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ADVISORY BOARD BY LAWS

ARTICLE I: PURPOSE

The purpose of the North Sound Mental Health Administration (NSMHA) Advisory Board is to provide independent and objective advice to the North Sound Mental Health Administration Board of Directors and provide independent feedback to local jurisdictions and service providers.

The North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board is established in compliance with the Interlocal Agreement Establishing A Mental Health Regional Support Network for Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties executed in October 1989, and in compliance with the provisions of RCW 39.34.030, RCW 71.24, and Chapter 205, Section 5, Laws of 1989.

ARTICLE II: DUTIES

The duties of the North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board shall be:

  1. To advise the North Sound Mental Health Administration Board of Directors concerning the planning, delivery and evaluation of those mental health services which are the responsibility of the North Sound Mental Health Administration.
  2. To provide a vehicle for public testimony regarding mental health concerns which are the responsibility of the North Sound Mental Health Administration.
  3. To review and provide comment on all North Sound Mental Health Administration Strategic Plans, Quality Assurance Plans, service delivery plans and budgets which relate to the mental health services noted in #2 above, before such plans and budgets are submitted to the North Sound Mental Health Administration Board of Directors.
  4. To assure that the special needs of minorities, Native Americans, the elderly, disabled, children, and low income persons are met within the plans established by the North Sound Mental Health Administration Board of Directors.
  5. To conduct site visits of North Sound Mental Health Administration service providers, special interest groups, Department of Social and Health Service (DSHS) agencies, private sector service providers, hospitals and community programs. Site visits are designed to provide North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board members with first hand information to provide informed recommendations to the North Sound Mental Health Administration Board of Directors.
  6. To assist the North Sound Mental Health Administration with dissemination of information to the public who reside within the five (5) counties of the North Sound Mental Health Administration.
  7. To perform such other duties as the North Sound Mental Health Administration Board of Directors may require.

ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP
  1. The North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board shall consist of twenty-one (21) members representing each county as follows:
    Island County (3) Three
    San Juan County (2) Two
    Skagit County (3) Three
    Snohomish County (8) Eight
    Whatcom County (5) Five
  2. Length of term and rotation of membership shall be determined by the code of each individual county party to the North Sound Mental Health Administration.
  3. At least one (1) member from each county will be a voting member on that counties local Mental Health Advisory Board.
  4. Fifty-one (51%) percent of the North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board membership will be comprised of consumers and family members, with at least one (1) representative from each county being a consumer.

ARTICLE IV: APPOINTMENT
  1. Representatives of each county party to the North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board shall be appointed according to each county's usual and customary method of appointment.

ARTICLE V: OFFICERS
  1. Officers of the North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board shall include a Chair and a Vice-Chair.
  2. Term of office shall be for one (1) year with the opportunity to serve one (1) additional term for a maximum of two (2) consecutive terms per person.
  3. A slate of candidates shall be presented by the Nominating Committee annually at the November Advisory Board meeting. Elections, with nominations from the floor, shall occur at each December meeting. Officers shall assume duties beginning with the following January meeting.

ARTICLE VI: COMMITTEES
  1. Standing committees of the North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board shall be: Executive and Nominating.
  2. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Vice-Chair, and one (1) member-at-large, appointed by the Chair.
  3. The Executive Committee shall convene to hear pressing matters of business which may arise during the interval between regularly scheduled Board meetings. Any decision made by the Executive Committee shall be subject to the ratification of the full Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
  4. Nominating Committee members shall be appointed in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order.
  5. The Chair may establish and appoint members to Ad-Hoc Committees as the need arises.

ARTICLE VII: MEETINGS
  1. The North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board shall meet at least ten (10) times each year at a date and time mutually agreeable to members of the Board. Any regularly scheduled meeting may be canceled at the discretion of the Chairperson for cause.
  2. Special meetings may be called by the Chair as needed and/or as requested by a minimum of one (1) member from each of four (4) of the five (5) counties party to the North Sound Mental Health Administration, by way of contact with the Chairman. Special meetings shall be called within five (5) working days of the request following notice of at least forty-eight (48) hours of each member of the Advisory Board.
  3. Committee meetings shall be held at the discretion of the Committee Chair.
  4. Roberts Rules of Order shall govern all proceedings of all meetings of the North Sound Mental Health Administration Advisory Board and committees, insofar as they do not conflict or are inconsistent with the provision of these By-Laws.
  5. The Board shall comply with the State of Washington Open Meetings Act.

ARTICLE VIII: QUORUM
  1. The presence of at least fifty (50%) percent of the seated representatives from at least four (4) of the five (5) counties party to the North Sound Mental Health Administration shall constitute a quorum.
  2. The Executive Committee quorum shall consist of two (2) of the three (3) members.

ARTICLE IX: RESIGNATION/TERMINATION
  1. After three (3) consecutive unexcused absences, the Chair may request that another member from the same county represented by the absent member approach the county authority in that county to request the appointment of another representative to the Advisory Board.

 


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