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A MOTION relating to the organization of the county council; amending Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR 2-020 and adding a new section to OR chapter 2.
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WHEREAS, the county council is committed to reviewing and processing collectively bargained agreements in a more expeditious manner, and
WHEREAS, a healthy management and labor relationship is dependent, in part, on good-faith and timely bargaining, and
WHEREAS, the council, to implement the goal of continued productive management and labor relationships will now consider legislation related to collective bargaining in a labor policy committee and take up items in an expedited manner;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 11122, Section D, as amended, and OR2-020 are hereby amended to read as follows:
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 shall consider and make recommendations on: the county revenue and expenditure fiscal structural gap; capital and operating budget appropriations; the sale and lease of real property to or by the county; debt and investment proposals; bond issues; the office of economic and financial analysis; levies including parks and emergency medical services; and financial policies. ((The committee shall also consider the implementation of appropriate labor agreements.))
1. The committee shall develop recommendations on policy direction for the biennial budget, based on the recommendations of other council committees and taking into account the estimated fiscal impacts of state and federal legislation.
2. In respect to consideration of the county's proposed biennial 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. Government accountability and oversight committee.
1. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on:
a. improving the efficiency, cost effectiveness and performance of all branches of county government (legislative, executive and judicial);
b. enhancing oversight, accountability and transparency in King County government, the annual county audit program and federal, state or county audit reports, the administration of the Public Records Act, capital projects oversight, strategic planning, performance measurement and performance management, management organizational structure and technology management; and
c. general government oversight, including customer service, worker safety, the department of assessments; elections; records and licensing; animal control; cable communications; the county fair; King County international airport; risk management; veterans, and executive services such as telecommunications, facilities management, purchasing and real property management((; and
d. the implementation of appropriate labor agreements)).
2. In the areas within the committee's purview, the committee shall track state and federal legislative action and develop recommendations on policy direction for the biennial budget.
C. Health, housing and human services committee.
1. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on policies relating to:
a. public health programs, including those related to the protection, promotion and provision functions of the department of public health, including the structure of the public health centers;
b. affordable housing, including therapeutic and low-income housing;
c. human services programs, including review of human services-related levies, and civil rights and social justice;
d. ((The implementation of appropriate labor agreements;
e.)) economic development including equity and pay disparity;
((f.)) e. homelessness crisis response system reforms; and
((g.)) f. gender equity.
2. In the areas within the committee's purview, the committee shall track state and federal legislative action and develop recommendations on policy direction for the biennial budget.
D. Law and justice committee.
1. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on policies relating to law, safety, criminal justice and emergency management programs, excluding those related to alternatives to incarceration and including those related to: public safety; adult detention; juvenile justice and youth services; superior and district courts; judicial administration; prosecuting attorney; public defense; emergency medical services; office of law enforcement oversight; bail reform; pretrial services including alternatives to incarceration; and civil rights.
2. In the areas within the committee's purview, the committee shall track state and federal legislative action and develop recommendations on policy direction for the biennial budget.
((3. The committee shall also consider the implementation of appropriate labor agreements.))
E. Local services, regional roads and bridges committee.
1. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on policies relating to:
a. surface water management and water supply;
b. unincorporated and rural areas, including agriculture and rural services;
c. local government;
d. ((the implementation of appropriate labor agreements;
e.)) permitting and zoning including winery and marijuana related legislation;
((f.)) e. roads and bridges;
((g.)) f. emergency management including disaster response, emergency preparedness and emergency planning and the Puget Sound emergency radio network;
((h.)) g. local services provided by the sheriff; and
((i.)) h. utility annexations and water and sewer district plans.
2. In the areas within the committee's purview, the committee shall track state and federal legislative action and develop recommendations on policy direction for the biennial budget.
F. Mobility and environment committee.
1. The committee shall consider and make recommendations on:
a. transportation, including passenger ferries and public transportation including fares and fare equity policies;
b. the environment, including:
(1) salmon recovery and barriers to recovery such as culverts;
(2) resources lands, excluding agriculture;
(3) energy;
(4) water quality, including wastewater;
(5) trails and parks; and
c. growth management, including regional planning and the Comprehensive Plan.
2. ((The committee shall also consider the implementation of relevant labor contracts.
3.)) In the areas within the committee's purview, the committee shall track state and federal legislative action and develop recommendations on policy direction for the biennial budget.
II. There is hereby added a new section to OR chapter 2 to read as follows:
Labor policy committee. The council may go into the labor policy committee at any time. The labor policy committee shall consider matters related to labor policies and other collective bargaining process issues as may be assigned to the committee.