HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-3122 - Amends Sec. 2.24.030, municipal judge qualifications and appointments (2.24)CITY OF MARYSVILLE
Marysville, Washington
ORDINANCE NO. 3 / )_ )_
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION 2.24.030(5) OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE, ESTABLISHING THE DATE FOR ADJUSTING 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 municipal code provides that municipal judge salaries are equal to 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 ("Salary Commission"); and
WHEREAS, historically district court judge salaries have been adjusted effective
September 1st and the municipal code provides that the municipal court judge salaries are
adjusted on the same date; and
WHEREAS, after completing a salary study of judicial salaries, the Salary Commission
will adjust district court judge salaries on July pt in 2019 and 2020; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that the salaries of the municipal comi judges remain in
compliance with the requirements of RCW 2.56.030 and the city remains eligible for pmiial
funding from the state, the municipal code should be amended to reflect the new adjustment date
established by the state.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment of the Municpal 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. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including scrivener's errors or
clerical mistakes; references to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
SECTION 4. 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 -z...& .J-". day of
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CITY OF MARYSVILLE
Attest:
Vltlglo~ By~++~-=-~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
INA BROCK, DEPUTY CITY CLERK
Approved as to form:
Date of publication: 0 3 /o 7/ 14 J
Effective Date (5 days after publication): 0 3 / 01 1.q
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 1st of each fourth year after 1986.
Appointments shall be made on or before December 1st 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 1, 2010, 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 1, 2010, the mayor may appoint an additional part-or full-time judge for
the term commencing January 1, 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 July of each
successive year or such other date as is established by the state for adjusting district court judge
salaries, 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 ofrecord of the state of Washington.