File #: 2011-0309    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/11/2011 In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/25/2011
Enactment date: 8/5/2011 Enactment #: 17160
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the King County emergency management advisory committee; providing for modification of representation to the committee, including the removal the Washington State Hospital Association; and amending Ordinance 13623, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.36.055.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Emergency Management
Code sections: 2.36.055 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17160.pdf, 2. 2011-0309 transmittal letter.doc, 3. 2011-0309 fiscal note.doc, 4. Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2011-0309 EMAC Membership.doc
Staff: Curry, Clifton
Drafter
Clerk 07/07/2011
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the King County emergency management advisory committee; providing for modification of representation to the committee, including the removal the Washington State Hospital Association; and amending Ordinance 13623, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.36.055.
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PREAMBLE:
The King County emergency management advisory committee was established by ordinance in 1999 to advise the county executive, council and office of emergency management on emergency management matters and to facilitate the coordination of regional emergency planning in King County.
In order to promote the highest level of collaborative engagement in regional planning efforts, modification of representation to allow alternate membership is advisable.
The Washington State Hospital Association has requested that their membership in the emergency management advisory committee be terminated.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 13623, Section 1, as amended and K.C.C. 2.36.055 are each hereby amended as follows:
A. The King County emergency management advisory committee is hereby established. The committee shall act in an advisory capacity to the county executive, council and office of emergency management on emergency management matters and facilitate the coordination of regional emergency planning in King County.
B. The committee shall be composed of members who represent the following emergency management interests, with each interest having one member except for the Suburban Cities Association, which may have three members, and cities with populations larger than one hundred thousand may have one member per city:
1. The Central Region Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Council;
2. Cities with populations larger than one hundred thousand;
3. Electric and gas utilities;
4. The financial community;
5. The King County Fire Chiefs Association;
6. The King County Fire Commissi...

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