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Ordinance No. 2.6 0
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 2691 §5, AS CODIFIED AT
TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.42.030,
TO UPDATE ORGANIZATIONAL PROCEDURES
RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, recruiting qualified law enforcement officers is a priorityforth e community;
and
WHEREAS, the City's Civil Service Commission is the established regulatory body
over the police hiring process pursuant to Chapter41.12 RCW; and
WHEREAS, Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) Section 2.42.030, "Commission
Organization — Duties," currently requires that vacant positions in the Tukwila Police
Department must be filled based upon the names of the three persons highest on the Civil
Service eligibility list; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila desires to create a more efficient hiring process that
allows greater opportunity to hire diverse applicants and is competitive with other law
enforcementagencies by increasing the Civil Service eligibilitylistfrom th ree to five persons;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 2691 §5, as codified at TMC Section 2.42.030,
"Commission Organization — Duties," subparagraph B.10, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
10. When a vacant position is to be filled, to certify to the appointing authority,
on written request, the names of the five persons highest on the eligible list for the class.
The Commission shall make provision in its rules for provisional or temporary
appointments to be utilized when there is no such eligible list applicable to the vacant
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position, or which may be utilized at the discretion of the appointing authority when there
are less than five names on the eligibility list applicable to the vacant position. Such
temporary or provisional appointment shall not exceed a period of six months in duration
but may be extended for up to an additional six months if for any reason it cannot be
determined at the expiration of the initial appointment that the position being filled by
temporary or provisional appointment will in fact continue to be vacant, such as in the
instance of a position vacant due to an officer on disability leave under the LEOFF Act,
or for other good cause which in the discretion of the Commission warrants an additional
extension of such a provisional or temporary appointment.
Section 2. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser Authorized. 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
n u mbering and section/su bsection nu mbering.
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 ora 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 Special Meeting thereof this 2 -Yu‘ day of 1-0,,,nu- , 2023.
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Passed by the City Council: 1-21 -23
Published: -2,d- 23
Effective Date: / - 1-23
Ordinance Number: 2.6
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City of Tukwila Public Notice of Ordinance Adoption for Ordinance 2697.
On January 23, 2023 the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, adopted the
following ordinance, the main points of which are summarized by title as follows:
Ordinance 2697: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2691 §5, AS CODIFIED AT
TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.42.030, TO UPDATE ORGANIZATIONAL
PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The full text of this ordinance will be provided upon request.
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk
Published Seattle Times: January 26, 2023