HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES_2022-187 Establishing Veterans Advisory BoardBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
Resolution No. 2022" ffi
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD FOR
KITTITAS COUNTY
WHEREAS: The legislature has provided that each county is to establish a Veterans Advisory
Board as set forth in RCW 73.08.035; and
WHEREAS: RCW 73.08.035(1) provides that each Veterans Advisory Board shall advise the
county legislative authority on the needs of local indigent veterans, the resources available to the
local indigent veterans, and programs that could benefit the needs of local indigent veterans and
their families; and
WHEREAS: RCW 73.08.010(1) provides that the county legislative authority shall consult with
and solicit recommendations from the veterans' advisory board established under RCW
73.08.035 to determine the appropriate services needed for local indigent veterans; and
WHEREAS: RCW 73.08.035(2) provides that the county legislative authority must solicit
representatives from either local branches of nationally recognized veterans' service
orgarizations or the veterans' community at large, or both, to serve on the board. No fewer than a
majority of the board members shall be members from nationally recognized veterans' seryice
organizations and only veterans are eligible to serve as board members; and
WHEREAS: It is the interest of the public to establish a Veterans Advisory Board pursuant to
the provision of RCW 73.08
NOW' THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the Veterans Advisory Board for Kittitas
County be and is hereby established pursuant to RCW 73.08.035.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Veterans Advisory Board shall consist of 5 members,
2 alternates, and 1 commissioner. Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners shall solicit
and appoint representatives to serve on the Veterans Advisory Board for Kittitas County
pursuant to the procedures and requirements set forth in RCW 73.08.035(2).
ADOPTED this 2022
Clerk of the Board
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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