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Agenda Bill Master Report
File Number: AB2022-079
File ID: AB2022-079 Version: 2 Status: Adopted
File Created: 01/25/2022 Entered by: DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us
Department: Council Office File Type: Ordinance
Assigned to: Council Committee of the Whole Final Action: 02/08/2022
Agenda Date: 02/08/2022 Enactment #: ORD 2022-010
Primary Contact Email: TDonovan@co.whatcom.wa.us
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Ordinance amending Whatcom County Code 2.02.085, Council Standing Committees - Committee
Action
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body:
Action:
Sent To:
01/25/2022 Council INTRODUCED Council Committee of the Whole
Aye: 6 Buchanan, Donovan, Elenbaas, Frazey, Galloway, and Kershner
Nay: 0
Absent: 0
Abstain: 1 Byrd
02/08/2022 Council Committee of the Whole RECOMMENDED FOR
ADOPTION
Aye: 4 Buchanan, Donovan, Frazey, and Galloway
Nay: 3 Byrd, Elenbaas, and Kershner.
Absent: 0
02/08/2022 Council ADOPTED
Aye: 4 Buchanan, Donovan, Frazey, and Galloway
Nay: 3 Byrd, Elenbaas, and Kershner
Absent: 0
Whatcom County Page 1 Printed on 2/9/2022
Agenda Bill Master Report Continued (AB2022-079)
Attachments: Proposed Ordinance
Whatcom County Page 2 Printed on 2/9/2022
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PROPOSED BY: DONOVAN
INTRODUCTION DATE: JANUARY 25, 2022
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-010
AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 2.02.085, COUNCIL STANDING
COMMITTEES — COMMITTEE ACTION
WHEREAS, pursuant to Whatcom County Code 2.02.040(E), all Whatcom County
Council meetings, including its committee meetings, are to be conducted in accordance with
the American Institute of Parliamentarians' Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure,
latest edition (hereinafter referred to as the "code of parliamentary procedure"), unless in
conflict with the rules of the Council; and
WHEREAS, the code of parliamentary procedure states that "all committees are
responsible to and under the direction and control of the authority that created them"; and
WHEREAS, the code of parliamentary procedure further states that "any subject or
duty that has been assigned to a committee may be withdrawn at any time and assigned to
another committee or considered by the body" and that "any proposal or assignment of
work to a standing committee may be withdrawn by the governing body unless it is
assigned exclusively to the committee by the bylaws"; and
WHEREAS, there is nothing currently in the county code that would prevent the
Council from withdrawing any proposed item from any of its committees consistent with the
code of parliamentary procedure; and
WHEREAS, after years of Council practice consistent with the code of parliamentary
procedure, it has recently been suggested that a committee can hold a proposed item in
committee and effectively prevent the full council from taking action on the proposed item;
and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Council to place the language from the code of
parliamentary procedure directly into the county code so that it is readily apparent that the
Council can withdraw any proposed item from a committee at any time and consider the
proposed item as a full council.
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Civil Deputy Prosecutor Satpal Sidhu, C unty Executive
( ) Approved ( ) Denied
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1 EXHIBIT A
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3 2.02.085 — Committee Action.
4 A recommendation of any committee shall be agreed to by a majority of the committee in
5 a regularly called meeting before a proposed item is reported out. All actions of a
6 committee pertaining to an ordinance that has been properly introduced, as specified
7 elsewhere in this chapter, will be reported out to the full council for final consideration. A
8 committee report may contain only that information which is approved by a majority vote
9 of the committee; however, minority reports may be presented to the full council after
10 the committee report is presented. A majority recommendation of the committee maybe
11 "do pass," "do pass as amended," "do pass the attached substitute ordinance," "do not
12 pass," "no recommendation," "postpone indefinitely" or "withdraw." Minority reports may
13 also be submitted. Any proposed item assigned to or referred to a standing committee,
14 including an ordinance, may be withdrawn from the standing committee at any time and
15 considered by the full council.