Chapter 2.59
KENT FIRE DEPARTMENT REGIONAL FIRE AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD

Sections:

2.59.010    Creation.

2.59.020    Governing board appointment.

2.59.030    Terms of appointment – Initial term – Regular terms.

2.59.040    Effect of failure to make appointment.

2.59.050    Removal from governing board.

2.59.060    Vacancy on governing board.

2.59.010 Creation.

On April 27, 2010, voters within the jurisdictions of the city of Kent and King County Fire Protection District No. 37 approved a proposition to create the Kent fire department regional fire authority and to approve the regional fire authority plan. The regional fire authority plan provides that the Kent city council shall appoint three (3) of its members to serve on the governing board of the Kent fire department regional fire authority. This chapter shall govern appointment of the Kent city council representatives to serve on the Kent fire department regional fire authority governing board.

The term governing board as used in this chapter shall mean the Kent fire department regional fire authority governing board.

(Ord. No. 3970, § 1, 6-15-10)

2.59.020 Governing board appointment.

The council president shall appoint three (3) members of the Kent city council to serve as the city of Kent’s representatives on the governing board. All council members are eligible to serve on the governing board, but at least one (1) governing board member must be a current member of the council’s public safety committee and one (1) governing board member must be a current member of the council’s operations committee.

(Ord. No. 3970, § 1, 6-15-10)

2.59.030 Terms of appointment – Initial term – Regular terms.

The initial term for governing board members shall run from July 1, 2010, through December 31, 2011. All other terms of the governing board members shall be for approximately two (2) years starting on the first council meeting in January of each even-numbered year and ending on the first council meeting in January of the following even-numbered year.

(Ord. No. 3970, § 1, 6-15-10)

2.59.040 Effect of failure to make appointment.

If, for any reason, the governing board members have not been appointed as required by this chapter, the previous year’s governing board shall remain in place with full authority until a new governing board has been appointed.

(Ord. No. 3970, § 1, 6-15-10)

2.59.050 Removal from governing board.

At any time, the Kent city council may remove one (1) or more of its appointed members from the governing board.

(Ord. No. 3970, § 1, 6-15-10)

2.59.060 Vacancy on governing board.

In the event a council member is removed from the governing board or another event occurs that results in a vacancy being created in one (1) of the city’s representative positions on the governing board, the council president shall appoint a council member to fill the vacancy. The appointed council member shall serve the unexpired term of the council member he or she has replaced. In the event a governing board member is temporarily unable to fulfill his or her duties as a governing board member, the council president or council president pro tem may appoint a temporary replacement until such time as the regular governing board member becomes available to perform his or her duties.

(Ord. No. 3970, § 1, 6-15-10)