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RESOLUTION NO. l-88
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A RESOLUTION of the City council of the city of
Port Angeles acknowledging a remote interest
in printing services performed by Olympic
Printers, Inc.
WHEREAS, the City, through its Administrative Services
Department, purchases various types of printing services from
Olympic Printers, Inc., throughout the year; and
WHEREAS, the voucher approval list that the City
council approves on a regular basis frequently contains payments
to Olympic Printers, Inc., for printing services; and
WHEREAS, newly elected Councilman Kelly Gabriel is a
paid employee of Olympic printers, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, while it is prohibited pursuant to Chapter
42.23 RCW for any municipal officer to be beneficially interested
in any contract made under his supervision, RCW 42.23.040
provides that such municipal officer shall not be deemed to be
interested in a contract lIif he has only a remote interest in the
contract and if the fact and extent of such interest is disclosed
to the governing body of the municipality of which he is an
officer and noted in the official minutes or similar records of
the municipality prior to the formation of the contract, and
thereafter the governing body authorizes, approves, or ratifies
the contract in good faith by a vote of its membership sufficient
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for the purpose without counting the vote or votes of the officer
having the remote interestll; and
WHEREAS, RCW 42.23.040(2) provides that if an employee
of a contracting party is compensated entirely by fixed wages or
salary, then his interest is deemed to be a II remote interest n ;
and,
WHEREAS, Councilman Gabriel's compensation from Olympic
printers, Inc., is entirely of fixed wages or salary, and he
receives no bonus or commission and has no ownership interest in
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the business.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the city
Council of Port Angeles, Washington, as follows:
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The following facts have been fully disclosed to
the city Council and shall be noted in the official minutes:
a. councilman Kelly Gabriel is employed by
Olympic Printers, Inc., with which the city contracts
on a routine basis to provide various printing
services; and,
b. Councilman Gabriel's compensation from Olympic
Printers, Inc., consists entirely of fixed wages or
salary, and he receives no bonus or commission and has
no ownership interest in the business.
2. The city council hereby authorizes the Administra-
tive Services Department to purchase printing services from
Olympic Printers, Inc., on an as-needed basis; provided that this
resolution shall be adopted without counting the vote of
councilman Gabriel; and provided further that this resolution
shall apply to all instances when the council approves the
voucher list containing payment(s) to Olympic Printers, Inc., as
long as Councilman Gabriel's vote with regard to such voucher
list is not necessary for the approval of the specific payment to
Olympic Printers, Inc.
PASSED at a regular meeting of the Port Angeles city
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council on this 19th day of January, 1988.
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ATTEST:
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Sherri L. Anderson, City Clerk
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