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Clerk 12/11/2008
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A MOTION accepting the capital project report required by provisos included in the office of management and budget section of the 2008 budget ordinance and in the capital program section of the 2008 budget ordinance as it pertains to the accountable business transformation project; recommending an initiative to develop a coordinated and cost effective reporting structure to replace the existing reporting structure developed incrementally over the past twenty years.
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WHEREAS, in November 2007, the King County council approved provisos in Ordinance 15975, requiring the office of management and budget and the accountable business transformation ("ABT") program management office to provide to the council by March 3, 2008, in writing, the proposed capital improvement program ("CIP") reporting analysis requirement that will be included in ABT high level business design for the budget system business functions, and subject to proviso P2 of Section 19, and WHEREAS, the proviso further required the office of management and budget and the ABT program management office to transmit to council a capital project report as defined in the March 3, 2008, proviso response, and
WHEREAS the capital project report developed and transmitted herein according to the terms of the applicable provisos in Ordinance 15975 represents only an interim step toward the improvement of the capital project reporting structure developed incrementally over twenty years, and
WHEREAS, the current capital reporting structure developed incrementally by procedure, proviso, and the King County Code has resulted in multiple reporting requirements which do not adequately meet the needs of either branch of government;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
A. The King County council accepts the capital project report defined in the proviso response transmitted on March 3, 2008.
B. The council, council auditor's office and executive sta...
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