File #: 2012-0143    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/7/2012 In control: Government Accountability, Oversight and Financial Performance Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/21/2012
Enactment date: 6/1/2012 Enactment #: 17332
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the employee giving program; and amending Ordinance 8575, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.010, Ordinance 8575, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.020, Ordinance 8575, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.030, Ordinance 16035, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.36.045, Ordinance 16035, Section 6, and K.C.C. 3.36.055, Ordinance 16035, Section 7, and K.C.C. 3.36.065, Ordinance 16035, Section 8, and K.C.C. 3.36.075, Ordinance 15378, Section 3, and K.C.C. 1.36.040, Ordinance 15558, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.12.222, Ordinance 14998, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4.08.345 and Ordinance 12076, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.08.015, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.36, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.04, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.80 and repealing Ordinance 8575, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.040.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson
Indexes: Charitable Campaign
Code sections: 1.36.040 - ., 2.80 - ., 3.04 - , 3.12.222 - ., 3.36.010 - , 3.36.020 - , 3.36.030 - ., 3.36.040 - , 3.36.045 - ., 3.36.055 - ., 3.36.065 - ., 3.36.075 - ., 4.08.015 - , 4.08.345 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17332.pdf, 2. 2012-0143 transmittal letter, 3. 2012-0143 fiscal note, 4. 2012-0143 Amendment 1.doc, 5. Attachment 4 Analysis of Administrative and Fundraising Ratios.doc, 6. Attachment 5 Crosswalk between Current and New Code Sections.doc, 7. Staff Report PO 2012-0143 Employee Giving.doc, 8. Revised Staff Report PO 2012-0143 Employee Giving.doc
Staff: Curry, Clifton
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the employee giving program; and amending Ordinance 8575, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.010, Ordinance 8575, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.020, Ordinance 8575, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.030, Ordinance 16035, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.36.045, Ordinance 16035, Section 6, and K.C.C. 3.36.055, Ordinance 16035, Section 7, and K.C.C. 3.36.065, Ordinance 16035, Section 8, and K.C.C. 3.36.075, Ordinance 15378, Section 3, and K.C.C. 1.36.040, Ordinance 15558, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.12.222, Ordinance 14998, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4.08.345 and Ordinance 12076, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.08.015, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.36, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.04, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.80 and repealing Ordinance 8575, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.040.
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PREAMBLE:
Created in 1988 as a workplace charitable giving program of, by and for the employees of King County, the employee giving program enables fiscally efficient employee support of qualified nonprofit organizations. The program is engaged year-round in support of the annual giving drive, natural disaster response efforts, and response to employee and nonprofit requests for information about charitable giving. Since the program’s creation, King County employees have donated more than twenty million dollars through the program, supporting its growth from fewer than ten qualifying nonprofit organizations to more than seven hundred in 2010.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 8575, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. This chapter is intended to establish ((a means consistent with state law governing salary and wage deductions for charitable agencies, whereby uniform procedures are established)) uniform guidance, consistent with state law governing salary and wage deductions, for the efficient administration of ((o...

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