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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council, electing the chair and vice-chairs of the council and designating the committees and committee functions and chairs and vice-chairs of committees for the year 2007; and amending Motion 10651, Section II, as amended, and OR 1-010, Motion 11105 (part), as amended, and OR 1-040, Motion 11122, Section B, as amended, and OR 2-010, Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020, Motion 10651, Section V, as amended, and OR 2-030, Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR-2-040, Motion 11122, Section F, as amended, and OR 2-120, Motion 10651, Section VI, as amended, and OR 3-010, Motion 11327, Section II, and OR 3-101 and Motion 10002, Sections A-C, and OR 4-010.
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WHEREAS, the King County Charter provides that the county council "shall elect one of its members as chairman, shall be responsible for its own organization and for the employment and supervision of those employees," and
WHEREAS, the council desires to elect a chair and vice-chairs of the council, establish committees and appoint committee chairs and vice-chairs and clarify its general organization;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 10651, Section II, as amended, and OR 1-010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The council shall elect a chair and vice-chairs, who shall serve at the pleasure of the council for a term of one year, unless decided otherwise by the ((full)) council and until successors are elected.
B. There shall be ((three)) two vice-chairs: the vice-chair of policy ((and administration,)) and the vice-chair of ((council affairs and the vice-chair of regional affairs)) employment and administration. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of K.C.C. chapter 1.24, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of policy ((and administration;)). ((i))In the absence of the vice-chair of policy ((and administration)), "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of ((council affairs; a...
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