Other Languages1. A city may employ, on a regular basis, an employee whose salary was not specifically budgeted for, if the total salaries item in the budget is sufficient to cover it. 2. An employee working regular hours for part of a year may be properly paid from the lump sum appropriation item designated "extra help." 3. One salaried position specifically designated in the budget may be discontinued and the funds thereby saved transferred to the item budgeted for "extra help." 4. Cities may, by emergency appropriation, provide additional funds for salaries and wages to cover a deficiency in the overall classification for salaries and wages of a particular department. 5. Under the ordinance of the city of Olympia the mayor's control of the garbage department is subject to the action of the commission as a whole.
Third class cities requiring garbage disposal service may not contract with private contractor for collection, whereby the charges are payable to the city and the private contractor paid 90% of monthly receipts, without calling for annual competitive bids and awarding contract to lowest responsible bidder under RCW 35.23.352.
Officers of the city of Auburn police force who were appointed on July 8, 1937, were "blanketed" into civil service as permanent employees in the positions they presently enjoy.
Where a city and a county rural library district have joined together to establish and maintain a regional library pursuant to RCW 27.12.080, the city may condemn land for a situs for the library building within the city limits.
A city of the third class may not grant an easement to a private person over a city street, road or park drive, currently devoted to public use, for purposes of a private driveway.
Where a city official's term has been extended for one year for the purpose of harmonizing election dates and the legislature grants an increased salary for such official he is not entitled to the increase in salary during the added year of his term.
1. Where a fireman is permanently disabled in line of duty the firemen's benefit act in effect at the time of his disability governs his inactive duty disability pension. 2. The six-month period after disability during which a disabled fireman draws his disability allowance need not run consecutively.
An initiative ordinance providing for the classification of police and firemen under a pay adopted by the council does not prevent the council from fixing their salaries under a charter provision so authorizing, and only prevents the council from changing such classification except by popular vote as provided by another charter provision.
A city of the first class may not purchase a commercial office building for the purpose of using one‑half of it for city purposes and leasing the remainder to private parties, unless it can be shown that existing or future public needs demand it or that such lease will be merely incidental to an overall public purpose.
1. Surplus funds of city-owned water system may be transferred to general fund. 2. First class city may repeal ordinance reducing rates of city-owned water system, but may not realize excessive profits thereby.