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***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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Title 07
Chapter 07.01
Section 07.01.030
 

Title 07 Finance

Chapter 07.01 Fiscal Year - Biennial Budget Established

Section 07.01.030 Emergency Expenditures
  1. Upon the happening of any emergency caused by violence of nature, casualty, riot, insurrection, war, or other unanticipated occurrence requiring the immediate preservation of order or public health, or for the property which has been damaged or destroyed by accident, or for public relief from calamity, or in settlement of approved claims for personal injuries or property damages, or to meet mandatory expenditures required by law enacted since the last budget was adopted, or incident to employee recruitment at any time, the city council, upon the adoption of an ordinance, by the vote of one more than the majority of all members of the city council, stating the facts constituting the emergency and the estimated amount required to meet it, may make the expenditures therefor without notice or hearing.
  1. If a public emergency which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of filing the preliminary budget requires the expenditure of money not provided for in the budget, and if it is not one of the emergencies specifically enumerated in subsection A of this section, the city council before allowing any expenditure therefor shall adopt an ordinance stating the facts constituting the emergency and the estimated amount required to meet it and declaring that an emergency exists.
  1. The emergency ordinance under this subsection shall not be voted on until five days have elapsed after its introduction, and for passage shall require the vote of one more than the majority of all members of the city council.
  1. Nothing in this Section 07.01.030 shall be deemed to expand the legislative powers of the city council set forth in Section 19 of the City Charter.

Date Passed: Monday, June 24, 2024

Effective Date: Monday, June 24, 2024

ORD C36531 Section 4