File #: 2016-0312    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 7/5/2016 In control: Law and Justice Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/25/2016
Enactment date: Enactment #: 14696
Title: A MOTION authorizing the King County sheriff's office to accept donations of a 2006 Achilles inflatable boat with a thirty-horse-power outboard motor and a tow trailer for the boat.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Donations
Attachments: 1. Motion 14696.pdf, 2. 2016-0312_SR_KCSO Boat Donation.docx, 3. 2016-0312_ATT1_Proposed_Motion.pdf
Staff: Doss, Greg

Drafter

Clerk 06/24/2016

Title

A MOTION authorizing the King County sheriff's office to accept donations of a 2006 Achilles inflatable boat with a thirty-horse-power outboard motor and a tow trailer for the boat.

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                     WHEREAS, Barbara Kajiya has an expressed interest in animal rescue and in 2006 attempted to donate an Achilles Inflatable Boat to Pasado's Safe Haven to be used as an animal rescue boat, and

                     WHEREAS, Pasado's Safe Haven was not able to accept the donation, and                     WHEREAS, the King County sheriff's office marine unit has personnel that are trained in technical animal rescue and have specialized knowledge and procedures for rescuing animals in water, and

                     WHEREAS, the marine unit has performed a number of rescues, including the rescue of a single elderly woman with medical issues who was trapped in a flood in Skykomish and would not leave without her animal, and

                     WHEREAS, the boat and trailer have a combined value of $6,000 and will complement the other equipment used by the marine unit;

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

                     The King County sheriff's office is authorized to accept the donation of a 2006

Achilles inflatable boat with a thirty-horse-power outboard motor and a tow trailer for the boat.