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F. VOTING; QUORUM <br />Each member shall have one vote to cast on any business to be conducted by the Council <br />Voting shall be by a member or his/her alternate, and proxy voting will not be allowed. At all <br />meetings of the Council, nine members of the Council shall be necessary to constitute a quorum <br />for the conduct of business. Once a quorum is established, any business may be authorized by a <br />simple majority of the members present unless a different voting majority is otherwise provided <br />in these By-Laws; provided however, any amendment of the mission statement and by-laws by <br />the Council shall be subject to further approval by the Board of County Commissioners. <br />G. PUBLICRECORDS;_RECORDSRETENTION <br />The public records of the Kittitas County Law and Justice Council shall be housed in the <br />Office of the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of Courrty Commissioners shall be <br />responsible for addressing any and all requests for public disclosure, creation ofan index of <br />documents, a filing system, and other necessary operations for records retention. <br />H. COMMITTEES <br />Cornmittees shall be created from time-to-time as deemed necessary by the Council. The <br />Chair and Co-Chair shall be responsible for staffing such committees with sufficient numbers of <br />volunteers to complete the task assigned. There shall be certain standing committees, and such <br />other committees as are created by the Council. A two-thirds majority of members present at a <br />meeting which represent a quorum of the whole shall be required to create or eliminate a <br />standing committee. A simple majority vote shall be necessary to establish or eliminate any other <br />committee. <br />1. STANDING COMMITTEES <br />a, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: <br />A five-member Executive Committee, composed of the Chair, Co-Chair, chair of the <br />Budget Committee, and two members of the Council chosen annually by the members of the <br />Council, responsible for determining priorities; identifying the nature of priorities for projects <br />and committees; and identifying responsible member(s) or committee(s) in order that the Chair <br />may assign tasks to assure successful completion. The Chair of any other committee may be <br />invited to and may participate in an Executive Committee meeting which may affect the <br />responsibilities of such committee. The Chair will ensure that minutes of the committee r-neetings <br />are recorded. <br />b. BUDGET COMMITTEE: <br />Responsible for making recommendations to the Council on all matters related to the <br />financing of the Law and Justice Plan, development of budgets for joint projects, and review of <br />grant proposals for expenditures of the 1/1Oth of lYo sales tax allocated by the Board of County <br />Commissioners for such projects.