Tr-T2-14 S1 Jane Hague Kathy Lambert Dave Upthegrove Sponsor: Joe Mcdermott IAC] Proposed No 2014-0394
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tr-t2-14 S1 Jane Hague Kathy Lambert Dave Upthegrove Sponsor: Joe McDermott IAC] Proposed No 2014-0394 t STRIKING AMENDMENT TO PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2014.0394. VERSION 2 1 3 On page 1, beginning on line 6, strike everything through page25,line 545, and insert: ,'PREAMBLE: 4 5 Despite continued fiscal challenges created by the Great Recession and an 6 ongoing structural gap - caused by revenue growth that is slower than 7 inflation - King County continues to provide critical services for its I residents through reforms, reorganization and technology. But without 9 action by the federal and state government, our public safety, 10 transportation and public health infrastructure will continue to erode along t1. with the quality of life these services provide. T2 This budget makes necessary spending cuts to balance the county budget. 13 We have chosen these cuts based on our priorities and in away to do the T4 least amount of harm while still maintaining suffrcient levels of reserves to 15 maintain the county's AAA credit rating' T6 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COTINTY: T7 SECTION 1, Findings: The council makes the following findings of fact: I 18 A. King County government is responsible for providing a variety of services to 19 all residents of the county. These include: regional services, such as criminal justice, 20 public health, wastewater treatment, solid waste and transit; subregional services through 21 contracts with many suburban cities for police protection, jail services and support for 22 court services; and local services to unincorporated areas, such as sheriff protection, 23 support for agriculture, roads, surface water management, local parks and land use 24 regulation. 25 B. Under the King County Charter, the metropolitan King County council sets 26 policy and adopts budgets for the county. This is the first complete biennial budget for 27 the county at just over $9 billion with a $1.5 billion general fund. 28 C. Fiscal restraint and increasing efficiencies in internal services and operations 29 enable the council to focus this budget on services and programs that result in greater or 30 continued efficiencies and services and programs to ensure public safety, public health 31 and well-being. 32 Increased Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. 33 This budget funds a domestic violence unit in the King County sheriff’s office. This 34 includes detectives and community resource officers who specialize in working with 35 survivors of domestic violence. The council has been a strong supporter of funding 36 services for domestic violence programs for many years. This investment reaffirms that 37 commitment. The council also continues its support of legal aid and innovative housing 38 and counseling programs. 39 The County as a Local Government. This budget recognizes local government 40 needs by responding with more funds to the roads division, restoring planned cuts to code 2 41 abatement programs that enforce nuisance issues, and reducing planned fee increases for 42 building permits. 43 Prioritization of Public Health Infrastructure. In its budget proposal to the 44 county executive, Public Health – Seattle & King County proposed closing four public 45 health centers. Through community and local government partnerships, the county 46 budget temporarily maintains services at the Greenbridge, Federal Way, Auburn and 47 Northshore public health centers into the biennium. The council is encouraging further 48 exploration of long-term partnerships and revenue options and other delivery models for 49 public health services. 50 Providing Transit Service Countywide. This budget maintains current levels of 51 transit services. It also offers alternative transit services to right size service options and 52 help those communities most affected by recent service reductions. Additionally, the 53 council ensured that the transit system continues to be accessible to less affluent 54 segments of the population by implementing a low-income fare and increasing the 55 number of discounted tickets available for purchase by nonprofit agencies. 56 Fiscal responsibility: This budget continues to find efficiencies. Years of 57 council direction have yielded results through reductions in the rate of increases of our 58 overhead service costs. Every dollar saved through lower overhead and administrative 59 costs is another dollar that is available for direct services. Through partnership with the 60 county executive, the county has used business process improvements to lower costs. 61 Sufficient reserves in the county general fund are maintained and comprehensive 62 financial management practices in the county’s major funds are applied to maintain King 63 County's AAA bond rating. 3 64 SECTION 2. Effect of proviso or expenditure restriction veto. It is hereby 65 declared to be the legislative intent of the council that a veto of any proviso or 66 expenditure restriction that conditions the expenditure of a stated dollar amount or the use 67 of FTE authority upon the performance of a specific action by an agency shall thereby 68 reduce the appropriation authority to that agency by the stated dollar or FTE amount. 