File #: 2010-0612    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/6/2010 In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/13/2010
Enactment date: 12/21/2010 Enactment #: 16997
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to public records; specifying procedures for ensuring compliance by members of county boards, commissions and committees with state public records laws including chapters 40.14 and 42.56 RCW; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.28.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert, Bob Ferguson
Indexes: Boards, Commissions
Attachments: 1. 16997.pdf, 2. 2010-0612 Public Records Best Practices for Citizen Board Members SR, 3. 2010-0612 REVISED Public Records Best Practices for Citizen Board Members SR
Staff: Giambattista, Jenny
 
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to public records; specifying procedures for ensuring compliance by members of county boards, commissions and committees with state public records laws including chapters 40.14 and 42.56 RCW; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.28.
Body
      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      NEW SECTION.  SECTION 1.  There is hereby added a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.28 to read as follows:
      The public records officer of each agency staffing a county board, commission or committee shall provide training, in consultation with the office of the prosecuting attorney, either in person or by video for existing members of county boards, commissions and committees by May 1, 2011, and thereafter to all new members of county boards, commissions and committees at the commencement of service regarding their public records legal responsibilities and obligations under chapters 40.14 and 42.56 RCW.  All members of boards, commissions and committees shall certify in writing, on a form provided by the executive and approved by the office of the prosecuting attorney, their acknowledgment of their completion of training and their commitment to comply with these laws.  To facilitate the greatest degree of compliance with these laws, the executive shall provide all members of county boards, commissions and committees with county-managed email accounts for use by members in the performance of their duties on behalf of the county.