King County - File #: 2026-0071

• File #: 2026-0071
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/7/2026
• In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
• Final action: 6/23/2026
• Enactment date: 7/6/2026
• Enactment #: 20086
• Title: AN ORDINANCE making a net supplemental appropriation of $70,172,000 to various general fund agencies, a net supplemental appropriation of $147,858,000 to various non-general fund agencies and a net supplemental appropriation of $213,368,141 from various capital fund budgets; amending the 2026-2027 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Sections 7, 8, 16, 21, 21, 30, 30, 33, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 43, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 60, 64, 64, 70, 70, 71, 71, 79, 80, 82, 83, 83, 87, 87, 90, 90, 91, 91, 94, 94, 96, 96, 98, 98, 101, 102, 102, 103, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 109, 110, 110, 111, 111, 115, 115, 116, 116, 122, 123, 124, 126, 132, and 132, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended, adding a new section to Ordinance 20023, as amended, and repealing Ordinance 20023, Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, and 28, as amended.
• Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
• Indexes: Appropriation, Budget, capital improvement
• Related files: 2025-0288, 2026-B0070
• Staff: Paul, Gene

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2026	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
6/10/2026	1	Budget and Fiscal Management Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute	Pass
5/13/2026	1	Budget and Fiscal Management Committee	Deferred
4/22/2026	1	Budget and Fiscal Management Committee	Deferred
4/7/2026	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Title
AN ORDINANCE making a net supplemental appropriation of $70,172,000 to various general fund agencies, a net supplemental appropriation of $147,858,000 to various non-general fund agencies and a net supplemental appropriation of $213,368,141 from various capital fund budgets; amending the 2026-2027 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Sections 7, 8, 16, 21, 21, 30, 30, 33, 33, 34, 34, 35, 36, 43, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 60, 64, 64, 70, 70, 71, 71, 79, 80, 82, 83, 83, 87, 87, 90, 90, 91, 91, 94, 94, 96, 96, 98, 98, 101, 102, 102, 103, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 109, 110, 110, 111, 111, 115, 115, 116, 116, 122, 123, 124, 126, 132, and 132, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended, adding a new section to Ordinance 20023, as amended, and repealing Ordinance 20023, Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, and 28, as amended.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. In 2025, the King County auditor released its audit of department of community and human services ("DCHS") financial stewardship. The audit surveyed only thirty-six of the hundreds of community grant contracts DCHS enters into with various service providers across various DCHS programs, including Best Start for Kids ("BSK"). The selected thirty-six contracts represented less than two percent of the overall payments made by DCHS to grant contract providers. Generally, across the grant contracts audited, the audit found that DCHS "did not consistently apply internal controls, resulting in improper payments, including potential fraud, across multiple programs and contracts.
2. Of the BSK-funded grant contracts audited, the auditor selected grant contracts from the two substrategies of the BSK implementation plan "Sustain to Gain" strategy, which are "Liberation and Healing" and "Stop the School to Prison Pipeline," each with an estimated budget of $10.5 million and $8.6 million respectively. Audit findings related to grant contracts surveyed under the Liberation and Healing substrategy...