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AN ORDINANCE relating to the employee giving program; amending Ordinance 15558, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.12.222, and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KINGCOUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. On November 8, 2013, a typhoon, called Haiyan, and associated storm surge devastated the island nation of the Philippines.
B. The typhoon was the strongest typhoon ever recorded.
C. The typhoon and associated storm surge resulted in an estimated two thousand five hundred deaths and has displaced eight hundred thousand from their homes. Millions are without food, clean water, sanitation, shelter or medical assistance.
D. Many King County residents and employees have contributed to the relief efforts through donations to the numerous organizations supporting these efforts.
E. King County has encouraged contributions to disaster relief efforts through its employee giving program and has the opportunity to facilitate contributions for Haiyan typhoon relief efforts during the 2013 annual giving drive.
F. Currently, during the annual campaign period employees are limited to donating accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory hours to a single nonprofit organization, therefore not allowing them to support both a natural disaster relief effort and a nonprofit of choice in the employee giving program.
G. K.C.C. 3.12.222 provides a separate process for donating accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory hours for natural disaster relief efforts; however, this process is not available during the annual campaign period. The 2013 campaign period is underway, but there are only two weeks remaining. To expedite donations to the organizations providing relief to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, this ordinance must be enacted as an emergency ordinance.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 15558, Section 2, as amended and K.C.C. 3.12.222 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The executive may implement a process providing the opportunity for...
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