Drafter
Clerk 06/17/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing an interlocal agreement between King County and Snohomish county for the provision of King County council staff services to the Snohomish county council related to the development of fiscal and budget best practices and procedures.
Body
PREAMBLE:
King County and Snohomish county are both charter counties that operate with separately elected executive and legislative branches of county government.
King County and Snohomish county utilize similar budget preparation and development processes with the executive branch developing a proposed budget and the legislative branch adopting a final budget.
The current Snohomish county council has new leadership for its finance and economic development committee and desires that the committee and council conduct an examination of Snohomish county's fiscal practices and procedures.
The Snohomish county council believes it would be beneficial to review the fiscal practices and procedures of counties that operate under similar structures, including King County, to identify best practices that might be incorporated into the procedures for Snohomish county.
The metropolitan King County council offered the assistance of a senior member of its staff who has extensive knowledge and experience in reviewing and implementing county budgets in a comparable legislative setting to provide information and offer suggestions for improvement of Snohomish county's fiscal practices and procedures;
The metropolitan King County council and Snohomish county council agree to the terms of an interlocal agreement to share information, resources and recommendations for the development of fiscal and budget best practices and procedures.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The chair of the King County council is hereby authorized to enter into an interlocal agreement, substantially in the form of the attached agreement, for the provision of council staff servic...

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