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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020, Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040 and Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050.
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WHEREAS, the charter provides that the council shall elect one of its members as chair, and Motion 10651, Section II, and OR 1-010 provides that the council shall elect a chair and vice-chair, both of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the council for a term of one year, unless otherwise ordered by the council, and
WHEREAS, the council has specified by motion the chairs, vice-chairs and members of council committees and provided for any changes to these positions and the committees to be made by adoption of a formal legislative motion;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Committees - functions. In addition to any committee otherwise established by law, the committees of the metropolitan King County council and their respective functions are established as follows:
A. Budget and fiscal management committee shall: review and monitor the budget, including financial plans, revenues, expenditures, quarterly reports, and capital improvement programs; monitor the financial status of county funds; consider and make recommendations to all supplemental appropriations; and consider and make recommendations on debt and investment proposals, levies, fees and taxes. In respect to consideration of the county's annual budget, all members of the council not assigned to the budget and fiscal management committee will be considered ex officio voting members of the committee.
B. Growth management and unincorporated areas committee shall consider and make recommendations on policies relating to land use development, comprehensive planning, development regulations, regulatory reform and recommendations to the department of development and environmental services (DDES). In respect to consideration of updates of the Comprehensive Plan, all members of the council not assigned to the growth management and unincorporated areas committee will be considered ex officio voting members of the committee. The chair of the committee may refer various portions of the Comprehensive Plan to panels of members. The chair of the committee may employ the various standing committees as panels. The panels shall transmit their recommendations to all councilmembers for their consideration as regular or ex officio members of the growth management and unincorporated areas committee before the committee refers the annual update of the Comprehensive Plan to the full council.
The committee shall consider and make recommendations relating to: market rate housing and housing affordability; Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC), including GMPC task forces, timelines, products (such as benchmarking and land capacity), and Countywide Planning Policies; Potential Annexation Areas and interlocal agreements; boundary review board and nonutility annexations; planned action environmental impact statements and related phased state Environmental Policy Act review; and the Puget Sound Regional Council; and development and land use regulations necessary to either implement salmon recovery or comply with the Endangered Species Act, or both.
The committee shall: consider and make recommendations on King County motions and ordinances which have force and effect only in the unincorporated areas of the county; evaluate and make recommendations on the quality of service delivery in areas such as police, roads and human services; and consider and make recommendations relating to subarea planning community councils and other unincorporated self-government strategies.
C. Labor, operations and technology committee shall:
1. Consider and make recommendations on policies relating to management organizational structure; customer service; the efficiency, cost effectiveness and performance of county departments, including: assessor; personnel; purchasing; civil rights and compliance; real property management; general services; records and elections; facilities management; risk management; safety and worker's compensation; and cooperative extension community services;
2. Consider and make recommendations to the full council on the annual audit program;
3. Consider and make recommendations to the full council on labor agreements;
4. For the purposes of K.C.C. chapter 3.16, is designated as the labor implementation committee;
5. Consider and make recommendations relating to municipal service contracts;
6. Consider DDES efficiency and customer service; and
7. Consider and make recommendations relating to information technology, cable communications and telecommunications issues.
D. Law, justice and human services committee shall:
1. Consider and make recommendations on policies relating to: public safety; adult detention; constitutional and human rights; discrimination; civil and criminal liability; ethics; campaign practices; juvenile justice programs; youth services; the superior and district courts; judicial administration; prosecuting attorney; and public defense; and
2. Consider and make recommendations on matters relating to personal and environmental health; mental health; developmental disabilities; alcoholism and substance abuse; emergency medical services; human services; families and children; women's programs; and aging programs.
E. Legislative steering committee shall consider and make recommendations to the full council on legislation before the federal, state and local governments that affect King County. The committee shall meet regularly with all branches of King County government to review legislation and policies that affect them and to coordinate the county response to issues from other levels of government.
F. Natural resources((, parks and open space)) and utilities committee shall consider and make recommendations on ((natural resources)) policies relating to: natural resources; cultural resources; recreation programs; issues relating to the Endangered Species Act; parks; open space; agricultural lands; ((and)) resource lands; utility services including wastewater treatment, solid waste management, flood control and surface water and stormwater management; utility annexations; utility comprehensive plans and franchises; and water quality and water quantity issues.
G. Transportation committee shall consider and make recommendations on policies relating to: transportation; planning; roads; engineering; and public transportation.
