Past Charter Review Commissions

Below is a list of reports from each of the past Charter Review Commission. You'll notice how the documents have changed with new technologies since the charter was first adopted. Most of the files are copies including the copies obtained from the King County archives. The copy machine was probably the technological wonder for the Freeholders staff in the mid-1960's. The Freeholders seem to have abandoned the use of mimeographed copies. In the 1970's, The charter review commission documents were produced on electric typewriters and a copy machine. One does notice an improvement in the quality of the copies by the mid-1980s. The 1987-88 Charter Review Commission documents were the first to be produced on a desktop computer which made it easier to produce more originals and the copies are much clearer. The 1996-97 charter review commission was one of the first county citizen committees to do its work electronically with documents produced on desktop computers and distributed by e-mail and fax (although about 200 printed copies of material were made and distributed for each full commission meeting). The commission meeting agendas and reports were finally put on King County's website. The 2006-2008 Commission will be the first commission to use the website as its main source of communication.

1996-1997

Reports and Recommendations 1996-1997

• Making King County Government More Citizen-Friendly, Accountable and Efficient--Summary of Recommendations
• Final Report and Recommendations-- Executive Summary
• Final Reports in Word 6.0 for Windows.
  • Final Report and Recommendations (66 pages, 218 KB)
  • Regional Committees -- Report and Recommendations (43 pages, 139 KB)
  • Unincorported Area Issues: Summary Report and Recommendations (49 pages, 157 KB)
  
  
• Final Reports for Adobe Acrobat .pdf format.
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  • Final Report and Recommendations (66 pages, 193 KB)
  • Regional Committees -- Report and Recommendations (43 pages, 142 KB)
  • Unincorported Area Issues: Summary Report and Recommendations (format 49 pages, 148 KB)

1987-1988

Reports and Recommendations 1987-1988

• 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Final Report, June 1988 (PDF, 39 pages, 1.49 MB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Regional Issues and Recommendations
    (Full Report) (PDF, 56 pages, 2.33 MB)
• 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Regional Issues and Recommendations (Table of Contents) (PDF, 3 pages, 68 KB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Regional Issues and Recommendations (Executive Summary) (PDF, 13 pages, 512 KB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Regional Issues and Recommendations (Main Report) (PDF, 38 pages, 1.28 MB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Regional Issues and Recommendations (Tables and Appendix (PDF, __ pages, __ MB)
• 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Trends in King County -- The Next Fifty Years, (PDF, 26 pages, 1.0 MB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Trends in King County -- The Next Fifty Years, Appendix A: Chronology of Government Organization Efforts in King County, Washington (PDF, 7 pages, 247 KB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Trends in King County -- The Next Fifty Years, Appendix B: Report on Future Demographic Trends in King County, Laurie McCutcheon, Novmeber 1987 (PDF, 30 pages, 1.15 MB)
• 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Issues Papers, June 22, 1988, Table of Contents (PDF, 2 pages 65 KB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Issues Papers, June 22, 1988, Sections A through B (PDF, 12 pages, 445 KB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Issues Papers, June 22, 1988, Section C (PDF, 25 pages, 978 KB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Issues Papers, June 22, 1988, Sections E through K (PDF, 27 pages, 1.03 MB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Issues Papers, June 22, 1988, Sections ORG through PER (PDF, 13 pages, 551 KB)
  • 1988 King County Charter Review Commission, Issues Papers, June 22, 1988, Sections PL through PW (PDF, 27 pages, 1.0 MB)

1977

• King County Charter Review Commission Report #1, Proposed Charter Amendment For The November, 1977 General Election 1977 (PDF, 21 pages, 723 KB)
• King County Charter Review Commission Report #2 October 1, 1977, Recommendations on Change in King County Government (PDF, 20 pages, 723 KB)

 

1971-1972

Reports and Recommendations 1971-1972

1971

• King County Charter Review Commission Report 1971 (PDF, 12 pages, 365 KB)

 

Freeholders

• Preliminary Working Draft Freeholders Report July 18, 1968 (PDF, 53 pages, 1.82 MG)
• 1968 Charter Proposal -- The proposed charter in booklet form as presented to voters.
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