Legislation Details

File #: AB2021-510    Version: 1
Type: Special Order of Business Status: Appointed
File created: 8/30/2021 Meeting Body Council
On agenda: 9/14/2021 Final action: 9/14/2021
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Request Council appointment of one councilmember to attend the Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) Board Composition Review, as required by law
Attachments: 1. Letter from WTA, 2. RCW 36.57A.055
Department Council Office

Primary Contact Email:    DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Request Council appointment of one councilmember to attend the Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) Board Composition Review, as required by law

 

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Per RCW 36.57A.055, a member of the county legislative authority and an elected representative from each city within the boundaries of the Public Transportation Benefit Area must meet to review the composition of the WTA governing body every four years.  The Council has received a request from WTA to appoint one of its members to attend a review meeting on October 14, 2021. Councilmember Todd Donovan, the Council’s current WTA Board member, has volunteered to attend the review meeting as the Council’s representative.