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Committee advances substitute ordinance O2025-006-S1 to clarify mayoral authority, allow limited amendments without council action
Summary
TUMWATER, Wash. — On May 23 the Budget & Finance Committee moved substitute ordinance O2025-006-S1 to the June 3 council consideration calendar with a recommendation to adopt.
TUMWATER, Wash. — On May 23 the Budget & Finance Committee moved substitute ordinance O2025-006-S1 to the June 3 council consideration calendar with a recommendation to adopt. The substitute ordinance revises the city code governing execution of contracts and other legal documents, clarifying which agreements must go to council and which limited amendments the mayor may sign.
Karen (staff member) summarized the substitute ordinance as a response to prior committee discussion. “The substitute ordinance does not have that exclusion,” she said, referring to an earlier draft that would have omitted GRAMA-related items and interlocal agreements under $100,000 from council review. Under…
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