Budget "Strikers" presented to Budget Committee

The County Council Budget Committee—which is all nine members of the Council during the review and deliberations on the County Budget—today received the Budget Leadership Team’s (BLT) Budget “Striker.” The striker, created by Budget Chair Joe McDermott and Councilmembers Kathy Lambert, Jane Hague and Larry Phillips, is the BLT’s recommended changes to the Executive Proposed Budget.

For 2014, there are two budget strikers. The first striker is for King County’s last annual budget. The second striker is for the County’s biennial budget.

The Budget Committee will review both documents and prepare to send the strikers to the full County Council for a final vote, which is scheduled to occur on Tuesday, November 12.

2014 Budget deliberations begin with delivery of Executive budget address

The Council received Executive Dow Constantine's proposed 2014 Budget on Monday, Sept. 23. The Executive’s budget address is the start of an intensive eight-week process of Council review and deliberation.  

The budget is a complex policy document that sets priorities, shapes service delivery, and impacts all areas of County government. The Council is responsible for making all final decisions on the budget. For the 2014 Budget, the Council’s deliberations will focus on long-term policy issues given the transition to biennial budgets. Traditionally, the vote on the spending plan takes place in November before Thanksgiving

The Council's Budget Leadership Team remains committed to a transparent budget process informed by public meetings throughout the County:

• Tuesday, October 1, 6:30 pm, at Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue
• Tuesday, October 8, 6:30 pm, at Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center, 401 Fourth Avenue N, Kent
• Wednesday, October 16, 6:30 pm, at Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend
• Tuesday, October 22, 6:30 pm, at King County Courthouse, 10th Floor, 516 Third Ave., Seattle

The Council's Budget Leadership Team is composed of Councilmembers:
        Joe McDermott, Chair, 
        Kathy Lambert, Vice-Chair,
        Jane Hague, Member, and
        Larry Phillips, Member

• Wednesday, October 16, 6:30 pm, at Si View Community Center, 400 SE Orchard Drive, North Bend
• Tuesday, October 22, 6:30 pm, at King County Courthouse, 10th Floor, 516 Third Ave., Seattle