File #: 2011-0056    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 1/31/2011 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/28/2011
Enactment date: Enactment #: 13430
Title: A MOTION adopting the 2011 work program for the budget and fiscal management committee.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson
Indexes: Budget
Attachments: 1. Motion 13430.pdf, 2. 02-01-2011 Staff Report, 3. 02-15-2011Staff Report, 4. Amendment 1 to 2011-0056, 5. A. Metropolitan King County Council Budget and Fiscal Management Committee 2011 Work Program, dated, February 15, 2011, 6. REVISED staff report, 7. A. Metropolitan King County Council Budget and Fiscal Management Committee 2011 Work Program, dated, February 15, 2011
Title
A MOTION adopting the 2011 work program for the budget and fiscal management committee.
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      WHEREAS, the budget and fiscal management committee is charged with:  considering and making recommendations on capital and operating budget appropriations; considering and making recommendations on the county revenue and expenditure fiscal structural gap; considering and making recommendations on the sale and lease of real property to or by the county; considering and making recommendations on the office of economic and financial analysis and financial policies; and considering and making recommendations on debt and investment proposals and developing recommendations on policy direction for the 2012 annual budget, and
      WHEREAS, King County continues to experience financial challenges in its current expense and other funds, and
      WHEREAS, the committee has, therefore, developed a work plan for 2011 to facilitate its review of budgets including monitoring and making recommendations on: financial policies and plans; status of county funds; revenues and expenditures; taxes, levies, and fees; debt and investments; sale and lease of real property to or by the county; and its development of policy options and recommendations on these and other issues including the 2012 annual budget, and
      WHEREAS, the committee seeks to be fully transparent and accountable to the public for its work program, and
      WHEREAS, the committee seeks full council involvement in and support for its work program;
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
      The budget and fiscal management committee's 2011 work program, as attached to this motion, is hereby adopted.