File #: 2002-0510    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/21/2002 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 11/25/2002 Final action: 11/25/2002
Enactment date: 12/6/2002 Enactment #: 14517
Title: AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2003 Annual Budget and making appropriations for the operation of county agencies and departments and capital improvements for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2003 and ending December 31, 2003.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Budget
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14517.pdf, 2. 2002-0510 Corrected Errata dated 11-20-02, 3. 2002-0510 Summary of Green River Homicides Investigation and Ridgway Case Expenditures for the Sheriff and PAO -- 2002-2004.xls, 4. 2002-0510 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. 2002-0510-2003 Budget Hearing Notice, 6. A. 2003 Executive Proposed Budget Book, 7. Advertising Notice - Notice of Enactment.doc, 8. Attachment B. As Transmitted, 9. Attachment B. dated 11-22-02, 10. Attachment C. As Transmitted, 11. Attachment C. dated 11-22-02, 12. Attachment D. As Transmitted, 13. Attachment D. dated 11-22-02 , 14. B. General Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-25-02, 15. C. Roads Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-25-02, 16. D. Wastewater Capital Improvement Program, dated 11-25-02, 17. E. 2003 Executive Proposed Capital Improvement Program Book
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Clerk 11/26/2002
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AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2003 Annual Budget and making appropriations for the operation of county agencies and departments and capital improvements for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2003 and ending December 31, 2003.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings: The council hereby makes the following findings of fact.
A. The metropolitan King County council has, over the past few years, adopted a number of long-range policies that prioritize competing needs while addressing the growing structural gap between the county's revenues and expenditures. In 2002, $41 million in cuts were needed to balance the general fund. In 2003, $53 million in cuts are needed. This structural gap will continue for the foreseeable future, with projected shortfalls of $24 million in both 2004 and 2005.
B. This 2003 King County budget implements the council's policies for services that must take the highest priority, and for those services that are mandated by the state and by the county's voter-approved charter.
C. The first priority is public safety, to be met by ensuring that resources will be available for the foreseeable future for law enforcement in the unincorporated area, the county court system, the punishment of criminals and the reduction of crime. Yet the council recognizes that without reductions in operational costs, by 2007 the costs of the county's criminal justice system would entirely consume the current expense fund.
D. By Ordinance 13916 the council created the Juvenile Justice Operational Master Plan in 2000 to help reduce juvenile crime while saving several million dollars in the system. This budget continues to invest in these programs that improve quality of life for our citizens and youth while also reducing costs.
E. When closing the budget gap in 2002, the council began by tasking King County district court with a twenty one percent reduction. The court accomplis...

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