This week at the County Council: Meeting highlights March 15-19, 2010

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are in the King County Council Chambers,
Room 1001, King County Courthouse, 516 Third Ave, Seattle, WA

Monday, March 15
Metropolitan King County Council – 11 am

Councilmembers are scheduled to discuss and possibly act on:
· A motion extending a waiver from competitive bidding and solicitation requirements for contracts relating to the completion of Brightwater's BT-3 tunnel (Motion 2010-0149).

Tuesday, March 16
Government Accountability and Oversight Committee – 9:30 am
Briefings:
· Capital Projects Oversight of the Brightwater Project (Briefing No. 2010-B0051).
· Economic Development in the Puget Sound Region (Briefing No. 2010-B0049).
· Performance Management and Accountability System (Briefing No. 2010-B0050).
· Healthy Incentives Program’s Partnership with WebMD (Briefing No. 2010-B0052).

Budget and Fiscal Management Committee – 1:30 pm
Briefing:
· Preliminary economic and revenue forecasts for King County Budget 2011 and beyond (Briefing No. 2010-B0048).

Wednesday, March 17
Committee of the Whole – Canceled

Regional Transit Committee – 3 pm

Briefings:
· Status Report: 2009/2010 Transit Performance Audit Capital (Briefing No. 2010-B0047).
· Transit Regional Stakeholders Task Force (Briefing No. 2010-B0046).

Thursday, March 18
Board of Health – 1:30 pm 

Board members are scheduled to discuss and possibly act on:
· A rule and regulation for the protection of public health against diseases and injury from pet shops, commercial kennels, pet day care facilities, animal shelters, pet grooming services, poultry retail business and pet food retail business (BOH10-01).

Briefing:
· Health Eating: Policy Strategies to Improve the Health of King County (Briefing No. 10-B07).


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