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SUBJECT.
An Emergency Ordinance, amending the 1996 Budget for Current Expense, Prosecuting Attorney's Office "Amendment
No. 4A to the 1996 Budget"
ATTACHMENTS:
Ordinance
Background documentation
Position Control Amendment
SUMMARY STATEMENT. Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item below.
Related County contract #: Should Clerk schedule a hearing? NO /X / YES // Requested date:
- lergency Ordinance, Supplemental Budget Ordinance No. 4A adds appropriation to the following budgets:
Current Expense:
The supplemental request for the Current Expense Fund, Prosecuting Attorney, appropriates $50,738 from Current
Expense fund balance, to hire professional staff to provide temporary and long -term assistance to the attorneys in the
felony division, in light of increasing caseloads that include greater numbers of serious violent offense and aggravated
murder cases presently pending trial.
This request includes funding for an additional full -time position: "Sexual Assault Specialist" to commence on June 1.
Funding for this position is contingent upon and tied directly to availability of funds from the Victim Witness Fund.
Other Funds:
The supplemental request for the Victim Witness Fund appropriates $25,030 from fund balance, to transfer to Current
Expense to provide funding for above expenditure.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION.
Pass
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN.
) TINCIL ACTION TAKEN.
1996 - 201 A 5/28/96: Adopted 7 - 0. Reference Nelson Correspondence
memo dated 5/29/96. Ord: 96 -023
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SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: 5/28/96
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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE 1996 BUDGET
FOR CURRENT EXPENSE, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
AMENDMENT NO. 4A 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, the Prosecuting Attorney's Office current caseload exceeds resource
capacity to adequately represent the interests of the State and the citizens of Whatcom County;
and,
WHEREAS, time is of the essence for additional appropriation authority in the
Prosecuting Attorney's budget to provide adequate resources to prosecute the increased number
of violent offense and aggravated murder cases currently pending trial; and,
WHEREAS, those modifications have been assembled here for deliberation by the
Whatcom County Council; and,
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 funds included therein:
Current Expense Fund:
Prosecuting Attorney $50,738
Total Current Expense $50,738
Other Funds:
Victim Witness Fund $25,030
Total Other Funds $25,030
Total Supplemental $75.768
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ADOPTED this 28 day of may —11996.
ATTEST:
Dana Brown- Davis, ou erk
/ P,ROV, ED, AS TO FORM:
Civil Deputy Prosecutor
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNT , WASHINGTON
War Nels , Ch 'r
00 Ap roved () Denied
Pete Kremen, Executive
Date:
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