((H. Utilities committee shall make recommendations relating to: utility services (including wastewater treatment, solid waste management, flood control, and surface water and stormwater management); utility annexations; utility comprehensive plans and franchises; and water quality and water quantity issues.))
II. Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Chairs and vice-chairs. The council designates the following councilmembers as chairs and vice-chairs of the standing committees created in this motion and the regional committees established in the King County Charter.
Committee-of-the-whole:
Chair: Chair of the council, Larry Phillips.
Vice-chair: Pete von Reichbauer.
Budget and fiscal management committee:
Chair: ((Larry Phillips)) Larry Gossett.
Vice-chairs: Dow Constantine, ((Jane Hague))David Irons.
Employment committee:
Chair: Pete von Reichbauer.
Vice-chair: Larry Gossett.
Growth management and unincorporated areas committee:
Chair: ((Jane Hague)) Dow Constantine.
Vice-chair: ((Larry Phillips)) David Irons.
Labor, operations and technology committee:
Chair: ((Dow Constantine)) Julia Patterson.
Vice-chair: ((Steve Hammond)) Jane Hague.
Law, justice and human services committee:
Chair: ((Larry Gossett)) Kathy Lambert.
Vice-chair: ((Kathy Lambert)) Julia Patterson.
Legislative steering committee:
Chair: ((Dwight Pelz)) Carolyn Edmonds.
Vice-chair: Kathy Lambert.
Natural resources((, parks and open space)) and utilities committee:
Chair: Carolyn Edmonds.
Vice-chair: ((David Irons)) Jane Hague.
Transportation committee:
Chair: Dwight Pelz.
Vice-chair: Rob McKenna.
((Utilities committee:
Chair: Julia Patterson.
Vice-chair: Jane Hague.))
Regional policy committee:
Chair: ((Julia Patterson)) Bob Ferguson.
Regional transit committee:
Chair: Rob McKenna.
Vice-chair: Dwight Pelz.
Regional water quality committee:
Chair: ((Kathy Lambert)) Steve Hammond.
Vice-chair: Carolyn Edmonds.
III. Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Memberships. The council designates the following councilmembers, in addition to the chairs and vice-chairs, as members of the standing committees created in this motion and the regional committees established in the King County Charter.
Committee-of-the-whole:
Members: All councilmembers.
Budget and fiscal management committee:
Members: ((Dow Constantine, Larry Gossett)) Carolyn Edmonds, Bob Ferguson, Jane Hague, Rob McKenna, ((Cynthia Sullivan)) Julia Patterson, Pete von Reichbauer.
Employment committee:
Members: ((Rob McKenna)) Kathy Lambert, ((Cynthia Sullivan)) Larry Phillips.
Alternate members:
A. Democrat: Dwight Pelz.
B. epublican: Rob McKenna.
Growth management and unincorporated areas committee:
Members: ((Dow Constantine)) Carolyn Edmonds, Steve Hammond, ((David Irons, ))Kathy Lambert, Dwight Pelz, ((Cynthia Sullivan)) Larry Phillips.
Labor, operations and technology committee:
Members: ((Larry Gossett)) Dow Constantine, ((Jane Hague, Cynthia Sullivan)) David Irons, Dwight Pelz.
Law, justice and human services committee:
Members: Dow Constantine, ((Carolyn Edmonds)) Bob Ferguson, Larry Gossett, Steve Hammond, Rob McKenna, ((Dwight Pelz, Steve Hammond)).
Legislative steering committee:
Members: All councilmembers.
Natural resources((, parks and open space committee)) and utilities:
Members: Dow Constantine, ((Larry Phillips,)) Bob Ferguson, Pete von Reichbauer.
Transportation committee:
Members: ((Carolyn Edmonds,)) Bob Ferguson, Larry Gossett, Jane Hague, David Irons, ((Kathy Lambert,)) Julia Patterson.
((Utilities committee:
Members: Carolyn Edmonds, Dwight Pelz, Pete von Reichbauer.))
Regional policy committee:
Members: Carolyn Edmonds, ((Larry Gossett, )) Jane Hague, David Irons,(( Steve Hammond)) Kathy Lambert, Julia Patterson((, Pete von Reichbauer)).
Regional transit committee:
Members: Dow Constantine, Bob Ferguson, David Irons, Kathy Lambert((, Julia Patterson, Cynthia Sullivan)).
Regional water quality committee:
Members: David Irons, ((Julia Patterson,)) Kathy Lambert, Dwight Pelz. Larry Phillips((, Steve Hammond)).
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