee oversight. B. Purpose. The City of Moses Lake advisory bodies may be acting on a delegation of regulatory duties, to collect the viewpoints of citizens and stakeholders, and to send their advice of such to the City Council. C. Persons of wide-ranging interests who want to participate in public service but not compete for public office can be involved in governmental commissions, boards, and committees. D. Rules. The adoption of uniform rules of procedure is necessary to assure maximum productivity and fairness. The following governs the City’s advisory groups; some of these advisory groups may have more specific guidelines set forth by ordinance or resolution, or at times by state law. Section 5. Sections 2.08.810 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Advisory Board Specific Requirements” is amended as follows: 2.08.810 Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Advisory Board Specific Requirements: .......... B. Membership – Eligibility. At least five (5) members shall reside within the corporate limits of the City and up to two (2) members shall may reside in the City’s urban growth area outside the corporate limits of the City. .......... Section 6. Section 2.08.820(B) of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Planning Commission Specific Requirements – Membership” is amended as follows: Document Ref: EZC75-WT7G7-3MZ9Z-PBAVF Page 3 of 5 Page 4 of 5 2.08.820 Planning Commission Specific Requirements: .......... B. Membership – Eligibility. The Planning Commission shall consist of individuals who have an interest in planning, land use, transportation, capital infrastructure and building and landscape design as evidenced by training, experience or interest in the City. At least three (3) members shall reside within the City limits, one (1) member may be a business owner who resides outside of the City limits, but who owned and operated a business within the City limits for at least one (1) year before appointment to the Planning Commission and continues to own a business in Moses Lake during the appointment, and one (1) member may reside within the urban growth area or own a business within the urban growth area a one (1) mile radius of the City limits during the appointment. .......... Section 7. Section 2.08.830(B) of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Municipal Airport Commission Specific Requirements - Membership” is amended as follows: 2.08.830 Municipal Airport Commission Specific Requirements: ........ B. Membership – Eligibility. All A majority of members shall be resident taxpayers of the City or Grant County with, any remaining members residents of a county adjoining Grant County, and the majority of members having knowledge of aviation and interest in management of the airport pursuant to RCW 14.08.120(a). ........ Section 8. Section 2.90.010 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code titled “Office Hours” is amended as follows: 2.90.010 Office Hours The City of Moses Lake Civic Center (not including the Museum), the Civic Center Annex, and the Police Department All departments of the City of Moses Lake shall be open to the public from 98:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, including the Fire and Police Departments for non-emergency, routine business matters, except holidays and limited and infrequent instances (e.g., staff meetings; inclement weather; emergencies; emergency drills; early closure on Christmas Eve, etc.) as determined by the City Manager. All other departments may set building hours open to the public, with the approval of the City Manager, that meet the needs of customers and staff availability. Section 9. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, subsection or portion of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, it shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances. Document Ref: EZC75-WT7G7-3MZ9Z-PBAVF Page 4 of 5 Page 5 of 5 Section 10. Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are authorized by the Moses Lake City Council to make necessary clerical corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener’s/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any references thereto which do not change the substantive meaning of the ordinance. Section 11. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days after its passage and publication of its summary as provided by law. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Moses Lake, Washington and signed by its Mayor on December 9, 2025. ____________________________________ Dustin Swartz, Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________________ ________________________________ Debbie Burke, City Clerk Katherine L. Kenison, City Attorney Martinez Swartz Myers Fancher Madewell Lombardi Skaug Vote:Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Date Published: December 15, 2025 Date Effective: December 20, 2025 Document Ref: EZC75-WT7G7-3MZ9Z-PBAVF Page 5 of 5 REF. NUMBER EZC75-WT7G7-3MZ9Z-PBAVF DOCUMENT COMPLETED BY ALL PARTIES ON 12 DEC 2025 20:23:06 UTC SIGNER TIMESTAMP SIGNATURE MAYOR DUSTIN SWARTZ EMAIL DSWARTZ@CITYOFML.COM SENT 12 DEC 2025 01:16:34 VIEWED 12 DEC 2025 01:32:21 SIGNED 12 DEC 2025 01:32:40 IP ADDRESS 104.193.239.74 LOCATION MOSES LAKE, UNITED STATES RECIPIENT VERIFICATION EMAIL VERIFIED 12 DEC 2025 01:32:21 DEBBIE BURKE EMAILDBURKE@CITYOFML.COM SENT 12 DEC 2025 01:16:34 VIEWED 12 DEC 2025 16:51:59 SIGNED 12 DEC 2025 16:52:20 IP ADDRESS 63.135.54.162 LOCATION MOSES LAKE, UNITED STATES RECIPIENT VERIFICATION EMAIL VERIFIED 12 DEC 2025 16:51:59 Signed with PandaDoc PAGE 1 OF 2 REF. NUMBER EZC75-WT7G7-3MZ9Z-PBAVF DOCUMENT COMPLETED BY ALL PARTIES ON 12 DEC 2025 20:23:06 UTC SIGNER TIMESTAMP SIGNATURE KATHERINE KENISON EMAIL KKENISON@BASINLAW.COM SENT 12 DEC 2025 01:16:34 VIEWED 12 DEC 2025 20:22:26 SIGNED 12 DEC 2025 20:23:06 IP ADDRESS74.209.9.35 LOCATION ELLENSBURG, UNITED STATES RECIPIENT VERIFICATION EMAIL VERIFIED 12 DEC 2025 20:22:26 Signed with PandaDoc PAGE 2 OF 2