Drafter
Clerk 08/14/2003
Title
A MOTION approving the proposed public health priorities and funding policies in response to a proviso outlined in the 2003 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 14517, Section 82.
Body
WHEREAS, public health completed and the county executive transmitted to the county council on May 1, 2003, as required, the report outlining the proposed public health priorities and funding policies, and
WHEREAS, the report represents a data driven decision-making process for determining service priorities and funding policies, and
WHEREAS, the decision-making process begins with the identification of the legal mandates and the Washington State Public Health Standards for which the Seattle/King County department of public health is responsible, and
WHEREAS, the decision-making process then links these legal mandates and public health standards to an epidemiological needs assessment of the changing health status in various population groups in King County, and
WHEREAS, the decision-making process selects science-based interventions and strategies that have the greatest potential to promote health and prevent disease that address the identified epidemiological needs, and
WHEREAS, this decision-making process for determining public health priorities and funding policies is intended to provide the basis for any significant changes in public health's budget during the remainder of 2003 that may be necessitated by state legislative action:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County executive response to the proviso related to the 2003 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 14517, Section 82, is hereby approved.