Redline Edits of L&J Council Mission Statement and By-Laws

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VOTING; QUORUM Each member shall have one vote to cast on any business to be conducted by the Council. Voting shall be by a member or his/her alternate, and proxy voting will not be allowed. At all meetings of the Council, nine members of the Council shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. Once a quorum is established, any business may be authorized by a simple majority of the members present unless a different voting majority is otherwise provided in these By -Laws; provided however, any amendment of the mission statement and by-laws by the Council shall be subject to further approval by the Board of County Commissioners. G. PUBLIC RECORDS: RECORDS RETENTION The public records of the Kittitas County Law and Justice Council shall be housed in the Office of the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of County Commissioners shall be responsible for addressing any and all requests for public disclosure, creation of an index of documents, a filing system, and other necessary operations for records retention. COMMITTEES: Committees shall be created from time-to-timetime. to time as deemed necessary by the CurCouncil. The Chair and Co -Chair shall be responsible r staffing such committees with sufficient numbers of volunteers to complete the task assigned. There shall be certain standing committees, and such other committees as are created by the Council. A two-thirds majority of members present at a meeting which represent a quorum of [lie whole shall be required to create or eliminate a standing committee. A simple majority vote shall be necessary to establish or eliminate any other committee. STANDING COMMITTEES: a. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: A five -member Executive Committee, composed of the Chair, Co -Chair, chair of the Budget Committee, and two members of the Council chosen annually by the members of the Council, responsible for determining priorities; identifying the nature of priorities I -or projects and committees; and identifying responsible nrennber(s) or committee(s) in order that the Chair may assign tasks to assure successful completion. The Chair of any other committee may be invited to and may participate in an Executive Committee nneeting which may affect the responsibilities of such committee. The Chair will ensure that minutes of the committee meetings are recorded. b. BUDGET COMMITTEE: Responsible for making recommendations to the Council on all matters related to the financing of the Law and Justice Plan, development of budgets forjoint projects, and review of grant proposals for expenditures of the 1/10°i of 1% sales tax allocated by the Board of County Commissioners for such projects.