Article
I: NAME
The name of this Board shall be the Island County Community Health
Advisory Board.
Article II: PURPOSE
As established by the Island County Board of Health in Resolution
HD-10-92 and specified in Chapter 8.13.020 of the Island County Code, the purpose of the
Advisory Board is to promote public participation in and identification of public health
needs, to develop public health policies and procedures by which Island County can address
those needs, and to assist in assuring that health needs are met for citizens of Island
County.
Article III: MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. The CHAB shall consist of nine (9) to
twenty-one (21) Island County residents nominated by the Advisory Board and formally
appointed after review by the Island County Board of Health, plus Student Members as
defined below.
Section 2. The Island County Health Officer shall
act as ex-officio member of the Advisory Board.
Section 3. The Advisory Board membership shall be
representative of the diversity of viewpoints in Island County and should include
representatives from minority groups, those receiving public health services (personal
health and environmental), the medical community, schools, social service organizations,
the clergy, NAS Whidbey, senior citizens, representatives of other community boards and
councils and of law enforcement agencies. Naval Hospital Oak Harbor and Whidbey General
Hospital are each invited to nominate a representative for CHAB membership.
Section 4*. Each school year in October one eleventh
grade student and one tenth grade student from each of the Countys high schools
shall be nominated by the school principal to serve for one year as a Student Community
Health Advisory Board Member. Unless otherwise determined by the school principal, the
tenth grade student shall continue for a second year as that school's eleventh grade
appointee. Criteria for nominations by the school principals should be the same
eligibility requirements as required for student body office, plus commitment to attend
Advisory Board meetings. Final appointment of student Advisory Board members will be by
the Board of Health at their next meeting after the usual interview process. The intention
is to give student leaders from all of Island Countys geographic areas the
opportunity to exercise their responsibility as citizens participating in civic
activities, to gain personal experience by serving on the Board, and to present their
age-groups point of view for the benefit of the Boards deliberations. The
Student Board Members will be expected to attend all twelve regular meetings during the
year of their appointment, beginning in January, and may serve on committees as deemed
appropriate by the Advisory Board Chairperson.
Section 5. Advisory Board members shall serve for a
staggered three (3) year term, and may be reappointed at the pleasure of the Board of
Health. Non-voting temporary guest membership for specific projects may be granted by the
Advisory Board Leadership Committee.
Section 6. Advisory Board members are expected to
attend at least 70% of scheduled meetings. Non-excused absences exceeding this limit will
result in the appointee's being queried as to his/her intention to continue their
membership status.
Section 7. Advisory Board members shall serve
without compensation.
Section 8**. Associate Membership: CHAB
members can request to become an Associate CHAB Member upon their
resignation or completion of their term(s) of appointment. An Associate
Member will not have voting rights but will receive CHAB e-mails and
communications. This allows former CHAB members the opportunity to follow
the work of CHAB, e.g. understand current health issues and priorities,
and remain supportive of work of current members. It permits CHAB an
opportunity to use past members to support current work, make Health Hero
nominations, and enhances the work of CHAB that is strengthened by
community-level support. An Associate Membership will continue until the
Associate Member asks to be removed from the CHAB mail (e-mail) list.
Section 9. Advisory Board membership and the
attendant vote are personal and not transferable.
Article IV: OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers required:
a. Chairperson
b. Chairperson Elect (Vice Chair)
c. Chairperson, Immediate Past.
Section 2. The duties and responsibilities of the
officers shall be those implied by their respective titles and include membership on the
Leadership Committee.
Section 3. Nominations, Elections, Terms:
a. Nominations will be made to the Advisory Board by the
Leadership Committee, or by a Nominating Committee appointed by the Leadership Committee.
b. Elections will occur at the July Advisory Board meeting.
Terms will be for one (1) year, beginning at the August meeting.
Section 4. Staffing: Staff and coordination will be
provided by the Island County Health Services Director and other Health Department staff
by assignment from the Health Services Director.
Article V: MEETINGS
Section 1. Regular Advisory Board meetings will be
on the first Tuesday of each month at a previously announced time and place.
Section 2. The CHAB Chair will announce an annual
Joint CHAB Board of Health meeting at which time the Annual Report to the Board
will be presented. CHAB will also hold one meeting annually specifically for planning.
Section 3. Special meetings may be called as
necessary by the Board of Health or the Chairperson of the Advisory Board.
Section 4. A Quorum for the purpose of holding a
meeting shall consist of thirty-three percent (33%) of Advisory Board members or not less
than five (5) members, whichever is more, and the act of a majority of the members present
shall constitute the action of the entire Advisory Board.
Section 5. Voting: All members approved by the
Board of Health may vote, including Student Members.
Article VI: COMMITTEES
Section 1. All members including student members
are encouraged to be active in at least one committee. Appointment to committees shall be
made by the Chairperson balancing Advisory Board needs with member interest. Committees
shall report back to the full Advisory Board and shall not take action independent of the
full Advisory Board. The specific committees are:
a. Leadership Committee
b. Membership Committee
c. Communications Committee
d. Recognition Committee
e. Any special or ad hoc or intermittent committee or work group deemed appropriate
by the Chairperson, such as but not limited to the Bylaws Subcommittee, the
Vision Work Group, Community Action Teams, and various Task Force groups as may be
appointed by the CHAB leadership.
Article VII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
The rules contained in the most current version of Roberts
Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern all rules of this body, in all cases to which
they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the bylaws or special
rules of this body.***
Article VIII: BYLAW AMENDMENTS
Amendments to CHAB Bylaws: These Bylaws may be amended at any
regular meeting by a vote of the majority of the entire membership of the Advisory Board
with a minimum of 30 days notice.
Article IX: LIABILITY
Insurance and Indemnification is provided to the Community Health
Advisory Board Members to the extent of Island Countys Liability Coverage with the
Washington Counties Risk Pool. The Coverage Form Insuring Agreement, "Persons
and Organizations Insured," states: all past and present employees, elected and
appointed officials, and volunteers, whether or not compensated, while acting or in good
faith purporting to act within the scope of their official duties for the member county or
on its behalf, including, but not limited to, all commissioners, agencies, districts,
authorities, boards, (including the governing board) or similar entities which operate
under the member countys supervision or control.
The original self-published 1876 Rules of
Order by Henry Martyn Robert (1837-1923) were inspired when Robert presided over a
turbulent meeting in his New Bedford church and was struck by the void in accepted
parliamentary rules.
An aside for Puget Sounders:
Robert knew the more Pacific region of Island County, which then
included what are now the north 5 counties, including the San Juan Islands. As a West Point graduate military engineer, he was
stationed after the Civil War on what was by then being called "Pig War Island" (also known as San Juan Island) in charge
of harbor fortifications, thought necessary by the chronic Anglo-American boundary dispute
in the Puget Sound that culminated in the Pig War after an American, Lyman Cutlar, shot
and killed a pig belonging to the Hudson Bay Company on June 15, 1859, because it was
allegedly rooting in his garden. Although this act precipitated considerable military
posturing that continued on San Juan Island for many years between the British and
Americans troops, there were no other shots fired in the Pig War and no casualties except
the British pig.
(Any role played by the Pig War in the development of Roberts Rules
of Order is controversial.)