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ORDINANCE NO. 2001- 29
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relating to administrative departments of the City; amending Sections
1.18.030, 1.18.060, 1.18.080, 1.18.081 and 1.18.017 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIIVIA:
Section 1. Section 1.18.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is amended as
follows:
"1.18.030 Police department.
A. Under the direction of the chief of police, this department shall:
1. Provide for the protection of persons and property and prevent crimes; -
2. Detect and apprehend offenders and suspected persons;
3. Enforce all ordinances and statutes relating to law enforcement and traffic control;
4. Preserve peace and order in the city;
5. Perform such other duties as maybe required.
B. This department shall consist of three primary divisions, supervised by police
captains and lieutenants responsible to the chief of police, as follows:
1. The patrol division shall be responsible for uniform field personnel and operational
patrol functions, a traffic control and enforcement of the city's traffic ordinances pertaining to
nonmoving traffic violations, concurrently with the police department. Parking checkers
employed in this office are vested with authority to enforce such ordinances by placing notices
on illegally parked vehicles, as prescribed by applicable ordinances, and by signing formal
complaints for the issuance of warrants by the court for violations of such ordinances;
2. The detective division shall be responsible for the investigative functions of the police
department, bureau of records and the youth bureau.
3. The administrative services division shall be responsible for administrative services,
communications and complaints, and training functions.
C. Public Safety Communications Division. Under the joint direction of the police chief
and the fire chief, and the supervision of the public safety communications manager, this
division shall:
1. Provide communication services to the police and fire departments and other public
agencies as directed by the city.
2. Provide electronic maintenance and repair services to city departments and other
public agencies as directed by the city."
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Section 2. Section 1.18.060 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is amended as
follows:
"1.18.060 Community and economic development.
Under the direction of the director of community and economic development the following
offices and divisions shall perform the responsibilities and duties generally described as
follows:
1. Code Administration and Planning Division. Under the supervision of the code
administration and planning manager, this office shall:
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a. Conduct studies and research relative to the development and redevelopment of the
city of Yakima and its environs
b. Conduct studies and research relative to the amendment of and additions to the
general plan of the city, and relative to zoning, rezoning and subdivision of property;
c. Administer policies and procedures relative to annexations to the city, growth
management, and the extension of city utilities to serve property outside the city;
d. Provide all staff assistance and counsel, secretarial and clerical services required by
the city planning commission;
e. Enforce all laws, rules and regulations relative to zoning, housing, building, fire
prevention, life safety, construction codes and litter control;
f. Provide staff assistance and counsel to the community review board, board of
adjustment, building code board of appeals, board of plumbing examiners, mechanical code
examining board and the housing advisory and appeals board;
g. Be responsible for the maintenance of the City Hall building;
h. Supervise animal control officers in the enforcement of laws and ordinances relating
to dogs and other animals;
i. Perform such other duties as may be directed by the director of community and
economic development.
2. Office of Neighborhood Development Services. Under the supervision of the
community development block grant manager, this office shall:
a. Conduct studies and research and administer programs relative to housing
neighborhood rehabilitation and environment, and community development and
redevelopment;
b. Provide staff assistance and counsel required by various housing and neighborhood
conservation-related committees and groups;
c. Administer community development block grants;
d. Perform such other duties as may be directed by the director of community and
economic development.
3. Convention Center and Capitol Theatre Liaison. Under the supervision of the
department director, this function shall:
a. Be responsible for city staff support and advice to the Convention Center board and
the Capitol Theatre board, and act as liaison between those boards and the city government;
4. Office of Engineering. Under the supervision of the director of community and
economic development, this office shall perform the sanitary and civil engineering for the city,
including the following specific functions:
a. Provide for the preparation of all estimates, plans and specifications for all types of
public construction projects;
b. Provide surveying and inspection services and maintain suitable files and records of
all official maps, plats, surveys and construction projects;
c. Prepare legal descriptions and arrange for the acquisition of all street rights -of -way
by dedication, purchase or condemnation;
d. Negotiate with property owners and prepare cost estimates and assessment rolls for
all local improvement district projects;.
e. Administer construction contracts and authorize progress payments on public
improvement projects;
f. Coordinate with other departments and provide survey and cost data needed in
planning projects and applying for federal grants;
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g. Prepare and review geometric designs of city streets and intersections;
h. Perform such other services as may be required by law or by the director of
community and economic development.
5. Telecommunications Division. Under the supervision of the telecommunications
manager, this office shall:
a. Develop, negotiate, administer and monitor telecommunications franchises and
contracts granted and entered into by the city;
b. Develop and administer city telecommunications policies and regulations;
c. Conduct studies and research and administer programs and projects relative to
telecommunications as such may affect community economic development;
d. Provide staff assistance and counsel required by various telecommunications - related
city council and citizen committees;
e. Coordinate and administer the provision of community and government cable access
television services;
f. Perform other such duties as may be directed by the director of community and
economic development."
Section 3. Section 1.18.080 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is amended as
follows:
"1.18.080 Department of finance and budget.
