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Clerk 01/07/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing a process providing a one-time opportunity to allow eligible employees to convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time, or both, to cash to benefit the relief efforts in countries impacted by the southern Asia earthquake and tsunami on December 26, 2004; and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. On December 26, 2004, an earthquake and associated tsunami devastated many countries throughout southern Asia and eastern Africa.
B. The earthquake and associated tsunami resulted in deaths in the hundreds of thousands and left millions homeless and with an immediate need for food, shelter, clean water, and medical assistance.
C. The nations of the world have joined together in one of the largest relief efforts to assist those who have been impacted by the earthquake and tsunami.
D. Many King County residents and employees have contributed to the relief efforts through donations to the numerous organizations supporting those efforts.
E. King County has encouraged such contributions to relief efforts and wishes to make it easier for its employees to make such contributions through a program allowing the conversion of either accrued vacation time or accumulated compensatory time, or both, to cash to be donated to provide funding for the immediate relief needs of the victims.
F. The American Red Cross, CARE and Northwest Medical Teams International, Inc., are nationally recognized organizations that have provided support for a wide range of relief efforts, including efforts related to the events of September 11, 2001.
G. The American Red Cross International Response Fund, CARE and Northwest Medical Teams International, Inc., are currently providing substantial support to the relief efforts associated with the events of December 26, 2004.
H. The American Red Cross International Response Fund, CARE and Medica...
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