HomeMy WebLinkAboutord2019-034strikeFile ID: AB2019-179
File Created: 03/15/2019
Department: Planning and
Development Services
Department
Whatcom County
Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2019-179
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste #105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Version: 1 Status: Adopted
Entered by: jfleisch@co.whatcom.wa.us
File Type: Ordinance
First Assigned to: Council Natural Resources Committee
Agenda Date: 04/23/2019 Next Mtg. Date:
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Hearing Date:
Ordinance amending WCC 2.120.040 Membership- Term of Office for Surface Mining Advisory
Committee
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
The proposal will amend Whatcom County Code (WCC) 2.120.040 to allow the County Council to
waive the one-year period of separation set forth in WCC 2.03.030 when committee positions remain
unfilled.
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body: Action: Sent To:
04/09/2019 Council INTRODUCED Council Natural Resources
Committee
04/23/2019 Council Natural Resources Committee RECOMMENDED FOR
ADOPTION
04/23/2019 Council ADOPTED
Attachments: Staff Memo 3/20/2019, Ordinance, Exhibit A - Underline, Exhibit A - Clean, Notice of Introduction
4.9.19
Final Action: 04/23/2019
Enactment Date: 04/23/2019
Enactment #: ORD 2019-034
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 413012019
PROPOSED BY: PDS
INTRODUCTION DATE: 04/09/2019
ORDINANCE # 2019-034
AMENDMENT TO WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 2.120.040 MEMBERSHIP -TERM OF
OFFICE FOR THE SURFACE MINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Surface Mining Advisory Committee is comprised of
11 members appointed by the County Council; and
WHEREAS, appointments to boards, committees and commissions made by the council
may be for a term up to four years; and
WHEREAS, no board, commission or committee member shall serve more than two
consecutive full terms; and
WHEREAS, a citizen may become eligible for reappointment to a board, commission or
committee after a one-year period of separation from that respective board, commission or
committee on which he or she has previously served; and
WHEREAS, the Surface Mining Advisory Committee presently has 6 vacancies; and
WHEREAS, recent committee members who have not obtained one-year of separation
are not presently eligible to reapply but
WHEREAS, recent committee members may be willing to continue serving on the
committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY ORDAINED that Whatcom County Code Chapter
2.120 is hereby amended as shown in Exhibit A.
AD_OPtb "t'his, 23 day of April , 2019
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Jack Lows, Execut
COUNTY COUNCIL
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Denied
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Exhibit A
Title 2 Administration and Personnel Amendments
Chapter 2.120
SURFACE MINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
2.120.040 Membership - Term of Office
A. The committee shall consist of the following individuals:
1. One civil or geotechnical engineer with no direct or indirect financial
business ties to the industry;
2. One material user;
3. One geologist;
4. Two members of the surface mining industry;
5. One citizen who lives in close proximity to active mining, mineral overlay
area, or quarry;
6. One representative of agriculture fFeng the eenseFvatien aistr-i t;
7. One representative of forestry;
8. One representative of ground water as a potable, domestic supply,
specifically a public water system or private well owner;
9. One ecologist;
10. One environmental consultant.
B. Committee members shall be appointed by the county council. Member terms
will be four years. (Ord. 2000-017).
C. When a committee member has completed two consecutive full terms. if
a position on the committee remains unfilled for one month, the County Coun
cil shall have the right to waive the one-
year period of separation set forth in WCC
2.03.030. The exitina committee member may apply for anv vacant position f
or which they are qualified.
D. When considering applications for appointments to this committee, county
council should stagger the terms such that the term limit requirement in WCC
2.03.030 does not cause more than five positions to expire simultaneously.