File #: 2024-0293    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 11/5/2024 In control: Law and Justice Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/4/2025
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16738
Title: A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second of two reports on progress toward addressing the legal system backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P4.
Sponsors: Jorge L. BarĂ³n
Indexes: COVID-19
Attachments: 1. Motion 16738, 2. A. COVID-19 Legal System Backlog 2023-2024 Report 2, September 2024, 3. 2024-0293 transmittal letter, 4. 2024-0293 Legislative Review Form, 5. 2024-0293_SR_CovidBacklog_secondreport, 6. 2024-0293_AMD1_BacklogReport bar, 7. 2024-0293_REVISED_SR_COVID_Backlog
Related files: 2024-RPT0114
Staff: Newman, Erica

Drafter

Clerk 01/22/2025

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A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the second of two reports on progress toward addressing the legal system backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P4.

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                     WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P4, states that $200,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits two reports on progress toward addressing the legal system backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, and

                     WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P4, requires that the second report cover April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, and include positions supported by Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery ("CLFR") revenues, the amount of CLFR appropriation that has been expended as of June 30, 2024, the anticipated date by which the backlog of cases will be addressed assuming various funding scenarios for 2025 through 2026, the identification and discussion of barriers or system challenges to addressing the case backlog, data on superior court felony backlog and pending unlawful detainer cases, and the status of the district court backlog, and

                     WHEREAS, the King County executive hereby transmits to the council the COVID-19 Legal System Backlog: 2023-2024 Report 2;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The council hereby acknowledges receipt of the COVID-19 Legal System Backlog: 2023-2024 Report 2 proviso response, Attachment A to this motion, as required by the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 17, Proviso P4.