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File #: AB2023-585    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Substitute Adopted
File created: 8/31/2023 In control: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
On agenda: 9/26/2023 Final action: 9/26/2023
Enactment date: 9/26/2023 Enactment #: ORD 2023-056
Title: Ordinance amending the 2023 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 13, in the amount of $12,557,496 (supplemental amended to $12,473,352)
Indexes: Administration and Personnel, Budget / Finance / Revenue, Fish and Wildlife, Health and Safety, Jail, Resolution, Sheriff, Tort Insurance & Settlements
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2023-056, 3. Proposed Ordinance, 4. Summary Listing, 5. Supplemental Requests, 6. Substitute Ordinance, 7. Substitute Summary Listing, 8. Substitute Supplemental Requests, 9. Notice of Action Proposed on 9.12.2023, 10. Notice of Action Taken on 9.26.2023
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Primary Contact Email: atan@co.whatcom.wa.us

TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
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Ordinance amending the 2023 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 13, in the amount of $12,557,496 (supplemental amended to $12,473,352)

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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:

Supplemental #13 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $170,767 in Assessor to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
2. To appropriate $60,372 in Clerk to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
3. To appropriate $35,959 in Council to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
4. To appropriate $24,905 in District Court to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
5. To appropriate $53,783 in District Court Probation to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
6. To appropriate $93,848 in District Court Probation to fund Therapeutic Court from grant proceeds.
7. To appropriate $80,758 in Executive to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
8. To appropriate $2,300,000 in Executive to fund General Government Services from ARPA grant proceeds.
9. To appropriate $97,740 in Health to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
10. To appropriate $20,581 in Juvenile to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
11. To record $1,615,676 in Non Departmental to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
12. To appropriate $26,434 in Parks to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
13. To appropriate $382,747 in Prosecuting Attorney to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
14. To appropriate $128,855 in Public Defender to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
15. To appropriate $80,000 in Public Defender to fund increase in Professional Services and RALJ Appeal Funding in 2023.
16. To appropriate $470,026 in Sheriff to fund 2023 Wages and Benefits settlements.
17. To appropriate $85,287 in Sheriff to fund Operation Stonegarden FY19 from grant proceeds.
18. To appropriate $97,500 in Sheriff to fund Operation Stonegarden FY22 from grant proceeds.
19. To appropriate $14,942 in Sher...

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