File #: 2009-0130    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/23/2009 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 4/6/2009 Final action: 4/6/2009
Enactment date: 4/15/2009 Enactment #: 16445
Title: AN ORDINANCE increasing transparency and oversight in public policy making as it relates to budget appropriation ordinances and the annual budget; making technical corrections; and amending Ordinance 12076, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.020, Ordinance 12076, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.030, Ordinance 12045, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.040 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.04.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson, Reagan Dunn, Kathy Lambert, Larry Phillips
Indexes: Budget
Code sections: 4.04 - , 4.04.030 - , 4.04.040 -
Attachments: 1. 16445.pdf, 2. 2010 Section Names, April 6, 2009, 3. Amendment Package 4-6-09.pdf, 4. Revised Staff Report 03-03-09, 5. Staff Report 03-3-09
Drafter
Clerk 04/06/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE increasing transparency and oversight in public policy making as it relates to budget appropriation ordinances and the annual budget; making technical corrections; and amending Ordinance 12076, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.020, Ordinance 12076, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.030, Ordinance 12045, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.040 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.04.
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PREAMBLE:
The King County council is the policy-determining body for the county and the King County executive is the chief executive officer of the county.
In their respective powers, the executive proposes the annual budget and the council adopts appropriations and revenues for the year.
The council and the executive share a goal of enhancing the detail contained within the annual budget and annual budget ordinance, in order to improve the information available to the public. The legislative and executive branches will cooperatively work towards a budget document that, by 2010, will present the budget at greater levels of detail identified in this ordinance, and, by 2011, will be fully revised to be a model document of publicly transparent budgeting, reflecting the newly defined sections with comparative data from the previous year. The enhanced level of detail in the annual budget will lead to increased transparency and oversight of county spending.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12076, Section 2, as amended and K.C.C. 4.04.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Acquisition of right of way" or "land acquisition" means funds budgeted for the purchase of property rights, excluding county force charges of the facilities management division.
B. "Adopted" means approval by council motion or ordinance.
C. "Agency" means a county office, officer, ...

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