2006/03/01 Council Agenda Packet

Lze ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE relating to the Citizen's Charter Review Committee and repealing Ordinance 506-78 (EMC Chap. 2.98) WHEREAS, City Council passed Ordinance 506-78 on March 22, 1978 to provide for review of the City's Charter by a Citizen's Review Committee, which ordinance is codified at EMC Chap. 2.98; and WHEREAS, the City Charter was amended on November 5, 1996 by adding Section 16.5 to provide for decennial review of the City's Charter by a Citizen's Review Committee; and WHEREAS, Ordinance 506-78 duplicates and/or potentially conflicts with the Section 16.5 of the Charter and is no longer necessary; NOW,THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: Ordinance No. 506-78 (EMC Chap. 2.98), which reads as follows: Section 1: A Charter Review Committee is hereby created to be comprised of persons from the community designated by the Mayor. Section 2: The Charter Review Committee is created to examine and evaluate the City of Everett Charter and to recommend to the City Council changes, if any, the Committee feels is appropriate. Section 3: Members of the Charter Review Committee shall not receive any compensation; provided, however, the Committee is authorized to expend up to three thousand dollars ($3,000) as needed for support expenses it deems necessary and reasonable or such other monies the City Council shall allocate to the Committee. Said three thousand dollars ($3,000) shall be paid out of the City Council Contingency Fund. Section 4: An emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall take effect upon becoming valid. Be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 2: Severability. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid. 19 1