HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. Superceding County Code Chapter 2.88 Date and Time of Meetings of Board of County CommissionersORDINANCE NO. /\5'-97
AN ORDINANCE SUPERSEDING THE MASON COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 2.88.
AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE DATE AND TIME OF THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MASON COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON, HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AS THE BOARD.
WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act of 1971, Chapter 42.30 RCW, requires the Board to
establish certain rules governing its periodic meetings;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT:
1.0 The Board shall meet regularly from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m., on each Tuesday
at the Mason County Courthouse, Building I, 411 North Fifth Street to transact regular business;
1.1 If a holiday recognized and observed by Mason County falls on a Tuesday, such regular
meeting shall be held on the next business day, per RCW 42.30.070.
1.2 If, due to an emergency, it is unsafe to meet at the Courthouse Building I, meetings may
be held for the duration of the emergency at such place as is designated by the Chairperson of the Board;
and providing also that,
1.3 The regular meeting of the Board on the third (3rd) Tuesday of the month shall commence
at 7:00 p.m. in the Courthouse Building I;
1.4 The regular working session (no formal action) of the Board is held every Monday from 9:00
a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m.
2.0 Special meetings may be called by the Board subject to the notice requirements of RCW
42.30.080, including at least twenty-four (24) hours notice to each local newspaper of general circulation and
to each local radio or television station.
2.1 Notice may be dispensed with if the special meeting is called to deal with an emergency
involving the injury or damage to persons or property and time requirements make such notice impractical.
3.0 Adjournments and continuances may be ordered as prescribed in RCW 42.30.090/.100.
4.0 The Board shall not adopt nor discuss with each other any ordinance, rule, regulation, order,
or directive except in a meeting open to the public fixed as to date, time, and place as prescribed above
and attended by a quorum of at least two Board members; except,
5.0 Nothing in this resolution nor in Chapter 42.30 RCW prohibits Board members from traveling
together or from gathering for other purposes than county business nor from individually discussing county
business with other than Board members.
ADOPTED this20th day of December, 1994.
ATTEST:
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Re,t�ecca S. Rogers, Clerk of'tftie Board
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Michael Clift, Chief Deputy Prosecutor
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Mary L. Faughender, Ch
person
William O. Hunter, Commissioner
Laura E. Porter, Commissioner