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CITY OF MARYSVILLE
RESOLUTION #-'31 7
A RESOLUTION 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;TO APPROVE THE SCOPE OF SAID COMMITTEE AND ITS
PARTICIPATION IN NEGOTIATION AND/OR ARBITRATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF RCW
70.46.080
RECITALS
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 70.46,et
seq.,and 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.
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 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,T~EREFDRE,Be it resolved by the City Council of the City
of MarysVllle ,that the City does hereby agree to participate in an
evaluatlon of the allocation of costs for the delivery of public health
services through a city/municipal committee,whose membership,and duties and
objectives shall be as follows, to wit:'
SECTION 1.THAT A CITY/MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING COMMITTEE BE FORMED,
10 BE COMPOSED OF:Wlillam Moore,Mayor of the Clty of Everett;Meryl
krdllcka,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
IL Larson,Mayor of the City of Stanwood...
SECTION 2.THAT THE PURPOSE,OBJECTIVE,AND SCOPE OF AUTHORITY OF SAID
COMMITTEE SHAll BE AS FOllOWS,To wIT:
a.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.
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b.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 in WAC 248.990.990.
c.To form a subcommittee to be composed of various attorneys,
representatives,and 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.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Marysville ,Washington,at its
regular meeting held the ;2.3 day of ~?''1988.
Signed and approved by the Mayor and the Clerk of the City of Marysville
this ~~dayof.M '7 ',1988.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
05/13/88
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