File #: 2004-0144    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/22/2004 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/29/2004
Enactment date: 4/9/2004 Enactment #: 14856
Title: AN ORDINANCE establishing the date for an election on the question of decreasing the number of commissioners serving King County fire protection district no. 24.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson
Indexes: Elections, Fire Districts, Fire Protection
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14856.pdf, 2. 2004-0144 Staff Report Fire District 24, 3. 2004-0144 Transmittal Letter.pdf, 4. A. King County Fire Protection District #24 Resolution #2004-SE
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Clerk 03/16/2004
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AN ORDINANCE establishing the date for an election on the question of decreasing the number of commissioners serving King County fire protection district no. 24.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1.  RCW 52.14.017 provides for a five-member board of commissioners of any fire district to determine by resolution that it would be in the best interest of the district to decrease the number of commissioners from five to three.  The law further notes that the board of commissioners from such a fire district shall submit a resolution to the county legislative authority in which the district is located requesting that an election be held to determine the number of commissioners.  Upon receipt of the resolution, the legislative authority shall call a special election to be held within the fire protection district.
2.  The board of commissioners for King County fire protection district no. 24 has submitted a resolution to the King County council, as required under RCW 52.14.017, requesting that the proposition increasing the board of commissioners from five to three members be placed before the voters.
      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      SECTION 1.  A special election shall be held on May 18, 2004, within King County fire protection district no. 24.  The ballot proposition shall be in substantially the following form in accordance with RCW 52.14.017:
      "Shall the board of commissioners of King County fire protection district no. 24 be decreased from five members to three members?
      YES                                          [     ]
      NO                                          [     ]"
 
      SECTION 2.  Notice of the election shall be published as required by law.