File #: 2022-0103    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/8/2022 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 4/5/2022
Enactment date: 4/8/2022 Enactment #: 19418
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the membership of the King County board of health; amending Ordinance 14989, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.021, Ordinance 14989, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.021, Ordinance XXXXX, Section 3, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 3 of this ordinance), Ordinance XXXXX, Section 4, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 4 of this ordinance), Ordinance XXXXX, Section 5, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 5 of this ordinance) and Ordinance XXXXX, Section 6, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 6 of this ordinance), adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 2.35 and repealing Ordinance XXXXX, Section 2, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 2 of this ordinance).
Sponsors: Joe McDermott, Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Indexes: Board of Health, King County
Code sections: 2.35.021 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19418, 2. 2022-0103_SR_BOHRestructure_final.docx, 3. 2022-0103_Amend_S1_Technical bar.docx, 4. 2022-0103_RevisedSR_BOHRestructure_final.docx
Related files: 2004-0409
Drafter
Clerk 03/16/2022
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the membership of the King County board of health; amending Ordinance 14989, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.021, Ordinance 14989, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.021, Ordinance XXXXX, Section 3, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 3 of this ordinance), Ordinance XXXXX, Section 4, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 4 of this ordinance), Ordinance XXXXX, Section 5, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 5 of this ordinance) and Ordinance XXXXX, Section 6, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 6 of this ordinance), adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 2.35 and repealing Ordinance XXXXX, Section 2, and K.C.C. 2.35.XXX (Section 2 of this ordinance).
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Created in 2004 in accordance with state law, the King County board of health sets countywide public health policy, enacts and enforces local public health regulations and carries out the duties of local boards of health as specified in RCW 70.05.060 including preventing and controlling the spread of infectious disease, abating nuisances and establishing fee schedules for licenses and permits.
2. In May 2021, Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1152 was signed into law as Chapter 205, Laws of Washington 2021, modifying the structure of local boards of health. Chapter 205, Laws of Washington 2021 requires that the membership of the King County board of health("KCBOH") be modified so that the number of KCBOH members who are elected officials representing the county and its cities and towns ("elected officials") equals the number of members who are not elected officials, with one of those nonelected members selected by the American Indian Health Commission of Washington State and the remaining nonelected members selected by the KCBOH from three specific categories of interests. The selected candidates would be appointed by the King County council. Those changes to state law go into effect on July 1, 2022.
3. The King County council is committed to...

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