Ordinance No. 2024-03 Relating to Updating City Planning Commission Member Appointment (Approved 021324)Page 1 of 3
ORDINANCE NO. 2024 - 03
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, amending Title
2 of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code to revise the member appointment and
confirmation process for the Planning Commission.
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously created various advisory boards,
commissions, committees, and task forces, which are known collectively as “City Advisory
Committees,” to provide recommendations to the Council and perform other functions for the
City; and
WHEREAS, in 2020 a subcommittee of Planning Commission members and City
Council members met to discuss the desired process for filling a vacancy on the Planning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, on August 11, 2020, the City Council considered the recommendations of
the Planning Commission – City Council subcommittee and accepted its recommendations with
one amendment; and
WHEREAS, since 2020 the process set out by that subcommittee for filling a Planning
Commission vacancy has been in use to appoint and confirm members only to the Planning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council uses a member appointment and confirmation process for
all other City Advisory Committees set out in BIMC 2.01; and
WHEREAS, on January 23, 2024, the City Council considered whether to standardize all
City Advisory Committee member appointment processes and determined that the Planning
Commission should continue to use the process established in 2020, which is different from the
appointment and confirmation process used for all other City Advisory Committees; and
WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledges that to revise the appointment and
confirmation process for the Planning Commission, the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code must
be amended relating to that process.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE
ISLAND, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2.01.015, Council Advisory Committee Member Appointment and
Confirmation Process, is amended to read as follows:
2.01.015 Council Advisory Committee Member Appointment and Confirmation
Process
A. Recommendations of appointments of members to City Advisory Committees,
with the exception of the Planning Commission, shall be provided by a member selection
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panel composed of two or three Council members, including the Council liaison(s), with
the chair from the subject advisory committees, if applicable, serving in an advisory role
in the member selection process.
B.Recommendations of appointments of members to the Planning Commission shall
be provided by a member selection panel composed of two or three Council members,
including the Council liaison(s), one or two Planning Commission members, including
the chair, and one member or delegate from the Race Equity Advisory Committee, as
available.
BC. The recommendations from the selection panel shall be forwarded to the City
Council, and Council confirmation shall require a majority plus one vote of the entire
membership of the Council.
CD.For City Advisory Committees in which state law requires appointment by the
Mayor (e.g., Planning Commission), the selection panel shall first forward their
recommendation to the Mayor, and if the Mayor consents with the panel’s
recommendation, the Mayor shall then forward the recommendation to the Council.
Section 2. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this ordinance be preempted by state
or federal law or regulation, such decision or preemption shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days from and after its
passage, approval, and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council this 13th day of February, 2024.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 13th day of February, 2024.
Joe Deets, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
Christine Brown, MMC, City Clerk
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: February 9, 2024
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: February 13, 2024
PUBLISHED: February 23, 2024
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2024
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-03