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A MOTION adopting the priorities of King County for the 2008 budget.
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WHEREAS, under the King County charter, the county council is the policy determining body and adopts budgets for King County government, and
WHEREAS, the executive under the charter carries out policy as set by the council and presents budgets and a budget message setting forth the programs which he proposes for the county during the next fiscal year, and
WHEREAS, the council has over the years provided policy direction to the executive to be reflected in the proposed budget, including initiatives such as the office of information resource management, the juvenile and adult justice operational master plans, realignment of the district court system, expansion of drug and mental health courts, development of framework policies for human services, establishment of the nearshore habitat conservation initiative, creation of the cultural development authority, the property expert review task force, the citizens election oversight committee, the county's annexation and children's health initiatives and the public health operational master plan, and
WHEREAS, the council has been a leader in promoting performance management in King County and adopted Motion 11561 in 2002 encouraging the executive to broaden the use of performance measurement throughout county government as a way of enhancing management of scarce resources and demonstrating accountability, and WHEREAS, such priorities as efficiency, greater public trust and wise management of scarce resources are valid both for agencies that receive general fund revenues and agencies such as the road services division and the Transit Division that are funded through revenues dedicated for specific purposes, and
WHEREAS, in October 2006, the council adopted Motion 12367 setting the Priorities for People for the 2007 budget, and
WHEREAS, the Priorities for People included the major categories of earning public trust, enhancing qua...
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