This Week at the Council

Meeting highlights August 24-28, 2009 

Monday, August 24
King County Flood Control District Executive Committee - 9:30 a.m.
Items for final action of the Executive Committee
• Approval of invoices.
Items for recommendation to the Board of Supervisors
• Resolution appointing the agent to receive claims for damages.
• Resolution relating to inspection and copying of public records.
• Resolution amending the rules and operating procedures.

Metropolitan King County Council – 11:00 a.m. 
Councilmembers will recognize Michele Brees, recipient of the 2008 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching

Councilmembers are scheduled to discuss and possibly act on:
• Ordinances adopting labor agreements between the County and the Public Safety Employees Union (Communications Specialists Supervisors) and the King County Court Protection Guild (Court Protection – County Marshals) (Ordinances 2009-0500 and 2009-0501).

King County Ferry Board Executive Committee - 15 minutes after recess of the morning session of the Council meeting
Items for final action of the Executive Committee
• Approval of invoices.

Tuesday, August 25
Physical Environment Committee – ** SPECIAL MEETING TIME ** 12:00 noon
Committee members are scheduled to discuss and possibly recommend to the full council:
• A motion requesting the executive to propose policies to guide the development and use of electric vehicle charging stations at county facilities (Motion 2009-0494)
• An ordinance implementing an emergency storm debris voucher program (Ordinance 2009-0200) 
• An ordinance authorizing an interlocal agreement with the city of Bellevue to implement a regional program to transfer development rights from lands in priority King County rural and resource areas into the city of Bellevue’s Bel-Red subarea (Ordinance 2009-0498).

Law, Justice and Health and Human Services Committee  – 1:30 p.m.
Committee members are scheduled to discuss and possibly recommend to the full council:
• A motion supporting a multicounty work force housing down payment assistance initiative to assist in restoring the economic vitality of western Washington (Motion 2009-0436).
• A motion establishing policy guidance for the funding of human services in the King County 2010 Budget Ordinance (Motion 2009-0493).
Briefing:
• Review and discussion of policy guidance for the 2010 budget regarding Public Health’s provision of services.

Wednesday, August 26
Committee of the Whole – 9:30 a.m.
Briefing:
• Howard Hanson Dam and Flood Status Report (Briefing No. 2009-B0191)