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Council reviews broad municipal‑code rewrite; salaries and remote quorum set for further study

5498207 · July 16, 2025
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Summary

Staff presented proposed edits to Titles 1 and 12 of the municipal code. Council directed staff to publish Title 1 changes for July 30 and to send salary comparables to the finance committee; council chose to retain council authority over hearing‑examiner appeals in the draft language for now.

City staff presented proposed ordinance edits for Title 1 (administration) and Title 12 (subdivisions) on July 16 and asked the council to move Title 1 forward for council action July 30 and to accept the Title 12 review schedule, which delays final action to later in the year.

Director Gunderson said the rewrite consolidates definitions, removes outdated chapters (including a chapter for a fire department the city no longer has) and simplifies enforcement and appeals language. On code enforcement penalties, staff recommended replacing the current tiered civil…

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