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Clerk 03/15/2016
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A MOTION approving a report on proposed funding allocation methodology for human service programs as required by the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 58, Proviso P1, as amended, and requesting the opportunity for councilmember district staff to attend and comment at meetings of the funding allocation workgroup proposed in the report and requesting council review and approval by motion of the conclusions of these workgroups.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 17941 Section 58, as amended, appropriated the community and human services administration fund 2015/2016 biennium budget, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 17941, Section 58, Proviso P1, as amended, concerned $150,000 that shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a report that outlines and describes the competitive procurement process that the department of community and human services will use to enter into human service contracts in future biennia and a motion that approves the report and the motion is passed by the council, and
WHEREAS, through the consideration and enactment of appropriations ordinances the council and the executive have often determined how to prioritize which community organizations are funded to provide human services and in doing so councilmembers have been specifically aware of many of the particular needs of the communities they represent, and
WHEREAS, this awareness by councilmembers can provide knowledge that is important to substantively inform decisions on the criteria, scope and outcome for each program area in the report;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
A. The council approves the report, which is Attachment A to this motion, that is the subject of the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 58, Proviso P1, as amended. Approval of this report shall not bind any future decisions by the council and executive regarding appropriations for specific ...
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