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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Chapter 01.07
Section 01.07.005
 

Title 01 General Provisions

Chapter 01.07 Spokane Fair Elections Code

Section 01.07.005 Definitions

The definitions currently contained in RCW 42.17A.005 or as may be amended in the future are incorporated into Chapter 01.07 SMC by reference herein and are augmented by the following definitions:

  1. “Agency” means the City of Spokane internal auditor within the City’s Department of Management and Budget or its delegate.
  1. “City office” means any elective office established by Section 5 of the Spokane City Charter, namely, Mayor, City Council member, and Municipal Court judge.
  1.  “Collectively bargain” means the performance of the mutual obligations of the public employer, including the City of Spokane or the Mayor, and the exclusive bargaining representative to meet at reasonable times, to confer and negotiate in good faith, and to execute a written agreement with respect to grievance procedures and collective negotiations on personnel matters, including wages, hours, and working conditions, which may be peculiar to an appropriate bargaining unit of the public employer, except that by such obligation neither party may be compelled to agree to a proposal or be required to make a concession unless otherwise allowed under Washington state law.
  1. “Contract” has the same meaning as in SMC 07.06.040.
  1. “Contractor” means any person or entity who has received the award of a contract under SMC 07.06.150 or SMC 07.06.160, submitted a bid or proposal in any form for the award of a contract under SMC 07.06.100, including any other person or entity who seeks the award of the contract and is contesting, appealing or protesting the award of the contract as proposed. The term includes sole proprietors, each general partner in a partnership, members of limited liability companies, and each corporate officer or shareholder holding a controlling interest in a corporation. The term shall also include any subcontractor authorized to provide all or a portion of goods, labor, or services in fulfillment of an award of a contract under SMC 07.06.150 or SMC 07.06.160. This definition does not include the employees of such a person or, if the person is a union, the members of that union.
  1. “Election for city office” means any primary, general, or special election for city office as defined in this section.
  1. “Entity” means any business corporation, group, union, bargaining unit, agency, nonprofit corporation, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, and general cooperative association.

Date Passed: Monday, September 12, 2022

Effective Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

ORD C36262 Section 1