File #: 2022-0181    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 5/10/2022 In control: Employment and Administration Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/7/2022
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16139
Title: A MOTION confirming the appointment of Kathy Sakahara to the citizens' elections oversight committee as the representative from a nonpartisan organization active in King County that provides elections information to the public.
Sponsors: Claudia Balducci
Indexes: Appointments, Elections, King County
Attachments: 1. Motion 16139, 2. 2022-0179_-0181_-0189_-0193_SR_CEOC_Appts.docx

Drafter

Clerk 05/05/2022

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A MOTION confirming the appointment of Kathy Sakahara to the citizens' elections oversight committee as the representative from a nonpartisan organization active in King County that provides elections information to the public.

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                     WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization active in King County that provides elections information to the public, has identified Kathy Sakahara to represent the organization on the citizens' election oversight committee, and

                     WHEREAS, King County is committed to conducting open, accurate and fair elections, and

                     WHEREAS, the citizens' election oversight committee help to ensure that accountability and performance of the department of elections is provided in a transparent manner that is meaningful to King County residents, and

                     WHEREAS, in accordance with K.C.C. 2.53.021, the employment and administration committee appoints members to the citizens' election oversight committee, and

                     WHEREAS, in accordance with K.C.C. 2.53.021, appointments to the citizens' election oversight committee are subject to confirmation by the full council by motion, and

                     WHEREAS, on May 24, 2022, in accordance with K.C.C. 2.53.021, the employment and administration committee appointed Kathy Sakahara to the citizens' elections oversight committee to fill the vacant position for a representative from a nonpartisan organization active in King County that provides elections information to the public for the remainder of that position’s three-year term, to expire on July 31, 2022, and to a new three-year term, to expire on July 31, 2025;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The appointment of Kathy Sakahara to the citizens' elections oversight committee as the representative from a nonpartisan organization active in King County that provides elections information to the public for the remainder of the current three-year term, to

expire on July 31, 2022, and for a new three-year term, to expire on July 31, 2025, is confirmed.