File #: 2009-0445    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Lapsed
File created: 7/20/2009 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/1/2010
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE directing the submission to the qualified voters of King County a Safe and Strong Communities proposition authorizing an additional sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent pursuant to RCW 82.14.450 for criminal justice purposes including police protection, fire protection, public health such as pandemic flu preparation, human services and general city purposes and appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the November 3, 2009, general election.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett
Indexes: Criminal Justice, Elections, Human Services, Police Dept, Public Health, Taxes, Voters' Pamphlet
Attachments: 1. 2009-0445 A PSST Ballot Measure.xls, 2. 2009-0445 SSC ST By City.xls, 3. 2009-0445 Transmittal Letter Final 7-17-09 with KT's edits.doc, 4. Staff Report 07-21-09
Staff: Hamacher, Patrick
Drafter
Clerk 07/17/2009
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AN ORDINANCE directing the submission to the qualified voters of King County a Safe and Strong Communities proposition authorizing an additional sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent pursuant to RCW 82.14.450 for criminal justice purposes including police protection, fire protection, public health such as pandemic flu preparation, human services and general city purposes and appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the November 3, 2009, general election.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Public safety, public health and human services are some of the most fundamental purposes of government.
B. A strong system of criminal justice, public health and human services is necessary to maintain safe and livable communities.
C. Criminal justice, public health and human services are interrelated and public investments in public health and human services lessen the public costs for criminal justice and other programs.
D. Under the Washington state Constitution, counties provide many regional and local criminal justice functions, including police protection services such as patrols and responding to emergencies and specialized law enforcement services such as helicopter air support, bomb squads and marine patrols.
E. King County government also has a responsibility to provide regional public health services to the one million eight hundred thousand residents as well as the hundreds of thousand of workers and tourists who enter the county each day.
F. Over the past century, public health functions have led to remarkable gains in health that have significantly increased longevity and improved quality of life, public health services benefit the entire population of King County every day and address multiple determinants of health, including biological, behavioral, environmental, social and economic conditions, and therefore complement the crimi...

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