File #: 2023-0282    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 8/15/2023 In control: Employment and Administration Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/26/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16428
Title: A MOTION approving renewal of contract for chief legal counsel to the King County council.
Sponsors: Dave Upthegrove
Indexes: King County, Legal Counsel
Attachments: 1. Motion 16428, 2. A. Cohen Contract Letter, 3. 2023-0282 Cohen Letter to Judge

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A MOTION approving renewal of contract for chief legal counsel to the King County council.

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                     WHEREAS, RCW 36.32.200 grants county councils the authority to hire their own legal counsel for up to a two-year term upon the approval of the presiding superior court judge of the county, and

                     WHEREAS, the King County council has used the authority provided in RCW 36.32.200 to hire legal counsel to provide the council with legal advice on legislative, contractual and other legal matters, and

                     WHEREAS, Monique Cohen was previously reappointed to the position of the chief legal counsel to the King County council for a two-year term effective November 18, 2021, through November 17, 2023, and

                     WHEREAS, the council wishes to reappoint Monique Cohen to serve an additional two-year term in the position of chief legal counsel to the King County council;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The chair of the employment and administration committee is authorized to sign a contract letter that is substantially similar to Attachment A to this motion appointing Monique Cohen to serve a two-year term in the position of chief legal counsel to the King

County council, effective November 18, 2023, and upon approval by the presiding judge of the King County superior court.