Drafter
Clerk 12/11/2023
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to council rules and order of business; amending Ordinance 11683, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.035 and declaring an emergency.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Section 220.40 of the King County Charter requires the council to adopt by ordinance rules of procedure governing the time, place, and conduct of its meetings.
B. Consistent with the county charter, the council adopted by ordinance rules of procedure, which are codified in K.C.C. chapter 1.24, and passed motions related to the organization and administration of the council.
C. The rules of procedure and the organizational motion have been amended from time to time to reflect changes desired by the council.
D. Because the council is reorganizing the council and its committees by modifying committees, this ordinance must be enacted as an emergency ordinance in order to be effective immediately and ensure that the regular meeting times of the council's committees are effective before the reorganization of the council.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 11683, Section 4, as amended and K.C.C. 1.24.035 are hereby amended as follows:
Rule 4: Meetings.
A.1.a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the time of regular meetings of the council is 1:30 p.m. on the first, second, third, and fourth Tuesdays of each month. However, the regular meetings of the council shall not take place: from ((December 14, 2022, through January 2, 2023)) December 13, 2023, through January 2, 2024; from ((April 10, 2023, through April 14, 2023)) April 8, 2024, through April 12, 2024; from ((July 31, 2023, through August 11, 2023)) August 5, 2024, through August 16, 2024; and from ((December 13, 2023, through January 2, 2024)) December 11, 2024, through January 2, 2025. All regular or special meetings of council committees shall be regular or special council meetings, in accordance with subsection F. of this rule.
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