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Board debates two- vs. four-year terms; elects to delay officer elections until June meeting
Summary
Board members discussed ambiguity between local ordinance and state guidance on CEO board term lengths and agreed to postpone elections for chair and vice chair to the June meeting; the board confirmed appointments continue until replaced by the commission.
At its May 5 meeting, the King County Economic Opportunity Board discussed whether board member terms should be two or four years after state training referenced four-year terms while local ordinance text showed two-year terms. Speaker 2 said the training materials indicated four-year terms and noted counties can structure terms so appointments are staggered in odd and even years to meet statutory requirements.
"In the state ordinance, it's... four year terms," Speaker 2 said, describing the guidance delivered during the state training. Board members agreed the county commission would handle formal appointments and replacements; Speaker 3 said the board has typically followed the same appointment process used by other boards and that Morgan (the executive assistant) was handling notices for openings.
Board members agreed to postpone the annual election of chair and vice chair until the next meeting to allow more time for applicants to be considered. The group settled on meeting June 2 at 3:00 p.m. (noting June 1 falls on a Sunday) to hold officer elections and to review small-business grant pre-applications.
The board also approved the minutes from the April 7, 2025 meeting by voice vote. Speaker 3 moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded and the chair called the motion passed after members answered "aye." No roll-call tally with member names was recorded in the transcript.
