HomeMy WebLinkAboutres2016-049WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2016
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Date Received in Council Of
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Orininator:
Weimer
11/9/2016
11/9/2016
Introduction
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11/22/2016
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TITLE OF DOCUMENT.
Res. Request Exec prepare alternative financing option for select water resource
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This resolution requests the County Executive to (1) develop long -term deficit reduction alternatives that maintain or enhance current levels of service;
(2) present alternative to the Council no later than the second quarter of 2017; and (3) after receiving guidance from the Council, develop a final
proposal in the third quarter of 2017, ready for implementation in the 2018 budget. The Council proposes to authorize $40,000 in the 2017 FCZD
budget to enable this work.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
COUNCIL ACTION:
11/9/2016: Introduced 7 -0
11/22/2016: Approved 7 -0, Res. 2016 -049
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7 RESOLUTION NO. 2016 -049
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10 RESOLUTION OF THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
11 REQUESTING THAT THE EXECUTIVE PREPARE ALTERNATIVE
12 FINANCING OPTIONS FOR SELECTED WATER RESOURCE
13 SERVICES
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16 WHEREAS, Resolution 2014 -015 declared the Whatcom County
17 Council's intention to create a Water Action Plan to steer the growth
18 water resource services; and
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20 WHEREAS, the Council authorized additional expenditures from the
21 Flood Fund to accommodate new water resource services; and
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23 WHEREAS, the long -term effect of continuing these additional
24 expenditures is to diminish the Flood Fund balance unless preexisting
25 services are reduced or additional revenues are secured; and
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27 WHEREAS, current biennial budget predictions show that Flood Fund
28 reserves will approach the $5M emergency flood response and
29 operating threshold established by Resolution 2010 -055 during the
30 2018 fiscal year and, thereby, substantially diminish the Flood Control
31 Zone District's capacity to improve flood control infrastructure.
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33 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Whatcom County
34 Council declares its intent to arrest the decline in flood fund balance,
35 while maintaining and improving existing water resource services.
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37 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council requests the County
38 Executive to (1) develop long -term deficit reduction alternatives that
39 maintain or enhance current levels of service; (2) present alternatives
40 to the Council no later than the second quarter of 2017; and (3) after
41 receiving guidance from the Council, develop a final proposal in the
42 third quarter of 2017, ready for implementation in the 2018 budget
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BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Council proposes to
authorize $40,000 in the 2017 FCZD budget to enable this work.
Approved this 22nd day of November, 2016.
Qana'BBro i �
Clerk of °e C -o nc (,.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
(Name) Civil Deputy Prosecutor
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Berry Buchanan, Chairman
Whatcom County Council
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