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Clerk 01/14/2013
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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; amending Motion 10651, Section II, 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 council has specified by motion the chairs, vice-chairs and members of council committees and provided for any changes to these positions to be made by adoption of a formal legislative motion, and
WHEREAS, the council desires to specify vice-chairs and committee chairs and vice-chairs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 10651, Section II, and OR 1-010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
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 development and review and the vice-chair of regional coordination. For the purposes of implementing K.C.C. chapter 1.24, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of policy development and review. In the absence of the vice-chair of policy and development review, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of regional coordination.
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 in subsection B. of this section. In the event the 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:
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 in OR 1-010.B.
B. The vice-chair of policy development and review shall serve as the chair of the committee of the whole.
C. The vice-chair of regional coordination shall preside during the portion of a committee of the whole meeting that is considering the Eastside Rail Corridor.
III. Motion 11105 (part), as amended, and OR 1-040 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
For the year ((2012)) 2013, and until a successor is elected, the council elects Councilmember Larry Gossett as council chair, Councilmember Julia Patterson as council vice-chair of policy development and review and Councilmember Jane Hague as council vice-chair of regional coordination.
IV. Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
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: ((Jane Hague)) Julia Patterson.
Vice-chair: ((Julia Patterson)) Jane Hague.
Budget and fiscal management committee:
Chair: Joe McDermott.
Vice-chair: Kathy Lambert
Employment and administration committee:
Chair: ((Julia Patterson)) Jane Hague.
Vice-chair: ((Jane Hague)) Larry Gossett.
Government accountability((,)) and oversight ((and financial performance)) committee:
Chair: ((Bob Ferguson)) Pete von Reichbauer.
Vice-chair: ((Pete von Reichbauer)) Larry Gossett.
Law, justice, health and human services committee:
Chair: Kathy Lambert.
Vice-chair: Larry Gossett.
Transportation, economy and environment committee:
Chair: Larry Phillips.
Vice-chair: ((Pete von Reichbauer)) Reagan Dunn.
((2012 Comprehensive Plan review committee:
Chair: Larry Phillips.))
Regional policy committee:
Chair: Pete von Reichbauer.
Regional transit committee:
Chair: Reagan Dunn.
Regional water quality committee:
Chair: Larry Phillips.