File #: 2002-0259    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/10/2002 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/22/2002
Enactment date: 8/1/2002 Enactment #: 14423
Title: AN ORDINANCE making a supplemental appropriation of $1,936,504 from current expense reserves to the office of public defense to pay for extraordinary costs in the case against Gary Leon Ridgway; and amending the 2002 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 14265, Section 43, as amended.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Appropriation, Budget, Prosecuting Attorney, Public Defense
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14423.pdf, 2. 2002-0259 Defense Costs.xls, 3. 2002-0259 FISCAL NOTE - Defense costs in the case against Gary L. Ridgway.xls, 4. 2002-0259 Order Authorizing Attorneys, Support Staff and Expert Services at Public Expense No. 01-10270-9 SEA.doc, 5. 2002-0259 Revised Staff Report 07-17-02- csc.doc, 6. 2002-0259 Ridgway Defense and Budget Issues.doc, 7. 2002-0259 Table 1- Current Expense Fund Financial Plan - June 3, 2002.xls, 8. 2002-0259 Transmittal Letter.doc, 9. None
Drafter
Clerk 06/04/2002
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AN ORDINANCE making a supplemental appropriation of $1,936,504 from current expense reserves to the office of public defense to pay for extraordinary costs in the case against Gary Leon Ridgway; and amending the 2002 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 14265, Section 43, as amended.
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      BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      SECTION 1.  There is hereby approved and adopted a supplemental appropriation of $1,936,504 from current expense reserves to the office of public defense to pay for extraordinary costs in the case against Gary Leon Ridgway.  Provided, that the office of public defense and the executive shall prepare and submit such information as is necessary to seek reimbursement from the State of Washington for extraordinary expenses under the provisions of Chapter 303, Laws of Washington 1999.
      SECTION 2.  Ordinance 14265, Section 43, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting the following therein:
      PUBLIC DEFENSE - From the current expense fund there is hereby appropriated
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      Public defense                                    $1,936,504
      SECTION 3.  This ordinance is a response to extraordinary and unique circumstances.  It is the council's intent that this appropriation not serve as a precedent, and that this ordinance does not bind the council in any way in future cases.
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