Ordinance No. 2024-25 Amending 2.20.060.E - Municipal pro tem judge compensation4894-0247-6753, v. 1 Page 1 of 2
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ORDINANCE NO. 2024-25
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, amending
BIMC 2.20.060.E to provide for the compensation of the presiding judge pro tem
and other pro tem judges of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Court to be set by
separate ordinance.
WHEREAS, RCW 3.50.090(1) provides that the compensation to be paid to pro tem
judges of the municipal court must be fixed by ordinance of the municipality in which the court
is located; and
WHEREAS, BIMC 2.20.060.E provides for the compensation of the presiding pro tem
judge and other pro tem judges of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Court at the rate of $75.00
per hour, plus an annual CPI-U increase, for a rate in 2024 of $86.38 per hour; and
WHEREAS, the Bainbridge Island Municipal Court Judge has recommended that the
rate be increased to $100.00 per hour to be more consistent with hourly rates for pro tem judges
amounts paid by other cities in Kitsap County; and
WHEREAS, the Bainbridge Island City Council concurs with the Municipal Court
Judge’s recommendation and has therefore decided to increase the compensation as requested
and to amend BIMC 2.20.060.E; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has decided that the amount of the compensation does not
need to be codified and has therefore determined to amend BIMC 2.20.060.E as provided in this
ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE
ISLAND, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Compensation of pro tem judges. BIMC 2.20.060.E is hereby amended
to read as follows:
E.The presiding judge pro tem and any other judges pro tem shall receive
compensation at the a rate of $75.00 per hour. Effective January 1, 2023,
the base rate of pay in effect on December 31, 2022, shall be increased by
the amount of the June-June Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, All Items, CPI-U,
for the most recent previous year, as is supplied by the United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unless otherwise
provided for by law, the presiding judge pro tem shall be compensated at
the same rate as any other judge pro tem. set by separate ordinance of the
city, which shall not be codified.
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
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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. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days
from its passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 10th day of September, 2024.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 10th day of September, 2024.
Joe Deets, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
Christine Brown, MMC, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: September 6, 2024
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: September 10, 2024
PUBLISHED: September 13, 2024
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2024
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-25