Drafter
Clerk 1/18/2006
Title
A MOTION relating to the organization of the council, electing the chair and the vice-chairs of the council for the year 2006 and designating the chair and vice-chairs of certain committees; and amending Motion 10651, Section II, and OR 1-010, Motion 10651, Section III, as amended, and OR 1-020, Motion 10651, Section IV and OR 1-030, Motion 11105 (part), as amended, and OR 1-040, Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020, and Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-030.
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WHEREAS, the charter provides that the council shall elect one of its members as chair, and Motion 10651, Section II, and OR 1-010 provides that the council shall elect a chair who shall serve at the pleasure of the council for a term of one year, unless otherwise ordered by the council, and
WHEREAS, the council has specified by motion the chairs, vice-chairs, and members of council committees and provided for any changes to these positions to be made by adoption of a formal legislative motion;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 10651, Section II, and OR 1-010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Election of the chair and vice-chairs.
A. The council shall elect a chair and vice-chairs, ((both of whom)) who shall serve at the pleasure of the council for a term of one year ((to end the first meeting in January)), unless decided otherwise by the full council and until successors are elected.
B. There shall be three vice-chairs: the vice-chair of policy and administration, the vice-chair of council affairs and the vice-chair of regional affairs. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of K.C.C. chapter 1.24, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of policy and administration; in the absence of the vice-chair of policy and administration, "vice chair" means the vice-chair of council affairs; and in the absence of the vice-chair of council affairs, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of re...
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