Washington Administrative Code › Title 178 - Community, Trade, and Economic Development, Department of (Economic Development Finance Authority) › Chapter 178-02 - ORGANIZATION, OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES › Section 178-02-050 - Operations and procedures-General

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Authority
			 meetings. The meetings of the authority shall all be "regular meetings" or
			 "special meetings" as those designations are applied in RCW  42.30. Regular
			 meetings shall be scheduled for each calendar quarter under an agreed upon
			 schedule and location by the authority, and notice thereof shall be provided as
			 required in RCW  42.30. Special meetings may be called at any time by the chair
			 or a majority of the board. Notice of all special meetings shall be given by
			 delivering personally, or by mail, fax or electronic mail, to each member a
			 written notice specifying the time and place of the meeting and a copy of the
			 agenda prepared by the executive director in consultation with the chair, and
			 by giving such notice to the public as required by RCW  42.30. Pursuant to RCW
			     42.30.080(4), in certain circumstances, the notice requirements for a special
			 meeting may be dispensed with where an emergency is deemed to exist. An
			 executive session may be called by the authority to consider the appointment,
			 employment or dismissal of an officer or employee, and such other matters as
			 are permitted by RCW     42.30.110. Except during executive sessions, all meetings
			 shall be open to the public under the guidelines established by state law for
			 public bodies.
(2) Quorum. Nine
			 members shall constitute a quorum, and the act of a majority of the members
			 present at any meeting, if there is a quorum, shall be deemed the act of the
			 authority. Members participating in a meeting through the use of any means of
			 communication by which all members participating can hear each other during the
			 meeting shall be deemed to be present at the meeting for all
			 purposes.
(3) Chair's, vice chair's
			 or secretary's voting rights. The chair, vice chair and secretary shall have
			 the right to vote on all matters before the authority, just as any other
			 authority member.
(4) Minutes of
			 meetings. The executive director, at the direction of the secretary, shall keep
			 minutes of the proceedings of the authority reflecting board member attendance
			 and actions taken during the meeting.
(5) Rules of order. The authority shall
			 generally follow
Robert's Rules of Order
, newly revised, in
			 conducting its meetings.
(6) Form
			 of authority action. The authority may act on the basis of a motion except when
			 authorizing issuance of bonds and when otherwise taking official and formal
			 action with respect to the creation of special funds and the issuance and sale
			 of bonds for a project of a participant, in which case the authority shall act
			 by resolution. Resolutions shall be adopted and motions approved upon the
			 affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the authority present at any
			 meeting. All bonds and coupons shall bear either the manual or the facsimile
			 signatures of the governor and executive director.
(7) Public participation. The presiding
			 officer may grant permission to any person or organization to make a
			 presentation at any of the authority's public meetings. The presiding officer
			 may limit any remarks addressed to the authority.