Public Policy Council
Home » Tri-Cities Public Policy » Public Policy CouncilColin Hastings - Public Policy Director
Chris Smart, JCPenney - Committee Chair
Objectives:
To serve as the voice of business at all levels of government to
include monitoring, drafting and advocating for legislative issues
and concerns.
To ensure that legislative decisions taken positively impact our
member’s businesses, allowing them to prosper and grow.
The Council recommends policy positions on local, state and federal issues to the Executive Board after the appropriate input from members and other stakeholders. The Executive Board has three options:
Affirm the position,
Overturn the position, or
Send the position back to the Public Policy Committee.
The Executive Board will then send their recommendation to the
Board of Trustees for action at the Board level. The Public
Policy Committee is a broad-based committee, appointed by the Board
of Trustees, representing the sectors of the Chamber’s
membership.
Members will provide the Public Policy Committee with a “Request for Chamber Involvement” application with specific details on the issue. The Council will take action (support, oppose, no action) on issues based upon the following rationale:
How does the issue directly and indirectly affect the region’s business climate?
If the issue is industry specific, how does it affect the
Tri-Cities region’s economy as a whole?
How will the Chamber’s involvement affect the issue and/or
its resolution?
How does the issue promote the need for aggressive, sustainable,
and responsible economic growth?
Annual Events Join us in 2009 for these great public policy
influencing events:
Joint Chambers Trip to Olympia - February 18th & 19th
State of the Health Care Address - January 20th
State of the Counties Address - TBA
State of the Ports Address - TBA
State of the Congressional District - TBA
Legislative Preview - TBA
Contact the Colin Hastings, Public Policy Director for more information at 509.736.0510 or at colin.hastings@tricityregionalchamber.com