File #: 2004-0338    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/12/2004 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 7/19/2004
Enactment date: 7/30/2004 Enactment #: 14965
Title: AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 14767, Section 1, and Ordinance 14767, Section 2, proposing an amendment to the King County Charter reducing in size the King County council from thirteen to nine members; consequently reducing council voting requirements related to the size of the council; phasing in the reduction of council members with elections and terms of office; reducing the size of the regional committees of the council from twelve to six members; amending Section 220.10 of the King County Charter, Section 230.10 of the King County Charter, Section 230.20 of the King County Charter, Section 230.30 of the King County Charter, Section 270.20 of the King County Charter, Section 270.30 of the King County Charter, Section 460 of the King County Charter and Section 650.10 of the King County Charter, adding a new Section 650.40.15 to the King County Charter, adding a new Section 650.40.25 to the King County Charter, repealing Sections 650.40.10 and 650.40.20 of the King County Charter a...
Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Pete von Reichbauer, Dwight Pelz, Kathy Lambert, Larry Gossett, Jane Hague, Dow Constantine, Carolyn Edmonds, Julia Patterson
Indexes: Appropriation, Charter, Council, Districting, Elections, Executive, King County, Regional Committees, Vetos
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14965.pdf, 2. 2004-0338 Staff Report for 07-19-04 COW.doc
Drafter
Clerk 07/20/2004
Title
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 14767, Section 1, and Ordinance 14767, Section 2, proposing an amendment to the King County Charter reducing in size the King County council from thirteen to nine members; consequently reducing council voting requirements related to the size of the council; phasing in the reduction of council members with elections and terms of office; reducing the size of the regional committees of the council from twelve to six members; amending Section 220.10 of the King County Charter, Section 230.10 of the King County Charter, Section 230.20 of the King County Charter, Section 230.30 of the King County Charter, Section 270.20 of the King County Charter, Section 270.30 of the King County Charter, Section 460 of the King County Charter and Section 650.10 of the King County Charter, adding a new Section 650.40.15 to the King County Charter, adding a new Section 650.40.25 to the King County Charter, repealing Sections 650.40.10 and 650.40.20 of the King County Charter and submitting the same to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 2004 general election.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings of fact. The council hereby finds:
A. King County has been a home rule county since the freeholders wrote and the voters approved the county charter in 1969. The charter created the nine-member county council as the legislative body of the county. In 1992 the voters of King County and the city of Seattle voted to approve the merger of King County government and Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle. The merger involved expanding the nine-member county council by four new council seats in recognition of the elimination of the Metro council. The new metropolitan King County council took office on January 1, 1994.
B. On February 5, 2003, an initiative petition was filed proposing to amend the King County Charter to reduce the number of coun...

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