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AN ORDINANCE relating to council rules; and amending Ordinance 11683, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.025 and Ordinance 11683, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.035.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 11683, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.025 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Rule 3: Powers and duties of the vice-chair - acting chair in absence of chair and vice-chair.
A. There shall be two vice-chairs: the vice-chair of policy and administration and the vice-chair of ((employment and administration)) council relations. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of policy and administration and, in the absence of the vice-chair of policy and administration, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of ((employment and administration)) council relations.
B. The vice-chair of policy and administration shall exercise the duties, powers and prerogatives of the council chair in the event of the chair's absence.
C. If the chair and the vice-chair of policy and administration are both absent at a meeting of the council, the vice-chair of ((employment and administration)) council relations shall preside as acting chair.
D. If ((recommended)), after recommendation by ((action of)) the employment and administration committee, ((and)) the chair is the subject of a motion that proposes to censure a councilmember for violating the council's antiharassment policy, the vice-chair of ((employment)) policy and administration shall introduce the motion.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 11683, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.035 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Rule 4: Meetings.
A.1. The time of regular meetings of the council is one-thirty p.m. on Monday of each week, or Tuesday if Monday is a state or county holiday, unless otherwise ordered by the chair or a majority of the council.
2.a. All regular ...
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