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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 10651, Section IV, as amended, and OR 1-030, Motion 11105, (part), as amended, and OR 1-040, Motion 11122, Section B, as amended, and OR 2-010, Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020 Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040, and Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050.
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WHEREAS, the council has specified by motion the chairs, vice-chairs and members of council committees and provided for any changes to these positions to be made by adoption of a formal legislative motion, and
WHEREAS, the council desires to specify committee membership;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 10651, Section IV, as amended, and OR 1-030 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
((A.)) The vice-chairs shall exercise the duties, powers and prerogatives of the council chair in the event of the chair's absence, consistent with the order in OR 1-010.B.
((B. The vice-chair of regional coordination shall serve as the chair of the committee of the whole.))
II. Motion 11105, (part), as amended, and OR 1-040 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
For the year ((2015)) 2016 and until a successor is elected, the council elects Councilmember ((Larry Phillips)) Joe McDermott as council chair, Councilmember ((Joe McDermott)) Rod Dembowski as council vice-chair of policy development and review and Councilmember ((Jane Hague)) Reagan Dunn as council vice-chair of regional coordination.
III. Motion 11122, Section B, as amended, and OR 2-010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The council may go into committee of the whole at any time. The committee of the whole shall consider: issues of interest to the entire council, including ((the annual work program and)) appointments to the state legislature and ((to)) as department directors and key subordinate units in the executive branch; the annual legislative progra...

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