Public Health—Seattle & King County Citizens Advisory Board

SEA-MC tit. 3, subtit. II, ch. 3.30, subch. III

in effect

Seattle Mun. Code ch. 3.30, subch. III, § 3.30.200 Board established—Purpose

3.30.200 - Board established—Purpose There is established a Public Health—Seattle & King County Citizens Advisory Board to provide consumer input into the planning, policy-making and implementation processes of the Department, by advising the Department with respect to the evaluation of program implementation and program planning relating to health care within the community; presenting issues relevant to the health and well-being of the community to the Department for its consideration and action; providing liaison and serving as a facilitator of communications between the Department and the community; and acting as an advocate of the community, consumers, and the Department. (Ord. 123668, § 5, 2011; Ord. 106480 § 1, 1977.)

Seattle Mun. Code ch. 3.30, subch. III, § 3.30.210 Membership—Qualifications.

3.30.210 - Membership—Qualifications. The Board established in Section 3.30.200 shall consist of twenty-one (21) appointed members who shall serve without compensation, and shall reflect in its membership the racial, ethnic, and socio-economic characteristics of the primary users and consumers of the Department's services and the general population of the five (5) health districts within King County, as well as other pertinent demographic, environmental, health, and geographic characteristics of the Seattle-King County area; provided, that no more than two appointed Board members shall have the same profession or occupation, no appointed Board member shall be employed by the Department, and not less than fifteen (15) appointed Board members shall be consumers. For the purpose of this chapter, the term "consumer" shall mean any person whose occupation is other than the administration of health activities or the providing of health services, who has no fiduciary obligation to a health facility or other health agency, and who has no material financial interest in the rendering of health services. The Chairperson of the Department's Sewage Disposal Technical Advisory Committee, the Plumbing Code Advisory Board, the Refrigeration Advisory Committee and the Meat Advisory Committee and the Family Planning Medical Advisory Committee shall be ex officio members of the Board established in Section 3.30.200. (Ord. 106480 § 2, 1977.)

Seattle Mun. Code ch. 3.30, subch. III, § 3.30.220 Tenure.

3.30.220 - Tenure. Members of the Board established in Section 3.30.200 other than ex officio members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years and until their successors are appointed and have qualified; provided, that the terms of the initial appointed members of the Board shall be staggered so that one-third (⅓) of such members shall serve a one (1) year term, another one-third (⅓) shall serve a two (2) year term, and the remaining one-third (⅓) shall serve a three (3) year term. Members may be reappointed, but may serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms. Any appointment made to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term in which the vacancy occurs. (Ord. 106480 § 3, 1977.)

Seattle Mun. Code ch. 3.30, subch. III, § 3.30.230 Appointment process.

3.30.230 - Appointment process. The Mayor shall appoint ten (10), and the King County Executive shall appoint eleven (11) of the initial members of the Board established in Section 3.30.200, after each such official has examined a list of names of persons nominated to such positions by the members of the Ad Hoc Citizens Advisory Committee for Public Health—Seattle & King County, to which list the Director of the Department shall have added his own nominees, following a review of the list; provided, that persons appointed after the initial members shall be appointed alternately by the Mayor and County Executive after each has reviewed a list of nominees nominated by the then current Board members, to which list the Director shall have similarly added his own nominees, following a review of the list. (Ord. 123668, § 1, 2011; Ord. 106480 § 4, 1977.)

Seattle Mun. Code ch. 3.30, subch. III, § 3.30.240 Board operations.

3.30.240 - Board operations. The Board established in Section 3.30.200 shall organize and annually elect a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary from its members; may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws regarding its operations and governance; and may seek consultation from acknowledged experts in the community to assist it in accomplishing its purpose. (Ord. 106480 § 5, 1977.)

Seattle Mun. Code ch. 3.30, subch. III, § 3.30.250 Functional review of board operations—Abolition or continuation of Board.

3.30.250 - Functional review of board operations—Abolition or continuation of Board. The Board established in Section 3.30.200 shall be abolished three (3) years from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, without further City Council action, unless prior to the date of such abolition, the City Council, following a review of the functions of the Board, by ordinance continues the existence of the Board. (Ord. 106480 § 6, 1977.)

Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT3AD_SUBTITLE_IIDEOF_CH3.30PUHEEAKICO_SUBCHAPTER_IIIPUHEEAKICOCIADBOFetched: 11/1/2026