HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes-2020-129 2021 Budget Hearing DatesKITTITAS COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION NO. 2O2O-134
IN THE MATTER OF SETTING DATES
FOR THE 2O2I BUDGET HEAfiNTG,S IN KITTITAS COUNTY
WHEREAS, R.c.w. 36.40.010; R.c.w. 36.40.020;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; R.c.w. 36.40.07r; R.c.w.36.81.130
AND R.C.W. 84.55.120 provides for establishing dates for the budget process and hearings; and,
WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Commissioners on JuIy 7, 2020, elected to establish two
budget hearings for October 5,2020 at2z00 pm on revenue sources and making the tax levies and
December 7,2020 at2z00 pm to adopt the final budget.
NOW' THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the following alternate dates are
established:
1. Not later than July 17, 2020, the County Auditor shall notiff each county official in
writing requesting a detailed and itemized estimate both ofthe 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 department shall submit an estimated budget to the Auditor no later than August 17,
2020. There upon the County Auditor shall prepare the county budget, which sets forththe complete
financial program of the county for the ensuing calendar year showing the expected program of
revenue by which it is to be financed;
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 penalty from the salary of each
official failing or refusing to file such estimates as herein provided. the sum of fiffy dollars for each
dav of delav: Provided the total oenaltv asainst anv one official shal not exceed two hundred
fifty dollars in any one year.
3. The preliminary budget prepared by the Auditor shall be submitted to the Board on or
before September 7,2020. 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. Commencing September 10 through September 30r2020, if deemed necessary by
the Board, they will request Elected Officials and/or department heads be available to discuss
individual budget requests.
5. Per RCW 84.55.I20 the county legislative authority must hold a public hearing on
October 512020 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 30r2020,
for presentation in final form.
8. Per R.C.W. 84.52.020,11 shall be the duty of the city council or other goveming body of
every city, other than a city having a population of three hundred thousand or more, the board of
directors ofschool districts ofthe first class, the superintendent ofeach educational service district
for each constituent second-class school district, commissioners ofport districts, commissioners of
metropolitan park districts, and of all officials or boards oftaxing districts within or coextensive with
any county required by law to certifu 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 valuation
of the property in the city or district, through their chair and clerk, or secretary, to make and file such
certified budget or estimates with the clerk of the county legislative authority on or before the
thirtieth day of November.
9. Per R.C.W. 84.52.070,I1 shall be the duty of the county legislative authority of each
county, on or before the thirtieth day of November in each y ear,to certify to the county assessor of
the county the amount of taxes levied upon the property in the county for county pu{poses, and the
respective amounts of taxes levied by the board for each taxing district, within or coextensive with
the county, for district purposes, and it shall be the duty of the council of each city having a
population of three hundred thousand or more, and of the council of each town, and of all officials or
boards of taxing districts within or coextensive with the county, authorized by law to levy taxes
directly and not through the county legislative authority, on or before the thirtieth day ofNovember
in each year, to certiS to the county assessor 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 assessor has not certified assessed values as required
by RCW 84.48.130 at least twelve working days prior to November 30th.
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10. November 23r 2020- first publication of county budget hearings;
1 1. November 30, 2020 - second publication of county budget hearings.
12. The public hearing to adopt the county budget will commence on December 7 12020, at
2:00 p.m., and if necessary will continue through December llr2020;
The annual 2020budget will be adopted no later than December 11o 2020.
DATED this Tthof July, 2020. i
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COU]\TY,
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WASHINGTON
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Commissioner
Clerk of / Deputy Clerk of the Board
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