HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIN 2017-03-21 Item 2A - Ordinance - Public Safety Bond Financial Oversight Committee: Membership Structure UpdateCity of Tukwila
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
TO: Finance Committee
FROM: Laurel Humphrey, Council Analyst
CC: Mayor Ekberg
DATE: March 9, 2017
SUBJECT: Ordinance amending Public Safety Bond Financial Oversight Committee
ISSUE
The proposed ordinance would ensure that membership of the Public Safety Bond Financial
Oversight Committee is consistent across all legislative documents.
DISCUSSION
Ordinance 2509, passed on August 1, 2016, placed the Public Safety Bond Measure on the
November 2016 ballot and provided for the appointment of a Financial Oversight Committee.
The ordinance specified that the Financial Oversight Committee would include five members
comprising two residents, two members of the business community, and one member from a
nonprofit located in Tukwila. That ordinance also gave Council the authority to "prescribe by
ordinance or resolution such other rules relating to the appointment process and the operation
of the Financial Oversight Committee as shall be necessary or appropriate."
Resolution 1892, passed on October 3, 2016, adopted a formal Charter that outlined a
framework for the Financial Oversight Committee in greater detail. At that time, the Council
decided that the Committee should include five members comprising two residents, two
members from the business community, and one "at-large" member who could be from the
residential, business, or nonprofit category.
The City Attorney recommends amending the original ordinance to ensure that all legislative
documents pertaining to the Financial Oversight Committee are consistent. Staff recommends
making the language in the ordinance as general as possible in the event that future changes
are desired by Council. If so, the Charter will be amended and the ordinance will not need to be
revisited.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Finance Committee forward the draft ordinance to the April 3
Regular Consent Agenda with a recommendation to approve.
ATTACHMENTS
• Draft ordinance
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DRAFT
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
2509 §5, TO UPDATE THE MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2509 placed a measure on the November 8, 2016 General
Election ballot proposing to issue general obligation bonds for the City of Tukwila Public
Safety Plan and establishing a proposed framework for a Public Safety Bond Financial
Oversight Committee; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 1892 adopted a Charter for the Public Safety Bond
Financial Oversight Committee that included a modification to the Committee makeup; and
WHEREAS, qualified voters of Tukwila approved Proposition No. 1 at the November
8, 2016, General Election; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure consistency across all legislative
documents that reference the Public Safety Bond Financial Oversight Committee;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Except as amended by this ordinance, all other provisions of Ordinance No.
2509 shall remain in full force and effect, and all actions taken at any time prior to the
effective date of this ordinance that are consistent with Ordinance No. 2509 as so amended,
are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 2509 §5 Amended. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 2509 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
A. If the ballot proposition submitted by this ordinance is approved by the qualified
voters of Tukwila, a Financial Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the City Council
within six months following approval. The Financial Oversight Committee shall consist of a
minimum of five members and shall continue in existence for the economic life of the Proiect.
ig two residents, two members from the business GGITIMunity, and one vidual
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B. The Financial Oversight Committee shall review the allocation of bond proceeds
and progress on achieving the purposes of this proposition, and shall report at least semi-
annually to the City Council on the same. The annual report shall be filed in paper and
electronic form with the City Clerk. The Financial Oversight Committee may elect officers
and establish rules of procedure. Financial Oversight Committee members shall serve
without compensation and may be removed by the City Council following absence without
cause from two or more meetings. The City Council may prescribe by ordinance or
resolution such other rules relating to the appointment process and the operation of the
Financial Oversight Committee as shall be necessary or appropriate.
Section 3. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the City
Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary
corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; references to other
local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance numbering and
section/subsection numbering.
Section 4. 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 5. 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 five 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 12017.
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Rachel B. Turpin, City Attorney Ordinance Number:
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