Resolution 6760006.11060
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06/02/88
RESOLUTION NO. 676
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO
PARTICIPATE WITH A CITY /MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH
FUNDING COMMITTEE TO REPRESENT THE MUNICIPAL
POINT OF VIEW IN THE MATTER OF THE FUNDING OF
THE COST OF DELIVERY OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BY AND
THROUGH THE SNOHOMISH HEALTH DISTRICT; AND TO
APPROVE THE SCOPE OF SAID COMMITTEE AND ITS
PARTICIPATION IN .NEGOTIATION AND /OR ARBITRATION
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF RCW 70.46.080.
WHEREAS, the Snohomish Health District is a municipal
corporation engaged in the delivery of public health services in
the unincorporated and incorporated areas of Snohomish County,
and the City is represented on the Board of Health, which is the
governing authority of the Snohomish Health District, by duly -
elected representatives in compliance with RCW Chapter 70.46, et
seq., and the charter of the Snohomish Health District; and
WHEREAS, an impasse has developed with respect to the
. 1988 budget of the Snohomish Health District, which impasse
results from the County of Snohomish, a member municipal agency,
declining to meet that portion of the Snohomish Health District
budget to be funded from the general tax revenue of the County of
Snohomish, resulting in a short -fall of $360,406, and pursuant to
RCW 70.46.080, the matter of that short -fall is now subject to
arbitration under RCW 70.46.080; and
WHEREAS, the issue of funding the cost of the delivery
of,. public health services through the Snohomish Health District,
and a fair and reasonable allocation of that cost, among the
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incorporated cities of the County of Snohomish, and the County of
Snohomish is a significant public issue, both from the standpoint
of the immediate 1988 Snohomish Health District budget, and from
the standpoint of continued funding of that governmental service;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City does hereby agree to participate
in an evaluation of the allocation of costs for the delivery of
public health services through a City /municipal committee, whose
membership, duties and objectives shall be as follows:
A. That a City /Municipal Public Health.. Funding
Committee be formed, to be composed of: William
Moore, Mayor of the City of Everett; Meryl.
Hrdlicka, Mayor of the City of Lynnwood; Jeannette.
Wood, Mayor of the City of Woodway; Robert White,
Manager. for the City of Mountlake Terrace; and
Robert-N. Larson, Mayor of the City'of Stanwood.
B. That the purpose, objective and scope of authority
of said Committee shall be as follows:
1) To develop and negotiate a formula, method or
procedure for funding the cost of the delivery
of public health services to the incorporated
and unincorporated areas of Snohomish County
for the Snohomish Health District.
2) To appoint a.subcommittee composed of various
financial officers of. the cities for the
purpose of analyzing alternative methods of
establishing a formula for equitably funding
the cost of the delivery of public health
services; analyzing the position of the County
of Snohomish; analyzing data furnished by the
administrators of the Snohomish Health
District; considering the various provisions
of statutory mandate and Washington
Administrative Code mandate to municipal
corporations in the area of public health, and
to consider the alternative options suggested
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in WAC 248.990.990.
3). To form a subcommittee to be composed of
various attorneys and representatives which
will include legal officers or attorneys of
the cities to -analyze, evaluate and prepare
recommendations to the main City /Municipal
Public Health Funding Committee if this matter
requires arbitration.
RESOLVED this 7th day of
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CIT CLERK, JACQUELINE G. PARRETT
June , 1988.
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: June 3, 1988
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: dune 7, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 676
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