HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-3024 - Related to Budget Amendment - Municipal Court JudgesCITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville, Washington
ORDINANCE NO. 3 0 )_ t
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 2.24.030(5) OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE, ESTABLISHING SALARY FOR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES,
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, RCW 3.50.080 requires that the salary for municipal court judges be set by
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the city is eligible to receive partial funding for municipal court judge
salaries if it complies with the requirements in RCW 2.56.030, which includes the requirement to
set the municipal court judge's salary at a rate equivalent to at least ninety-five percent, but not
more than one hundred percent, of a district court judge's salary; and
WHEREAS, the salary of district court judges is set by the Washington Citizens'
Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials; and
WHEREAS, the City has historically compensated the municipal court judge at 95% of a
district court judge's salary; and
WHEREAS, historically the Snohomish County District Court judges reviewed and
issued search warrants for the Marysville Police Department and this duty requires being
available at night on and weekends; and
WHEREAS, the district court changed this long-time practice effective April 1, 2016,
resulting in each city being responsible for the search warrants of its own police department; and
WHEREAS, search warrants are an integral component of the Marysville Police
Department's efforts to control criminal activity in the City and the City's department seeks
more search warrants than other municipalities in the county; and
WHEREAS, this resulted in a significant increase in the municipal court judge's volume
of workload and time they must be available for their duties; and
WHEREAS, ensuring that the Marysville Police Department is able to obtain search
warrants at any time is critical to the City's goal of enhancing public safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Amendment of the Municipal Code. The Marysville Municipal Code is
amended as set forth in Exhibit "A".
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
ordinance.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five days after the
date of its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this ·~~day of
r--C-~ , 2016.
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Attest:
Approved as to from:
JO WALKER, CITY ATTORNEY
Date of publication: J/;:;. b 1t1 , / /
Effective Date (5 days :fte/ publication): Jj'Z'/fiL
Exhibit A
2.24.030 Municipal judge -Qualifications -Appointment.
(1) The term of office of the first municipal judge shall expire on January 1, 1986. The term of
office thereafter shall be four years, commencing on January I st of each fourth year after 1986.
Appointments shall be made on or before December I st of the year next preceding the year in
which the term commences.
(2) The position of a full-time municipal judge shall be filled by election for the term
commencing on January I, 20 I 0, and every four years thereafter. The municipal judge shall be
elected in the same manner as other elective city officials are elected to office. The term of the
municipal judge shall be for four years. Nothing in this section shall limit the mayor's authority
to fill the position of municipal judge pursuant to MMC 2.24.060.
(3) Additional Judges. Additional full-or part-time municipal judge positions may be filled when
the public interest and the administration of justice make such additional judge or judges
necessary, and so long as that procedure is in compliance with state statutes, such as RCW
3.50.055.
(4) On or before April I, 20 I 0, the mayor may appoint an additional part-or full-time judge for
the term commencing January I, 2010, and expiring December 31 , 2013. Said additional judicial
position shall be an elected position and shall be filled by election for any subsequent term.
(5) Commencing September 1, ~2016, and thereafter on the first day of September of each
successive year, the salary paid the Marysville municipal court judge shall automatically be
adjusted to a rate equivalent to ~100 percent of a district court judge salary as set by the
Washington Citizens' Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials for the succeeding year.
(6) A person elected or appointed as municipal judge shall be a citizen of the United States of
America and of the state of Washington and a resident of Snohomish County, and an attorney
admitted to practice law before the courts of record of the state of Washington.