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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

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