File #: 2010-0273    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed
File created: 5/3/2010 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: 5/24/2010 Final action: 5/24/2010
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE directing the submission to the qualified voters of King County at the August 17, 2010, special election, a proposition authorizing an additional sales and use tax of two-tenths of one percent pursuant to RCW 82.14.450 for criminal justice, fire protection and other general governmental purposes; and appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the August 17, 2010, special election.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson, Larry Gossett
Attachments: 1. 2010-0273 Transmittal Letter.doc, 2. 2010-0273 Fiscal Note.xls, 3. 2010-0273 Attachment to Transmittal Letter-- Attachment A..doc, 4. Staff Report 05-04-2010, 5. Staff Report 05-13-2010, 6. Staff Report 05-13-2010 --with attachments, 7. 2010-0273 Amendment Package 5-24-10.pdf
Staff: Hamacher, Patrick
Drafter
Clerk 04/29/2010
Title
AN ORDINANCE directing the submission to the qualified voters of King County at the August 17, 2010, special election, a proposition authorizing an additional sales and use tax of two-tenths of one percent pursuant to RCW 82.14.450 for criminal justice, fire protection and other general governmental purposes; and appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the August 17, 2010, special election.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Public safety is one of the most fundamental purposes of government.
B. A strong system of criminal justice is necessary to maintain safe and livable communities.
C. Under Washington state law, counties provide many regional and local criminal justice functions, including police protection services and responding to emergencies.
D. In order to have the greatest possible impact in helping those most in need and the highest return on its investments, King County focuses on prevention and intervention efforts, job readiness and employment services, ending homelessness, and providing services that reduce criminal justice involvement and costs.
E. The current funding for criminal justice is limited and insufficient to provide King County residents with the level of services that are needed to build and maintain safe and strong communities.
F. King County has aggressively worked to reduce expenditures by consolidating departments and functions, reducing labor costs, and eliminating positions and programs.
G. For many years, King County has also worked to obtain additional revenue tools from the state Legislature to offset the structural funding problem facing King and all other Washington counties. In the 2009 legislative session, King County was successful in obtaining a number of the changes sought over the years, such as additional flexibility for using certain revenues for a limited period of time. However, these changes were ...

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