HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1996-014WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
NO. 96 -119
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Date
Date Received in Council Office:
Agenda date
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Jri ' ator: Executive
3/8/96
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WHATCOM COO
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3/19/96
Council Introduction
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SUBJECT.
1996 Supplemental Budget Request #1
ATTACHMENTS:
Ordinance
Background documentation
SUMMARY STATEMENT. Please complete sections 4Qf box as appropriate & explain the item below.
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Supplemental Budget Ordinance No. 1 adds appropriation to the following budgets:
The supplemental request for the Current Expense Fund, Public Defender, appropriates $61,470 from fund balance
hire temporary staff and provide required professional services and travel funds to provide effective assistance of counsel
in light of increasing caseloads and the number of aggravated murder cases they are currently assigned to.
2) The supplemental request for the Current Expense Fund, Superior Court, appropriates $23,277 from fund balance
to pay for the County's portion of unpaid 1995 and anticipated 1996 benefits for Superior Court judges.
3) The supplemental request for the Current Expense Fund, County Council, appropriates $55,000 from fund balance
to pay for professional services to conduct a legal review of the Comprehensive Plan.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION.
Pass
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN.
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN.
1996 -119-
3/19/96: Introduced
4/2/96: Held in Committee for two weeks
'16/96: Substitute Ordinance adopted 7 - 0. Ordinance #96 -014
Related File Numbers:
Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
Ord. 96 -014
Substitute 4/16/96 SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: 3/19/96
AMENDMENT NO.1 TO THE 1996 BUDGET
WHEREAS, the 1996 budget was adopted November 28, 1995; and,
WHEREAS, changing circumstances require modifications to the approved 1996 budget;
and,
WHEREAS, those modifications have been assembled here for deliberation by the
Whatcom County Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the
1996 Whatcom County budget ordinance 95 -065 is hereby amended by adding the following
amounts to the fund included therein:
Current Expense Fund:
Public Defender 61,470
County Council 30,000
Total Current Expense Fund 91,470
Total Supplemental $91.470
ADOPTED this 16 day of April —11996.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Dana Brown - Davis, tou-neil erk �L4ard Nels n, Cha
AP OVED AS TO FORM: Approved () Deni
Civil Deputy Prosecutor P emen, Executive
Date:
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WHATCOM COUNTY
Summary of the Supplemental Budget Ordinance No. 1
Department/Fund
Description
Amount
Source of Funds
Current Expense
Public Defender
Extra help, professional services
and travel
61,470
Fund Balance
County Council
Professional service, perform
legal review of comprehensive
plan
30,000
Fund Balance
Total Current Expense
JU,470
TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL
$91.470
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