Drafter
Clerk 01/27/2011
Title
A RULE AND REGULATION relating to the organization of the Board of Health; amending R&R 09-04, Section 2, and BOH 2.04.035, R&R 09-04, Section 4, and BOH 2.04.055, R&R 09-04, Section 5, and BOH 2.04.065, R&R 2, Section 1, as amended, and BOH 2.04.140, R&R 09-04, Section 8, and BOH 2.04.165, R&R 09-04, Section 9, and BOH 2.04.175, R&R 09-04, Section 10, and BOH 2.04.185, R&R 09-04, Section 11, and BOH 2.04.195 and R&R 09-04, Section 12, and BOH 2.04.205 and adding a new section to BOH chapter 2.04.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOH OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. R&R 09-04, Section 2, and BOH 2.04.035 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Consistent with RCW 70.05.040, the board shall annually elect a chair to serve for a period of one year. The chair shall perform the usual functions of a presiding officer.
B. The chair shall:
1. Establish the agenda for regular and special meetings;
2. Call the board to order at the hour appointed for meeting and, if a quorum is present, shall cause the minutes of the previous meeting to be approved;
3. Proceed with the order of business; and
4. Adjourn the board when business is deemed finished. If a quorum is not present, the chair shall proceed with any business that does not require a quorum.
C. The chair shall preserve order and decorum and in the interest of efficiency may impose time and subject matter limits for the testimony and comment given by the public and members of the board.
D. The chair shall promote efficient operation of the board, including alteration of the order of the agenda if necessary, and expedite orderly debate and the passage of routine motions. The chair may speak to points of order, inquiry or information in preference to other members and shall decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the board by two members of the board.
E. The chair may create standing and ad hoc committees of boardmembers and may appoint boardmembers...
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