Drafter
Clerk 06/21/2010
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AN ORDINANCE making a supplemental appropriation of $3,150,000 to records and licensing services, $91,700 to public health and emergency medical services general fund transfers, and $91,700 to public health for regional animal services; and amending the 2010 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16717, Sections 19, 30, 46 and 93, as amended, and Attachment K, as amended and adding a new section to Ordinance 16717.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County animal care and control has provided services to the unincorporated areas of King County and by contract to the majority of cities in the county in exchange for retention of their pet licensing revenue since the mid-1980s.
2. The county general fund contribution to the provision of animal services has increased over the years culminating in a general fund contribution of nearly $3 million in recent years.
3. Motion 13092, adopted by the metropolitan King County council on November 9, 2009, directed the county executive to end the provision of animal shelter services by King County for contract cities and for unincorporated King County as soon as possible but no later than January 31, 2010, and to enter into new full cost recovery contracts with cities for animal control and licensing services by June 30, 2010.
4. The 2010 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16717, Section 30, provided funding for animal care and control for sheltering services only through January 31, 2010.
5. With the adoption of Ordinance 16750, extending FTE authority for animal sheltering services through June 30, 2010, the county recognized that there is currently not sufficient sheltering capacity in the region to close the King County animal shelter. The extension of FTE authority provided for a common deadline for the county to work with cities on a new regional model for animal services, inclusive of animal sheltering, animal control, and pet licensing functions. Without further amendment to the 2010 Budget Ordinan...
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