File #: 2014-0440    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/27/2014 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/10/2014
Enactment date: 11/20/2014 Enactment #: 17930
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to capital projects oversight; amending Ordinance 17293, Section 50, and K.C.C. 4A.10.265, Ordinance 16764, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.245, Ordinance 16764, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.04.246, Ordinance 14921, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.06.010 and Ordinance 14921, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.06.030, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4A.10, adding new chapters to K.C.C. Title 4A, recodifying K.C.C. 4A.10.265, K.C.C. 4.04.245, K.C.C. 4.04.246, K.C.C. 4.06.010 and K.C.C. 4.06.030 and repealing Ordinance 14921, Section 4, and K.C.C. 4.06.020, Ordinance 14921, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4.06.040 and Ordinance 14921, Section 7, and K.C.C. 4.06.050.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott
Indexes: King County Code
Code sections: 4.04.245 - ., 4.04.246 - *, 4.06.010 - ., 4.06.020 - ., 4.06.030 - ., 4.06.040 - ., 4.06.050 - ., 4A - ., 4A.10 - ., 4A.10.265 - *
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17930.pdf, 2. Staff Report Proposed Ordinances 2014-0438, 2014-0439, 2014-0440.doc, 3. Staff Report dated November 4, 2014 Title 4 Rewrite.doc
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Clerk 10/23/2014
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to capital projects oversight; amending Ordinance 17293, Section 50, and K.C.C. 4A.10.265, Ordinance 16764, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.245, Ordinance 16764, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.04.246, Ordinance 14921, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.06.010 and Ordinance 14921, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.06.030, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4A.10, adding new chapters to K.C.C. Title 4A, recodifying K.C.C. 4A.10.265, K.C.C. 4.04.245, K.C.C. 4.04.246, K.C.C. 4.06.010 and K.C.C. 4.06.030 and repealing Ordinance 14921, Section 4, and K.C.C. 4.06.020, Ordinance 14921, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4.06.040 and Ordinance 14921, Section 7, and K.C.C. 4.06.050.
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PREAMBLE:
The existing code on revenue and fiscal regulation, K.C.C. Title 4, was created for the most part in the 1970s and 1980s, though some provisions date back to at least the 1940s. The council has directed that the code provisions of Title 4 be updated and consolidated in the new title, K.C.C. Title 4A. This proposed ordinance will fulfill that directive as to the code provisions governing capital projects oversight.
The King County capital budget is over one billion dollars for the 2015-2016 biennium. Oversight of capital projects is a priority for the council and includes three distinct mechanisms have been developed to ensure that oversight: the implementation of mandatory phased appropriations, the capital projects oversight program within the King County auditor's office and the real estate and major capital projects review joint advisory group.
Regarding mandatory phased appropriations:
In July 2009, Motion 13026 included a requirement that the council consider legislation that would provide greater oversight of capital projects, and in particular projects with the potential to be high risk, usually due to the size and scope of the project;
Fulfilling its own directive, the council adopted Ordinance 16764, codified at K.C.C. 4...

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