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Agenda Bill Report
File Number: AB2024-034
File ID: AB2024-034 Version: 1 Status: Adopted
File Created: 12/22/2023 Entered by: MMiterko@co.whatcom.wa.us
Department: Finance Division File Type: Ordinance
Assigned to: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee Final Action: 01/23/2024
Agenda Date: 01/23/2024 Enactment#: ORD 2024-005
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Primary Contact Email: atan@co.whatcom.wa.us
TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
Ordinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 3, in the amount of 1,693,840
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Supplemental #3 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $275,000 in County Council to fund review of countywide Fire and EMS
systems.
2. To appropriate $29,326 in County Clerk to fund Court Clerk FTE support for court services.
3. To appropriate $80,128 in District Court to fund Jury Coordinator position.
4. To appropriate $4,885 in District Court to fund new Jury Coordinator position software
license.
5. To appropriate $4,750 in District Court to fund new Jury Coordinator position furniture and
supplies.
6. To appropriate $2,500 in Health to fund WDFW Wiser Lake Waterfowl Survey from grant
proceeds.
7. To appropriate $68,750 in Health to fund Workforce Development - CDC Covid Recovery
from grant proceeds.
8. To appropriate $300,000 in Non -Departmental to fund Commerce Refugee Grant.
9. To appropriate $130,000 in Non -Departmental to fund Fleet Electrification transfer companion
to #4515.
From the Jail Fund:
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10. To appropriate $25,000 to fund Data Cabling for main Jail.
From the Climate Action Fund:
11. To appropriate $130,000 in Public Works Natural Resources to fund 2024 Fleet Electrification
Study.
12. To appropriate $250,000 in Public Works Natural Resources to fund Phase 2 Sea Level Rise
Vulnerability Assessment from grant proceeds.
From the Real Estate Excise Tax II Fund:
13. To appropriate $103,825 to fund REET companion to supplemental #4510 Cedar Hills Culvert
Replacement.
From the Public Utilities Improvement Fund:
14. To appropriate $289,676 to fund Affordable Housing for the Workforce.
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE FILE
Date: Acting Body: Action: Sent To:
01/09/2024 Council
Aye: 7
Nay: 0
01/23/2024 Council Finance and Administrative
Services Committee
Aye: 3
Nay: 0
INTRODUCED Council Finance and
Administrative Services
Committee
Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Elenbaas, Galloway, Scanlon, and Stremler
RECOMMENDED FOR
ADOPTION
Byrd, Galloway, and Donovan
01/23/2024 Council ADOPTED
Aye: 6 Buchanan, Byrd, Donovan, Galloway, Scanlon, and Stremler
Nay: 1 Elenbaas
Attachments: Proposed Ordinance, Summary Listing,Supplemental Requests
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PROPOSED BY: Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: 01/09/24
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-005
AMENDMENT NO. 3 OF THE 2024 BUDGET
WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 budget was adopted November 22, 2022; and,
WHEREAS, changing circumstances require modifications to the approved 2023-2024 budget;
and,
WHEREAS, the modifications to the budget have been assembled here for deliberation by the
Whatcom County Council,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the 2023-2024
Whatcom County Budget Ordinance #2022-070 is hereby amended by adding the following additional
amounts to the 2024 budaet included therein:
Fund
Expenditures
Revenues
Net Effect
General Fund
County Council
275,000
-
275,000
County Clerk
29,326
-
29,326
District Court
89,763
-
89,763
Health
71,250
(202,500)
(131,250)
Non -Departmental
430,000
(300,000)
130,000
Total General Fund
895,339
(502,500)
392,839
Jail Fund
25,000
25,000
Climate Action Fund
380,000
(380,000)
Real Estate Excise Tax 11 Fund
103,825
103,825
Public Utilities Improvement Fund
289,676
-
289,676
Total Supplemental
1,693,840
(882,500)
811,340
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that Exhibit C — Position Control
Changes in the 2023-2024 Budget Ordinance should also be amended to provide for the following
FTE changes in County Clerk and District Court:
• Add '/z FTE County Clerk — Court Clerk
• Add 1 FTE District Court — Jury Coordinator
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