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File #: AB2024-660    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Introduced
File created: 9/27/2024 In control: Council Finance and Administrative Services Committee
On agenda: 10/22/2024 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 13, in the amount of $2,122,735
Indexes: Administration and Personnel, Auditor, Budget / Finance / Revenue, Elections, Health and Safety, Parks & Recreation, Plantation Rifle Range, Sheriff
Attachments: 1. Proposed Ordinance, 2. Summary Listing, 3. Supplemental Requests, 4. Notice of Action Proposed on 10.8.2024.pdf
Department Finance Division
Primary Contact Email: atan@co.whatcom.wa.us

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Ordinance amending the 2024 Whatcom County Budget, request no. 13, in the amount of $2,122,735

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SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:

Supplemental #13 requests funding from the General Fund:
1. To appropriate $50,000 in Health to fund Naloxone Box Pilot Project.
2. To appropriate $27,500 in Health to fund Recovery Navigation Coordinator.
3. To appropriate $21,450 in Health to fund Community Health Worker for Outreach - Refugee Health Access.
4. To appropriate $10,000 in Health to fund Substance Use Disorder (SUD) professional.
5. To appropriate $45,833 in Health to fund Wiser Lake assessment for harmful algal blooms (HAB) and develop a Lake Cyanobacteria Management Plan (LCMP).
6. To record a reimbursement of $4,053 in Auditor to Administrative Division for recount activity.
7. To record a reimbursement of $347 in Auditor to Recordings Division for recount activity.
8. To record a reimbursement of $1,650 in Auditor to Licensing Division for recount activity.
9. To appropriate $11,509 in Sheriff to fund City of Bellingham 2024 Byrne JAG award to purchase ballistic vests.
10. To appropriate $440,000 in Sheriff to fund Department of Justice award for the purchase of a rapid DNA machine.
11. To appropriate $45,163 in District Court to fund Administrative Office of the Courts award for interpreter costs.
12. To appropriate $43,747 in Executive to fund passthrough of Military Department award to What-Comm 911.
13. To appropriate $300,000 in Non-Departmental to fund Medical Examiner budget shortfall.
From the Parks Special Revenue Fund:
14. To appropriate $70,000 to fund Nesset Caretaker house Roof Replacement.
From the Ferry Fare Capital Surcharge Fund:
15. To appropriate $5,646 to fund Puget Sound Energy electrification study contract.
From the Elections Reserve Fund:
16. To appropriate $200,000 in Auditor to fund general elections costs.
17. To appropriate $6,050 in Auditor to ...

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