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Clerk 12/16/2008
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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council, electing the chair and vice-chairs of the council and membership requirements of the employment and administration committee, amending Motion 10651, Section II, as amended, and OR 1-010, Motion 10651, Section IV, as amended, and OR 1-030, Motion 11105 (part), as amended, and OR 1-040 and Motion 10651, Section V, as amended, and OR 2-030.
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WHEREAS, the King County Charter provides that the county council "shall elect one of its members as chairman, shall be responsible for its own organization," and
WHEREAS, the council desires to elect a chair and vice-chairs of the council and its committees and create new committees, and
WHEREAS, the council seeks to clarify the membership requirements of the employment and administration committee to reflect voter approval of Initiative 26 making the offices of King County executive, King County assessor and King County council nonpartisan, and to establish the nonpartisan selection of districting committee members;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
I. Motion 10651, Section II, as amended, 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, who shall serve at the pleasure of the council for a term of one year, unless decided otherwise by the council and until successors are elected.
B. There shall be two vice-chairs: the vice-chair of policy ((and administration)) and the vice-chair of ((council relations)) administration and finance. 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 relations)) administration and finance.
C. In the event the chair is unable to serve the remainder of a ter...
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