Drafter
Clerk 11/05/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to council rules and order of business for regional committees; and amending Ordinance 11683, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.065.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 11683, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.065 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Rule 7: Regional committees.
A. Establishment. Three regional, standing committees are established as provided under the King County Charter to develop, recommend and review regional policies and plans for consideration by the council: the regional transit committee, the regional water quality committee and the regional policies committee.
B. Membership.
1. Composition of committees.
a. The regional policies committee and regional transit committee are to each have ((twelve)) nine voting members. ((Six)) Three members of each committee, including the chair of each, must be county councilmembers appointed by the chair of the council and must include councilmembers from districts with unincorporated residents. Each county councilmember vote shall be weighted as two votes. The chair of the county council shall also appoint the chair of each committee. The remaining members of each committee must be local elected city officials appointed from and in proportion to the relative populations of the city of Seattle and the other cities and towns in the county. Cities and towns other than the city of Seattle may appoint two persons for each of their allocated memberships in each committee, each person with one-half vote. A vice-chair of each committee shall be elected by majority vote of the committee members who are not county councilmembers.
b. The regional water quality committee is to have ((twelve)) nine voting members. ((Six)) Three members of the committee, including the chair, must be county councilmembers appointed by the chair of the council, and must include counc...

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