Drafter
Clerk 12/16/2008
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AN ORDINANCE relating to code revisions and additions necessary to preserve certain county services and reduce the necessity for additional reductions in force, by placing nonessential county employees on an unpaid furlough; and amending Ordinance 376, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.08.010, Ordinance 12014, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.010, Ordinance 12014, Section 13, and K.C.C. 3.12.100, Ordinance 12014, Section 15, and K.C.C. 3.12.120, Ordinance 12077, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.125, Ordinance 12014, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.190, Ordinance 12052, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.210, Ordinance 12014, Section 20, and K.C.C. 3.12.215, Ordinance 14591, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.12.218, Ordinance 12014, Section 21, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.220, Ordinance 12014, Section 22, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.223, Ordinance 7956, Section 6, and K.C.C. 3.12.225, Ordinance 12014, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.230, Ordinance 12077, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.240, and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 3.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The county is experiencing an unprecedented financial emergency resulting in a significant shortfall in the amount of funding needed to sustain the current level of general operations through 2009. In order to address the shortfall, program cuts and reductions in force are being implemented.
B. In order to preserve certain services and reduce the necessity for additional reductions in force, the county for ten days in 2009 will shut down all but certain designated services and place eligible employees on an unpaid furlough, also known as an emergency budget furlough. In order to provide for the furlough, certain code revisions are necessary.
C. Areas affected are office hours, workweeks and personnel provisions.
D. On December 10, 2008, the executive proclaimed that a budget emergency c...

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