File #: 2003-0462    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Vetoed in Part
File created: 10/20/2003 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 11/10/2003 Final action: 1/12/2004
Enactment date: 12/11/2003 Enactment #: 14797
Title: AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2004 Annual Budget and making appropriations for the operation of county agencies and departments and capital improvements for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2004, and ending December 31, 2004.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Appropriation, Budget
Attachments: 1. 14797 2004 budget return and partial veto message.pdf, 2. 14797.pdf, 3. 2003-0462 - Hearing Notice.doc, 4. 2003-0462 2004 Executive Proposed Budget Internal Service Fund Report.doc, 5. 2003-0462 2004 Proposed Ordinance Index.xls, 6. 2003-0462 Transmittal Letter.doc, 7. A. 2004 Executive Proposed Budget Book, 8. B. General Government Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-21-03, 9. B. General Government Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-24-03, 10. B. General Government Capital Improvement Program, 11. C. Roads Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-21-03 , 12. C. Roads Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-24-03, 13. C. Roads Capital Improvement Program, 14. D. Wastewater Treatment Capital Improvement Program, 15. D. Wastewater Treatment Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-21-03, 16. D. Wastewater Treatment Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-24-03, 17. E. Surface Water Management Capital Improvement Program, 18. E. Surface Water Management Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-21-03, 19. E. Surface Water Management Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-24-03, 20. F. Major Maintenance Capital Improvement Program, 21. F. Major Maintenance Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-21-03, 22. F. Major Maintenance Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-24-03, 23. King County 2004 Proposed Technology Business Plan.pdf, 24. Letter to Sheriff Reichert.pdf, 25. Notice of Enactment - CIP Summary.doc, 26. State v. Ridgway Actual Expenditure Reporting.pdf
Drafter
Clerk 12/17/2003
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AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2004 Annual Budget and making appropriations for the operation of county agencies and departments and capital improvements for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2004, and ending December 31, 2004.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings: The council hereby makes the following findings of fact.
A. King County government is responsible for providing a variety of services to all residents of the county. These include regional services, such as public safety, criminal justice, public transportation and wastewater treatment. King County government is also responsible for providing local services to unincorporated communities, such as county sheriff protection, roads, local parks and land-use regulation. In addition to these mandated regional and local responsibilities, the county contracts with several suburban cities for services such as police protection, animal control and health and human services. To accomplish these tasks, this 2004 budget contains $3 billion in expenditures, of which over eighty percent is in dedicated funds that must be used for specific purposes. The remaining general fund expenditures - roughly $500 million - can be used for discretionary purposes, including public safety, human services and general government functions.
B. The metropolitan King County council has, over the past several years, adopted a number of long-range policies that prioritize competing needs while addressing the growing structural gap between the county's general fund revenues and expenditures. The council has closed a gap of over $100 million over the past three years, representing about twenty percent of the general fund budget. The county's general fund faces structural deficits of $15 million to $20 million annually for the foreseeable future.
C. Leadership from the council and the executive closed a gap of $24 million in this budget through a comb...

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