Budget Committee sends Proposed 2010 Budget to full Council for Monday vote 

The Budget and Fiscal Management Committee has unanimously adopted, and sent to the full Council, a preliminary 2010 budget that cuts costs and makes targeted efficiencies in order to preserve nearly all current funding for public safety and criminal justice and avert threatened cuts to Metro bus service.  The overall budget proposed for adoption contains no net new taxes and, at $5.001 billion, is $12 million lower than the $5.013 billion proposed by the County Executive. The Council's Budget Leadership Team were joined by the elected leaders of King County’s criminal justice system shortly after the introduction of the so-called “budget striker,” a 130-page document that strikes the text of the budget proposed on September 27 by the Executive.

The full Council is set to adopt the 2010 King County Budget on Monday afternoon, November 23. Read more

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