File #: 2011-0091    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 2/14/2011 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/28/2011
Enactment date: Enactment #: 13431
Title: A MOTION adopting the schedule for King County's move to biennial budgeting and fulfilling the requirements of Ordinance 15545.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson, Larry Phillips
Indexes: Natural Resources, Department of, Transportation
Attachments: 1. Motion 13431.pdf, 2. 02-15-2011 Staff Report, 3. A. List of Funds for Biennial Budgeting, dated 02-28-2011, 4. 13431 Amendment Package 2-28-11.pdf
Staff: Hamacher, Patrick
Drafter
Clerk 02/28/2011
Title
A MOTION adopting the schedule for King County's move to biennial budgeting and fulfilling the requirements of Ordinance 15545.
Body
WHEREAS, RCW 36.40.250 authorizes the legislative body of any county to adopt an ordinance providing for biennial budgeting with a midbiennium review, and
WHEREAS, the voters of King County adopted Proposition 1 in November 2003, which authorizes biennial budgeting, and
WHEREAS, the metropolitan King County council adopted Ordinance 15545 on July 10, 2006, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 15545 allows the council to provide the executive with the fund or funds selected for biennial budgeting, and
WHEREAS, this notification must occur at least two hundred forty-five days before the end of the year, and
WHEREAS, in the 2008-2009 biennium, the county used transit as a pilot agency, and
WHEREAS, in the 2010-2011 biennium, biennial budgeting was expanded to the entire department of transportation, and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the county council to continue the implementation of biennial budgeting countywide, as approved by the voters in 2003;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
A. The council hereby notifies the executive, in accordance with Ordinance 15545, that the following agencies and funds shall be adopted as biennial budgets for the following years:
1. For the 2012-2013 biennium:
a. all funds associated with the department of transportation; and
b. all funds associated with the department of development and environmental services;
2. For the 2013-2014 biennium:
a. all funds associated with the department of transportation;
b. all funds associated with the department of development and environmental services;
c. all funds associated with the department of natural resources and parks;
d. all funds associated with the department of public health;
e. all funds associated with the department of community and human services;
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