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ORDINANCE NO. 2485
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.08 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED "MAYOR AND COUNCIL"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 2.08 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Mayor and Council" is amended as
follows:
2.08.030 Mayor - Duties Generally:
A.The Mayor shall preside at meetings of the City Council, and be recognized as the head of
the city for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purposes of military law.
B.He shall have no regular administrative duties, but in time of public danger or emergency, if
so authorized by the City Council, shall take command of the police, maintain law, and
enforce order.
2.08.060 Attendance at Council Meetings by City Officers: The Mayor, or any member of the City Council
may, through the City Manager, request the attendance at any meeting of the City Council of any
department head, officer, or employee of the city.
2.08.070 Order of Business - Agenda :
A. The business of all regular meetings of the City Council shall be transacted in the following
order, unless the Council, by a majority vote of the members present, suspends the rules and
changes the order:
1.Roll call;
2.Pledge of Allegiance;
3.Approval of minutes;
4.Approval of bills;
5.Identification of citizens wanting to discuss agenda items and non-agenda items;
6.Presentations and Awards;
7.Consent agenda;
8.Commission Appointments
9.Consideration of bids and quotes;
10 Petitions, communications, or public hearings;
11.Ordinances and resolutions;
12.Requests to call for bids;
13.Referrals from commissions;
Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on Jul '09.
onald C. Covey, Mayor
ATTEST:
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14.Other items for City Council consideration;
15.Non-Agenda Items and public questions and comments;
16.City Council questions and comments;
17.City Manager reports and comments.
B. Minutes of preceding meetings and bills tendered for payment shall not be read at each
meeting prior to approval, unless a member of the City Council should request such reading.
2.08.100 Enactment Procedure: Ordinances shall be read by title only unless the ordinance has been
placed on the Consent Agenda for consideration; provided, that should a member of the City
Council or a member of the audience in attendance at the time the Consent Agenda is
considered desire to remove an ordinance from the Consent Agenda, that request shall be
granted, except as provided otherwise herein. All ordinances except those relating to the
issuance of bonds, bond anticipation notes, tax anticipation notes, revenue anticipation notes,
inter-fund loans, and registered warrants, shall receive two readings, by title only, and the second
reading shall not be upon the day of its introduction; except that an ordinance, if it has been
declared to be of an emergency nature, with what constitutes an emergency being in the sole
discretion of the City Council, may be passed at the time of its introduction by a two-thirds vote
of the entire City Council present; provided, that all state laws now in effect or as amended or
made effective which refer to the passage of ordinances and made applicable to the city shall
also be followed. All ordinances relating to the issuance of bonds, bond anticipation notes, tax
anticipation notes, revenue anticipation notes, inter-fund loans, and registered warrants shall only
receive one reading, by title only. All ordinances which come to the City Council for final action
as required by state law but which were approved by the Planning Commission pursuant to Title
20 of this Code shall be placed on the Consent Agenda by staff and may not be removed from
the Consent Agenda for independent action by the City Council. Ordinances coming to the City
Council for final action on the Consent Agenda pursuant to Title 20 shall be passed on a single
consideration of the Consent Agenda and without being read by title only.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days after its passage and publication
of its summary as provided by law.
Ronald R. Cone, Finance Director
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