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Kittitas County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />Agenda Staff Report <br /> <br />Agenda Date: <br /> July 2, 2019 <br /> <br />Action Requested: <br />To adopt the Resolution setting the dates for the 2020 budget process and to <br />set two public hearings one on October 7, 2019 at 2:00 pm and the final <br />adoption December 3rd, 2019 at 2:00 pm <br /> <br />Background: <br />This Resolution adopts the dates for the 2020 preliminary budget process <br /> <br />The budget procedures and deadlines are found in chapter RCW 36.40 and <br />summarized below: <br /> <br />RCW 36.40.010* - County Auditor notifies all officials, elected or <br />appointed, of the request for budget, revenue and expenditures. <br /> <br />RCW 36.40.030 - The budget estimates shall be submitted on forms <br />provided by the county auditor. The county auditor prepares estimates <br />for debt service and all other estimates not called for in the notification <br />to officials. <br /> <br />The county auditor may deduct and withhold as a penalty from the <br />salary of each official failing or refusing to file estimates, the sum of <br />$50 for each day of delay up to $250. <br /> <br />RCW 36.40.040 - County auditor shall prepare the county budget <br />which shall set forth the complete financial program of county for the <br />ensuing fiscal year, showing the expenditure program and the sources <br />of revenue by which it is to be financed. <br /> <br />All estimates of receipts and expenditures for the ensuing year shall be <br />fully detailed in the annual budget and shall be classified and <br />segregated according to a standard classification of accounts to be <br />adopted and prescribed by the state auditor after consultation with the <br />Washington state association of counties and the Washington state <br />association of county officials. <br /> <br />RCW 36.40.050* - The budget shall be submitted by the auditor to the <br />board of county commissioners on or before the first Tuesday in <br />September of each year. The board shall thereupon consider the same <br />in detail, making any revisions or additions it deems advisable. <br /> <br />RCW 36.40.060 - The county legislative authority shall then publish a <br />notice stating that it has completed and placed on file its preliminary