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ORDINANCE NO. 2783
AN ORDINANCE relating to, funds and accounts; creating a "Workers'
Compensation Fund", declaring the purpose thereof,
III specifying the source of funds thereto and providing
for expenditures therefrom; enacting Chapter 3.102,
"Workers' Compensation Fund" and various sections
thereof as a new Chapter and new sections of the
City of Yakima Municipal Code; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt a self-insured
workers' compensation plan for City employees pursuant to R.C.W.
Chapter 51.14 as a means of reducing the amount of City funds
previously spent for industrial insurance premiums under the plan
administered by the State, and
• WHEREAS, arrangements have been or will be made whereby
July 1, 1984, is the effective date for implementation of the
City's self-insured plan, and the fund created by this ordinance
must be established by that effective date in order to properly
complete the implementation of that program, otherwise applicable
State regulations would prevent the program from becoming effective
until October 1, 1984, to the detriment of the City of Yakima and
its citizens, and
WHEREAS, in view of the foregoing, the City Council does
hereby find and declare an emergency to exist so as to authorize
411/ this ordinance to become immediately effective, as contemplated
by Article VI, Section 2, of the Yakima City Charter, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Chapter 3.102, "Workers' Compensation Fund", and
Sections 3.102.010, 3.102.020 and 3.102.030 thereof, are hereby
enacted as a new Chapter and new Sections of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code to read as follows:
111 "CHAPTER 3.102
III Workers' Compensation Fund
3.102.010 Fund Created -- Purposes. There is hereby
created a fund to be known as the "Workers' Compensation
Fund". Money in the fund shall be expended only to pay
costs incurred by the City as a self-insured employer
pursuant to R.C.W. Chapter 51.14, including the following
purposes:
1. To pay the. City's pro rata share of the State
fund deficit as determined by the Director of the Department
of Labor and Industries,
2. To pay any liabilities of the City for compensation
1110 incurred as a self-insurer,
3. To pay any premiums or other costs for reinsurance
and surety bonds as may be authorized or required by appli-
able State laws, and
4. To pay any other costs and expenses incurred in
the operation and maintenance of the City's self-insurance
program, including fees for administrative services performed
by independent contractors as may be authorized from time to
time by resolution of the City Council.
3.102.020 Source of Funds. From time to time, the City
Council shall budget, appropriate or otherwise authorize the
transfer of money from any available source into such fund.
3.102.030 Expenditures. Expenditures from the fund
shall be made only for the purposes mentioned in Section
1110 3.102.010 of this Chapter. No expenditure shall be made
from such fund unless the City Council shall prove such
expenditure by enacting an ordinance appropriating money
within the fund for the purpose for which the expenditure
is to be made, or by including an appropriation for that pur-
pose in the budget."
Section 2. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and
welfare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is
hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publica-
as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 26th day
4111 of June , 1984.
7 ,
Mayor
ATTEST:
4111 • ,
City C erk
Publication Date 6/28/84
Effective Date 6/29/84
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