Drafter
Clerk 04/22/2002
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A MOTION authorizing the executive to accept a donation of registration fees and lodging costs from Operation Lookout for the sheriff's office attendance at a Canadian conference.
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WHEREAS, the King County sheriff's office operates a child find unit to locate missing children, and
WHEREAS, Operation Lookout, a private nonprofit organization with no contractual relationship with the county, is hosting a symposium in Victoria, Canada, in April 2002, and
WHEREAS, Operation Lookout is thoroughly impressed with the services provided by the sheriff's office child find unit and wishes to support their efforts in this time of tight budgetary concerns, and
WHEREAS, Operation Lookout voluntarily, without coercion or inducement, is offering to cover the registration fees and lodging costs for attendance by a sheriff's office child find unit detective, with an estimated cost of three hundred twenty-five dollars, and
WHEREAS, this donation will legitimately enhance the county's ability to serve in the public's interest and is a general offer to the King County sheriff's office, and
WHEREAS, this donation is intended neither to influence a particular county action, nor to affect the performance of official duties and responsibilities by King County sheriff's deputies, and
WHEREAS, King County government is a charitable organization as defined by the federal Internal Revenue Service and King County as an entity can accept gifts;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County sheriff's office is authorized to accept a donation of registration
fees and lodging costs for an April 2002 Canadian symposium to benefit the child find unit.