Title
A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; amending the expiration date of the council's special committee on alternatives to incarceration; amending Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020.
Body
WHEREAS, the King County Charter provides that the council "shall be responsible for its own organization," and
WHEREAS, the council desires to extend the sunset date of its special committee on alternatives to incarceration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Standing committees - functions. In addition to any committee otherwise established by law, the committees of the metropolitan King County council and their respective functions are established as follows:
A. Budget and fiscal management committee shall consider and make recommendations on: the county revenue and expenditure fiscal structural gap; capital and operating budget appropriations; the sale and lease of real property to or by the county; debt and investment proposals; bond issues; the office of economic and financial analysis; and financial policies. The committee shall also consider the implementation of appropriate labor agreements.
1. The committee shall develop recommendations on policy direction for the biennial budget, based on the recommendations of other council committees and taking into account the estimated fiscal impacts of state and federal legislation.
2. In respect to consideration of the county's proposed biennial budget, all members of the council not assigned to the budget and fiscal management committee shall be considered ex officio voting members of the committee.
B. Government accountability and oversight committee.
1. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on:
a. improving the efficiency, cost effectiveness and performance of all branches of county government (legislative, executive and judi...

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