69 SECTION 3. The 2015-2016 Biennial Budget is hereby adopted and, subject to 70 the provisions set forth in this ordinance and the several amounts specified in this 71 ordinance or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes 72 designated, appropriations are hereby authorized to be distributed for salaries, wages and 73 other expenses of the various agencies and departments of King County, for capital 74 improvements and for other specified purposes for the fiscal period beginning January 1, 75 2015, and ending December 31, 2016, out of the following funds of the county named 76 and set forth in the following sections. 77 SECTION 4. The fund appropriations are sums to cover merit pay and labor 78 settlements. The county executive is authorized to distribute the required portions of 79 these monies among the affected positions in each operating fund effective January 1, 80 2015. In the event cost-of-living adjustments are greater than the appropriations 81 authorized in this ordinance, all budgets shall be augmented as required from moneys 82 available to the county not otherwise appropriated in that case. An ordinance shall be 83 transmitted by the executive to the council appropriating those funds by appropriation 84 unit. 4 85 SECTION 5. Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4 of this ordinance, section 129 of 86 this ordinance takes effect ten days after the executive's approval of this ordinance, as 87 provided in the King County Charter. 88 SECTION 6. COUNTY COUNCIL - From the general fund there is hereby 89 appropriated to: 90 County council $3,582,000 91 The maximum number of FTEs for county council shall be: 9.00 92 SECTION 7. COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION - From the general fund there is 93 hereby appropriated to: 94 Council administration $29,773,000 95 The maximum number of FTEs for council administration shall be: 97.10 96 SECTION 8. HEARING EXAMINER - From the general fund there is hereby 97 appropriated to: 98 Hearing examiner $1,103,000 99 The maximum number of FTEs for hearing examiner shall be: 3.00 100 SECTION 9. COUNTY AUDITOR - From the general fund there is hereby 101 appropriated to: 102 County auditor $4,576,000 103 The maximum number of FTEs for county auditor shall be: 16.90 104 ER1 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION: 105 Of this appropriation $300,000 may be expended or encumbered only on or 106 before June 30, 2015, and solely to conduct: 5 107 A. A financial review of the King County Enhanced 911 program, its reserves 108 and financial policies, including an evaluation of the county's systems compared to 109 national best practices; and 110 B. A technical audit of King County's implementation of Next Generation 911 111 policies, standards, technology and implementation timelines, including evaluation of 112 King County's program compared to state requirements and actions and national best 113 practices. 114 ER2 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION: 115 Of this appropriation, $400,000 shall be expended or encumbered solely to deliver 116 the transit audit function defined in Ordinance 17936. 117 SECTION 10. OMBUDSMAN/TAX ADVISOR - From the general fund there is 118 hereby appropriated to: 119 Ombudsman/tax advisor $2,605,000 120 The maximum number of FTEs for ombudsman/tax advisor shall be: 10.00 121 SECTION 11. KING COUNTY CIVIC TELEVISION - From the general fund 122 there is hereby appropriated to: 123 King County civic television $1,387,000 124 The maximum number of FTEs for King County civic television shall be: 5.00 125 SECTION 12. BOARD OF APPEALS - From the general fund there is hereby 126 appropriated to: 127 Board of appeals $1,509,000 128 The maximum number of FTEs for board of appeals shall be: 4.00 6 129 SECTION 13. OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT - From the 130 general fund there is hereby appropriated to: 131 Office of law enforcement oversight $1,451,000 132 The maximum number of FTEs for office of law enforcement oversight shall be: 4.00 133 SECTION 14. EASTSIDE RAIL CORRIDOR - From the general fund there is 134 hereby appropriated to: 135 Eastside rail corridor $600,000 136 SECTION 15. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS - 137 From the general fund there is hereby appropriated to: 138 Office of economic and financial analysis $983,000 139 The maximum number of FTEs for office of economic and financial analysis 140 shall be: 2.50 141 SECTION 16. COUNTY EXECUTIVE - From the general fund there is hereby 142 appropriated to: 143 County executive $556,000 144 The maximum number of FTEs for county executive shall be: 1.00 145 SECTION 17. OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE - From the general fund there is 146 hereby appropriated to: 147 Office of the executive $10,202,000 148 The maximum number of FTEs for office of the executive shall be: 23.67 149 P1 PROVIDED THAT: 150 Of this appropriation, $50,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the 151 executive transmits an ordinance establishing a special committee on transit and the 7 152 ordinance is adopted by the council.