691 Amend Ch 2.48.010CITY OF YELM
ORDINANCE 691
AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 2.48.010 of theYelm Municipal Code,
Section 1 of Ordinance 199 (1976) and Civil Service Rules and Procedures
(Resolution 333, 7/15) by excluding the Police Chief from Classified Civil Service
Provisions and establishing an effective date.
WHEREAS, RCW 41.12.050 grants authority to the legislative body of cities, towns, and
municipalities to exclude from Civil Service Rules individuals appointed as police chief after
July 1, 1987, to a department with six or more commissioned officers; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police is an exempt employee appointed to serve at the
discretion of the appointing authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes this exemption will benefit the City and the
operations of the Yelm Police Department;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Yelm, Thurston County, does ordain
Section 1. Amendment to City of Yelm Ordinance No. 199 (1976), Section 1 shall be
amended by deleting the word including and inserting in it place the word excluding.
Civil Service Established. In order to carry out the provisions of Chapter 41.12 of the
Revised Code of Washington (Chapter 13, Laws of 1937), as amended, there is
hereby created and established in the City of Yelm, a classified civil service for all
full paid policemen of the City, ~slg excluding the Police Chief.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five days following
publication as provided for by law.
ADOPTED this 26th day of January, 2000.
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Ka ryn M. of , ayor
Attest~Authenticated:
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Ag s P. Bennick, City Clerk
PASSED and APPROVED: January 26, 2000
PUBLISHED: Nisqually Valley News, February 4, 2000
EFFECTIVE: February 9, 2000
Ordinance No. 691
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