Drafter
Clerk 02/11/2015
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the children and family justice center, making a supplemental appropriation of $1,955,000 to the building repair and replacement fund; and amending the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 129.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. According to American Community Survey data, King County's average unemployment rate in 2013 was 6.5 percent; however, the unemployment rate was greater for certain portions of the county's population: Latinos were at 9.6 percent; young adults ages 20 to 24 were at 13 percent ; and African-Americans were at 11.6 percent.
2. King County juvenile court data show that although overall secure detention average daily population continued to decline through 2014, the percentage of minorities at the time of law enforcement referral and in detention has increased. African American youth finished 2014 at 50.7 percent of the total secure average daily population - up from 42.6 percent in 2013.
3. The Bureau of Labor Statistics 2013 data show an unemployment rate among all veterans in Washington state of 7.3 percent, compared with nationwide rates of 6.6 percent unemployment among all veterans and 9.0 percent among Gulf War II-era veterans.
4. King County establishes apprenticeship requirements on selected public works projects with estimated construction valued at greater than $1 million dollars. Under K.C.C. 12.16.156, King County also sets voluntary hiring goals for public works projects as a whole of 21 percent for minorities, 25 percent for women, 2 percent for persons with disabilities and 7 percent for disadvantaged youth. According to the 2013 Annual Apprenticeship Report, King County achieved a 14.9 percent overall apprentice participation rate, with 28 percent participation by minorities, but only 2.4 percent participation by women apprentices. Contractors did not report labor hours for the participation of disadvantaged youth or disabled perso...
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