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Clerk 06/18/2026
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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020, Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040, and Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050.
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WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 240 of the King County Charter, the council organizes and administers the legislative branch by motion, and
WHEREAS, historically, the council has specified in its organizational motion the chairs and vice-chairs of the council and its committees, and the members of council committees, and in accordance with K.C.C. 1.24.320 makes changes to those positions by passage of a motion;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020 are hereby amended to read as follows:
OR 2-020. Standing committees - functions. In addition to any committee otherwise established by law, the committees of the metropolitan King County council and their respective functions are established as follows:
A. Budget and fiscal management committee.
1. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on: the county revenue and expenditure fiscal structural gap; capital and operating budget appropriations; the sale, lease, or transfer of real property to or by the county; debt and investment proposals; bond issues; the office of economic and financial analysis; levies unless referred to another committee; and financial policies.
2. The committee shall develop recommendations on policy direction for the county budget, based on the recommendations of other council committees and taking into account the estimated fiscal impacts of state and federal legislation.
3. In respect to consideration of the county's proposed annual budget, all members of the council not assigned to the budget and fiscal management committee shall be considered ex officio voting members of the committee.
B. Committee of the whole. The co...
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