ISSUE: WHETHER OR NOT COUNTY EMPLOYEES MAY BE SOLICITED TO COMPETE IN THE ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY PROGRAM WHERE SELECTED ARTISTS EXHIBIT THEIR WORK IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY SPACE LOCATED IN THE SMITH TOWER, AND/OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY MAY RECEIVE AN HONORARIUM OF $300.00 PROVIDED FOR EACH ACCEPTED EXHIBIT?

Opinion: The annual solicitation of applicants to participate in the King County Arts Commission's Gallery Program through the Cultural Resources Division need not exclude an applicant who is:

1. Not employee in the Cultural Resources Division;

2. Not associated with the process of establishing the jury for the awards nor serving as a member of the jury itself.

Statement of Circumstances: In response to a request for direction from the King County Board of Ethics and Pursuant to Section 12A of King County Ordinance No. 9704, the following advisory opinion is hereby rendered:

ISSUED ON THE ________________ day of _________________, 1991.

Signed for the Board: Dr. J. Patrick Dobel, Chair

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Tim Hill, King County Executive
King County Councilmembers
Bob Stier, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Rella Foley, Ombudsman, Office of Citizen Complaints