File #: 2023-0226    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/27/2023 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/15/2023
Enactment date: 8/22/2023 Enactment #: 19657
Title: AN ORDINANCE changing the name of South King Fire and Rescue to South King Fire.
Sponsors: Dave Upthegrove
Indexes: South King Fire
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19657, 2. A. South King Fire & Rescue Resolution No. 628, 3. 2023-0226_SKF_NameChange_SR
Staff: Bowman, Nick

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Clerk 06/23/2023

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AN ORDINANCE changing the name of South King Fire and Rescue to South King Fire.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  South King Fire and Rescue, a fire district in the state of Washington, desires to change its name to South King Fire.

2.  The South King Fire and Rescue board of commissioners adopted Resolution No. 628, which was filed with the King County council on March 30, 2023, resolving to change the name to South King Fire in accordance with RCW 52.30.060.

3.  RCW 52.30.060 provides that the name of a fire protection district shall be changed as proposed by resolution of the board of fire commissioners of the district, upon approval of the change by the county legislative authority of the county in which all, or the largest portion, of a fire protection district is located.

4.  South King Fire and Rescue Resolution No. 628 indicates that the district desires to change the name to South King Fire to make the official corporate and legal name match what has been used by the district for many years.

5.  The clerk of the council received a copy of South King Fire and Rescue Resolution No. 628 on March 30, 2023.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The King County council, under RCW 52.30.060, approves the change in name of South King Fire and Rescue to South King Fire.