HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes-2019-110KITTITAS COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION NO. _2019-j_l_t2__
IN THE MATTER OF SETTING DATES
FOR THE 2020 BUDGET HEARINGS IN KITTITAS COUNTY
WHEREAS, R.C.W. 36.40.010; R.C.W. 36.40.030; R.C.W. 36.40.040; R.C.W. 36.40.050;
R.C.W. 36.40.060; R.C.W. 36.40 .070 and R.C.W. 36.40 .071 provides for establishing dates for the
budget process and hearings; and,
WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Commissioners on July 2, 2019 , elected to establish two
budget hearings for October 7, 2019 at 2:00 pm on revenue sources and making the tax levies and
December 2, 2019 at 2:00 pm to adopt the final budget.
NOW, THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the following alternate dates are
established:
1. Not later than July 15, 2019, the County Auditor shall notify each county official in
writing requesting a detailed and itemized estimate both of the probable revenues from sources other
than taxation, and of all expenditures required by such office for the ensuing year. The budget forms
to be completed will be supplied at this time and are to be used exclusively;
2 . Each d.epa.r tment shall submit an esfouated budget to the Auditor no later than Augu st 16 ,
20 19. There upon U1e u nty A uditor shall pr epar e the county bu dget, wh ich se ts fo rth the complete
fi nancial p rogram of th e co un ty for the e11su ing ca lendar year showing U1e expected p rogram of
rev:enue by wl1ich it is to be financ d ·
Each such official shall file their estimates within the time and in the manner provided in the
notice and form and the auditor may deduct and withhold as a pena lty from the salary of each
offici al fai ling or r efusing to file s uch estimate as he rein pro vid e d. the sum of .fifty doll ar for each
day of d el ay~ P ro vided th at the total penalty a gaiusJ any one official h all not exceed two lmn dred
fiftv dollars in any one year.
3. The preliminary budget prepared by the Auditor shall be submitted to the Board on or
before September 6, 2019. The Board shall then review the preliminary budget in detail with the
County Auditor and/or Budget & Finance Manager and shall make any revisions and additions it
deems advisable.
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4 . C ommencing eptember 9 throu gh September 30 2019 if de emed nece ary by
the Board, the , wiU r.e qu es1 Elected Of£cial s and/or department b eads be availa ble to discuss
indi v id1;1aJ budget requests.
5. Per RCW 84.55.120 the county legislative authority must hold a public hearing on
October 7, 2019 to discuss revenue sources for the coming year's budget including consideration
of possible increases in property tax revenues.
6. Per RCW 36.81.130, on or before the first Monday in October of each year each
county road engineer shall file with the county legislative authority a recommended plan for the
laying out, construction, and maintenance of county roads for the ensuing fiscal year. Any
appropriations contained in the county road budget shall be void unless the county's road plan
was adopted prior to such appropriation.
7. The preliminary budget will be returned to the Auditor on or before October 31, 2019,
for presentation in final form.
8. Per R.C.W. 84,52.Q2 0 It shall be the d uty of the ci ty cotutcil o r other governing body of
e ery city, other than a dty hav ing a p opul ation of thre hundred tho usand ox tuore, t he board of
directors of seb oo l di stricts of the Srst cl a s, th . uperintendent of each educational service district
for each constituent second-class school district, commissioners of port districts, commissioners of
metropolitan park districts , and of all officials or boards of taxing districts within or coextensive
with any county required by law to certify to the county legislative authority, for the purpose of
levying district taxes, budgets or estimates of the amounts to be raised by taxation on the assessed
v alua tion of the p ro perty in the c ity or d is tri ct, 'Llu ·o ugh t heir chair a nd clerk, or secretary, to make
a nd fi le such cer tified b ud get or e timat es with the cle rk of t h co unty legislative authority on or
before the tbil'tieth day of N ov emb e r.
9. Per R.C.W. 84.52.070, It shall be the duty of the county legislative authority of each
county, on or before the thirtieth day of November in each year, to certify to the county assessor of
the county the amount of taxes levied upon the property in the county for county purposes, and the
respective amounts of taxes levied by the board for each taxing district, within or coextensive with
the county, fo r cLi stric t pu rposes an d it shall b the d uty of the counciJ of each city having a
p opul ation o f t hr e e hundred thou and o: mo re a nd of the counc il of each town and of all officia l or
boa.l"d s of tax ing di stricts w ithin or co e tensive w ith t he county a uthor ize d by law to levy taxes
directly and 11ot throu g h t he co unty legislative authority, on or b efore t he thirtieth day of November
in eac h year to ce r tify t o the c unty as essor of the county the amount of taxes levied upon the
property within the city, town, or district for city, town, or district purposes. If a levy amount is not
certified to the county assessor by the thirtieth day of November, the county assessor shall use no
more than the certified levy amount for the previous year for the taxing district: PROVIDED, That
this shall not apply to the state levy or when the as sessor has not certified assessed values as required
by RCW 84.48.130 at least twelve working days prim· t o N ovember 30th.
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10. November 22, 2019-first publication of county budget hearings;
11. November 29, 2019 -second publication of county budget hearings.
12. The public hearing to adopt the county budget will commence on December 2, 2019, at
2:00 p.m., and if necessary will continue through December 6, 2019;
The annual 2020 budget will be adopted no later than December 6, 2019.
DATED this 2nd day of July, 2019.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KI TIITA N TY WASHINGTON
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