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File #: 2024-2980    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 11/15/2024 In control: Public Hearings
On agenda: 12/18/2024 Final action: 12/18/2024
Title: Ordinance 24-107, relating to the 2024 Budget; making an Emergency Appropriation in General Fund 002, to provide expenditure authority for unanticipated costs in the Office of Public Defense, the Sheriff's Office, and the Corrections Bureau
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 24-107, 2. Staff Report, 3. Ordinance Introduction Slip, 4. Hearing Notice, 5. Enactment Notice, 6. Affidavits of Publication

 

 

Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)

 

 

ITEM TITLE:

Title

Ordinance 24-107, relating to the 2024 Budget; making an Emergency Appropriation in General Fund 002, to provide expenditure authority for unanticipated costs in the Office of Public Defense, the Sheriff’s Office, and the Corrections Bureau

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DEPARTMENT:  Finance

 

ORIGINATOR:  Brian Haseleu

 

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:  Approved by Ken Klein 11/18/24

 

PURPOSE: Provide expenditure authority for the Office of Public Defense, the Sheriff’s Office, and the Corrections Bureau for 2024

 

BACKGROUND: An emergency appropriation in General Fund 002 for the 2024 budget year, totaling $5,450,000, is necessary to provide expenditure authority for the Office of Public Defense, the Sheriff’s Office, and Corrections Bureau. The allocation is as follows: $2,750,000, is necessary to provide expenditure authority for the Office of Public Defense to pay for conflict panel attorneys and law firms, aggravated murder representation costs, expert witness costs, and in civil no-contact order cases as directed and funded by Snohomish County in collaboration with Snohomish County Superior and District Courts; $1,500,000, is necessary to provide expenditure authority for the Sheriff’s Office due to the CBA impacts, ER&R costs, agency staffing, and overtime; and $1,200,000, is necessary to provide expenditure authority for the Corrections Bureau for the use of overtime and increased medical costs of inmates.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

EXPEND: DAC

DAC NAME

Current Yr

1ST 6 YRS

002.5321274112

Aggravated Murder Attorney Fee

$200,000

 

002.5321274113

Conflict Misc. Attorney Fee

$250,000

 

002.5321274114

Conflict Felony Attorney Fee

$1,200,000

 

002.5321274115

Conflict Misd. Attorney Fee

$100,000

 

002.5321274913

Expert Witness Costs        

$1,000,000

 

002.5301211011

Salaries

$400,000

 

002.5301221011

Salaries

$700,000

 

002.5301401011

Salaries

$100,000

 

002.5305201011

Salaries

$300,000

 

002.5383311012

Overtime

$200,000

 

002.5383644155

Agency Nurses

$1,000,000

 

TOTAL

 

$5,450,000

 

 

 

REVENUE: DAC

DAC NAME

Current Yr

1ST 6 YRS

002.3169900800

Fund Balance

$5,450,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$5,450,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES:  Click or tap here to enter text.

 

CONTRACT INFORMATION:

ORIGINAL

 

CONTRACT#

 

AMOUNT

 

AMENDMENT

 

CONTRACT#

 

AMOUNT

 

 

Contract Period

ORIGINAL

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AMENDMENT

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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS:  Reviewed/approved by Finance - Nathan Kennedy 11/15/24 - AATF George Marsh 11/15/24