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Clerk 12/13/2007
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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council, electing the chair and vice-chairs of the council and its committees and creating new committees; and amending Motion 10651, Section II, as amended, and OR 1-010, Motion 10651, Section IV, as amended, and OR 1-030, Motion 11105 (part), as amended, and OR 1-040 and Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040.
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WHEREAS, the King County Charter provides that the county council "shall elect one of its members as chairman, shall be responsible for its own organization," and
WHEREAS, the council desires to elect a chair and vice-chairs of the council and its committees and create new committees;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 10651, Section II, as amended, and OR 1-010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Election of the chair and vice-chairs.
A. The council shall elect a chair and vice-chairs, who shall serve at the pleasure of the council for a term of one year, unless decided otherwise by the council and until successors are elected.
B. There shall be two vice-chairs: the vice-chair of policy and administration and the vice-chair of ((employment and administration)) council relations. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of K.C.C. chapter 1.24, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of policy and administration. In the absence of the vice-chair of policy and administration, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of ((employment and administration)) council relations.
C. In the event the chair is unable to serve the remainder of a term, the vice-chair shall become chair, consistent with the order set forth in subsection 1.B. of this section. In the event a vice-chair is unable to serve the remainder of a term, a new vice-chair shall be elected.
II. Motion 10651, Section IV, as amended, and OR 1-030 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Powers and duties of the vice-chairs.
A. The vice-chairs shall exercise the duties, powers and prerogatives of the council chair in the event of the chair's absence, consistent with the order set forth in OR 1-010.B.
B. The vice-chair of policy and administration shall serve as the chair of the committee-of-the-whole.
((C. The vice-chair of employment and administration shall serve as the chair of the employment and administration committee. The vice-chair of employment and administration shall issue, upon recommendation of the employment and administration committee and with the approval of a majority of the council, all employment decisions for legislative branch employees except interns and the councilmembers' personal staff. The vice-chair of employment and administration shall convene the employment and administration committee.))
III. Motion 11105 (part), as amended, and OR 1-040 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Chair and vice-chair elected. For the year ((2007)) 2008, and until a successor is elected, the council elects Councilmember ((Larry Gossett)) Julia Patterson as council chair, Councilmember ((Julia Patterson)) Dow Constantine as council vice-chair of policy((;)) and administration and Councilmember ((Jane Hague)) Reagan Dunn council vice-chair ((of employment and administration)) for council relations.
IV. 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: ((Julia Patterson)) Dow Constantine.
Vice-chair: ((Jane Hague)) Reagan Dunn.
Capital budget committee:
Chair: ((Dow Constantine)) Larry Phillips.
Vice-chair: Kathy Lambert.
((Capital budget panel:
Chair: Dow Constantine.
Vice-chair: Kathy Lambert.))
Employment and administration committee:
Chair: Jane Hague.
Vice-chair: ((Larry Gossett)) Julia Patterson.
((External affairs committee:
Chair: Pete von Reichbauer.
Vice-chair: Larry Phillips.))
General government and labor relations committee:
Chair: Larry Gossett.
Vice-chair: Pete von Reichbauer.
Growth management and natural resources committee:
Chair: ((Larry Phillips)) Larry Gossett.
Vice-chair ((Jane Hague.))
Law, justice and human services committee:
Chair: Kathy Lambert.
Vice-chair: ((Larry Gossett)) Bob Ferguson.
Operating budget, fiscal management and ((mental health)) select issues committee:
Chair: Bob Ferguson.
Vice-chair: ((Jane Hague.))
((Operating budget panel:
Chair: Jane Hague.
Vice-chair: Kathy Lambert.))
Transportation committee:
Chair: ((Reagan Dunn)) Dow Constantine.
Vice-chair: ((Julia Patterson)) Reagan Dunn.
2009 budget review and adoption committee:
Chair: Larry Phillips.
Utilities and parks:
Chair: Jane Hague.
Vice-chair: Larry Gossett.
Regional policy committee:
Chair: Pete von Reichbauer.
Regional transit committee:
Chair: Reagan Dunn.
Vice-chair: ((Julia Patterson)) Bob Ferguson.
Regional water quality committee:
Chair: Larry Phillips.
Vice-chair: Jane Hague.
V. This motion takes effect January 1, 2008.