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Home My WebLink AboutCOW 2004-02-23 Item 3A - Ordinance - Waive Residency Requirement for City Administrator PositionCOUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS Initials MeetInz Date 1 Prepared by I Mavor's revlewl Council review) 1 1 1 1 ITEM NO. CAS Number: 04-022 I Original Agenda Date: 2/23/04 Agenda Item Title: An ordinance providing for a waiver to the residency requirement for the position of Administrator. I Original Sponsor: Council Admin. ic I Timeline: Adopt at'3/1/04 Reg. Mtg. Sponsor's Summary: During recruitment last year one of the biggest hurdles was the requiast.,c..t that the successful candidate reside within the Tukwila city limits. The .proposed 'ordinance would allow more flexibility in the residency requirement allowing this requirement be waived with the recommendation of the Mayor and a majority vote= of'the ;Council Recommendations: Sponsor: Forward to Regular Mtg for adoption. Committee: Forward to COW for crnciReration_ Administration: sane as sobnsor I Cost Impact (if known): N/A I Fund Source (if known): Meeting Date 2/23/04:' Meeting.Date 2/24/04 MAPS s'Ak7a71 Attachments Staff report from 9419 F &S cmte mtg. Draft ordinance F &S minutes dated .2/17/04 Action TO: City of Tukwila 6200 Southcenter Boulevard Tukwila, Washington 98188 Steven M. Mullet, Mayor MEMORANDUM Finance and Safety Committee Dave Fenton, Chairperson Joan Hemandez Dennis Robertson FROM: Viki Jessop, Administrative Services Directo DATE: February 12, 2004 RE: City Administrator Amendment to Ordinance No. 1295 Cc: Mayor Mullet The City of Tukwila conducted two recruitment processes last year for the City Administrator position. One of the biggest hurdles that were faced in the process was the requirement that the candidate(s) live within the Tukwila City limits. In order to provide more flexibility regarding residency requirements, it is suggested that the existing Ordinance No. 1295 be amended. A draft amendment to the ordinance is attached for your review. It includes language providing a waiver of the residency requirement upon the recommendation of the Mayor and approval of Council. In addition, there is a minor change, which references wages as adopted in the annual budget. I will be available at your meeting if you should have any questions. Phone: 206 433 -1800 City Hall Fax: 206 433 -1833 www.ci.tukwila.wa.us D R A F T AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1295 AS CODIFIED AT TMC 2.26.30, PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER TO THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR THE POSITION OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1295, adopted in 1983, created the position of City Administrator and contained a residency requirement; and WHEREAS, it appears to be in the best interest of the City to waive the residency requirement in order to assist in the recruitment of applicants for the position of City Administrator; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Ordinance No. 1295 as codified in Section 2.26.030 of the Tukwila Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.26.030 Prerequisites to Employment The City Administrator shall be required to sign a contract with the City which covers detailed terms of employment, including as a prerequisite to employment by the City, to agree to reside in the City during his /her term as City Administrator. This residency reauirement may be waived with the recommendation of the Mayor and ma iority vote of the Council, Section 2: Ordinance No. 1295 as codified in Section 2.26.040 of the Tukwila Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 2.26.040 Budget The budget for the position of City Administrator shall be provided for in-the 4984 badge-t; at the rate set forth in the annual budget adopted by the City Council. Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation. Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect five (5) days after passage and publication as provided by law. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a Regular Meeting thereof this day of 2004. ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED: Jane E. Cantu, CMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: By Office of the City Attorney FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: PUBLISHED: EFFECTIVE DATE: ORDINANCE NO.: Steven M. Mullet, Mayor Finance and Safety Committee February 17, 2004 DRAFT Present: Dave Fenton, Chair; Joan Hernandez, Dennis Robertson Jim Morrow, Frank Iriarte, Viki Jessop, Rhonda Berry, Alan Doerschel, Lucy Lauterbach 1. Council Chamber UnQrades This issue had been to the COW with a request to pare down the costs, which the engineer's estimate had pegged at $664,000 initially. There was some confusion about what a basic package would cost, and the item was referred back to committee. There were sketches of how some new equipment would be placed in the room. The new cost of all improvements would be $503,000. The Committee talked about implementing only parts of the plan, or the whole plan. Dennis argued for putting in the bare necessities of the sound system, which staff emphasized as necessary for various upcoming hearings and cases that will need to be transcribed if the system is not improved. Joan said she also wanted to upgrade the audience seating and carpet, and to improve the look of the whole room, which she said gives a poor impression to visitors. To improve the ability to plug in power point computers would move the project more toward doing everything, since once electronics work is started, everything must be torn out and it makes sense to replace things then. Labor and materials costs are mixed together in part of the proposal, and there is a 25% increase for all the labor since it must be done outside of normal work hours. There was also discussion about biting the bullet and upgrading the Chamber once and for all, as no major upgrades have been done since it was built thirty years ago. Putting band -aid replacements in as things fall apart could save money now only to cost more later. Both sides of doing little now or doing everything now were touched on, with no final consensus from the Committee. Refer issue to COW. 2. City Administrator Position Viki had drafted an ordinance covering the issue of the city administrator needing to live in the city. A provision was added for the Mayor and Council to be able to waive this condition if they agreed to do so. The Committee supported the ordinance. Recommend ordinance to COW. 3. SWKC Chamber Contract Alan said the 2004 contract was similar to last year's contract, with the same service levels. Joan ensured that Chamber representation on Equity and Diversity was spelled out. The Committee questioned Service B, which had wording about the Chamber having information about "City projects, facility, issues and services Alan will check with the Chamber on that, and instead will perhaps reference the Government Affairs Committee of the Chamber. Recommend Contract to COW. "4. Council Travel Policy With the Council's travel budget having been cut in 2004, the Committee considered ways to deal with it. They agreed there should be justification for all travel, which explains the proposed benefit the Council member will receive from travel. Joan proposed what some other cities have done, which is to divide the travel budget among all the Council members. If each member got a certain amount of money, she/he could plan to use that funding for a trip. If no more money were available, it could be donated from another member's "pot" of money if one person did not intend to use it. However, this system would allow each Council member to travel if he /she wanted to do so. Refer to COW. Committee chair approval