Under the general direction of the director of finance and budget, the following offices shall
perform the responsibilities and duties generally described as follows:
1. Office of General Accounts. Under the supervision of the accounting manager, this
office shall:
a. Compile estimates for the annual budget;
b. Maintain a general accounting system for the city government and exercise budgetary
control over all expenditures by offices and departments;
c. Perform internal audits of all city financial affairs;
d. Prepare a monthly report of the fiscal activities of all funds for the preceding month
and such other reports as may be required by the city manager;
e. Determine the structure and operational characteristics of all accounting systems
used in the city government;
f. Maintain control and a running inventory of all fixed assets of the city;
g. Maintain a uniform utility accounting system for the water and sewer utilities as
required by state law;
h. Perform such other services as may be required by law or by the director of finance
and budget.
2. Office of Treasury. Under the supervision of the director of finance and budget, this
office shall:
a. Be responsible for the receipt, custody and disbursement of all city funds, all local
improvement district funds, and other trust funds, keeping accurate accounts of all collections
and disbursements for each fund;
b. Be the custodian of all city investments and bank collateral, investing idle funds as
may be prudent and lawful;
c. Prepare and submit all financial statements and reports required by law;
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d. Prescribe the times at and manner in which monies received by the several offices
and departments of the city shall be paid into the treasury or deposited in a bank;
e. Make deposits of city funds in banks in the manner prescribed by law;
f. Purchase and sell bonds for the benefit of local improvement district funds and the
local improvement district guaranty fund;
g. Maintain and supervise a risk management program covering city buildings,
equipment and personnel;
h. Maintain an office for the purpose of receiving all money paid as bail for nonmoving
traffic violation citations;
i. Perform such other services as may be required by law or by the director of finance
and budget.
3. Office of Customer Service Utility Business. Under the supervision of the customer
service manager utility business manager, this office shall:
a. Receive all customer applications for utility services;
b. Collect and maintain data for billing and collection of all customer utility accounts;
c. Turn on and off services and investigate service problems;
d. Perform such other services as may be required by law or the director of finance and
budget.
4. Office of Information Systems. Under the supervision of the information systems
manager, this office shall:
a. Analyze and make recommendations for automation of information systems within
the various offices and departments;
b. Design, program and maintain information systems for approved applications;
c. Analyze, design and implement record retrieval systems for approved applications;
d. Administer a records management program providing for the inventory, retention
. and disposal of city records;
e. Administer duplication services, and the word processing center;
f. Perform such other services as may be required by the director of finance and
budget."
Section 4. Section 1.18.081 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is amended as
follows:
"1.18.081 Animal control officer —Duties and authority.
A. In order to enforce laws and ordinances relating to dogs and other animals, the
position of animal control officer is created. The animal control officer shall be under the
direction of the ... - - - -. - .:.. ..,.. -.,, manager and sly receive technical
supervision from the chief of policeCode Administration and Planning Manager.
B. The animal control officer shall enforce all ordinances pertaining to the regulation,
control and licensing of dogs and other animals in the city, concurrently with the police
department. For that purpose, the animal control officer and assistants are vested with authority
to impound animals when required or authorized to do so by applicable city ordinances, to
issue notices to persons who they have reason to believe have violated such ordinances, to sign
formal complaints for the issuance of warrants by the court for violations of such ordinances, to
cooperate with the health officer exercising jurisdiction in the city regarding the investigation of
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dog bites and the quarantine of dogs for rabies examinations, and with authority to otherwise
perform duties imposed by this section and other ordinances of the city.
Section 5. Section 1.18.017 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is amended as
follows:
"1.18.017 Legal department.
Under the general supervision of the city attorney, the following divisions shall perform
the functions and duties generally described as follows:
1. The civil division, under the direction of the city attorney, shall:
a. Advise and assist in the preparation of, and prepare in final form, all ordinances,
orders and regulations;
b. Prepare and pass on the legality and correctness and form of all contracts, bonds and
other legal instruments to which the city is a party;
c. Advise the council, the city manager, all depai intent heads and other administrative
officials and all boards and commissions regarding legal matters;
d. Represent the city as attorney in all legal proceedings in which the city is a party;
e. Recommend settlement or compromise of claims or suits at law or equity to which the
city may be a party involving property rights or money claims;
f. Preserve in its office copies of all opinions rendered by the department;
g. Attend all meetings of the city council and, upon direction of the city manager, any
meeting of any city government committee or advisory board of the council;
h. Perform such other legal duties as may be required by the city Charter, ordinance, the
council, or the city manager.
2. The prosecution division, under the direction of the city prosecutor senior assistant
city attorney, shall:
a. Be responsible for all prosecutions under ordinances of the city;
b. Advise the police department, and other law enforcement departments of the city,
concerning enforcement of city penal codes;
c. Perform such other duties as may be directed by the city attorney.
3. The city attorney may hire assistant city attorneys or engage special legal counsel, all
as authorized from time to time by the city manager, as deemed appropriate by the volume of
legal work assigned to the legal department."
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Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 19th day of. June,
2001.
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ATTEST: y Place, Mayor
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City Clerk
Publication Date: 6 -23 -2001
Effective Date: 7 -24 -2001
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