Title
Ordinance Amending the 2012 Operating Budget Ordinance
Issue:
Amend the Operating Budget.
City Manager's Recommendation:
Move to approve the ordinance amending the 2012 Operating Budget on First Reading and forward to Second Reading.
Staff Contact:
Dean Walz, Fiscal Services Director, Administrative Services Department, 360.753.8465
Background and Analysis:
Ordinances are passed by the Council throughout the year, having an impact on the budget. To officially change the budget the original budget ordinances (or original as amended) adopted by the Council must be amended. Due to the administrative difficulty of having several items going to the Council at or near the same time, the original budget ordinances may not be amended with each agenda item affecting the budget. On a periodic basis, generally quarterly, the various ordinances affecting the budget are compiled into an ordinance amending the original budget, or the original as amended. The attached ordinance reflects the operating budget ordinances from April to June 2012.
Additionally, included in the periodic amending ordinances are budget items which do not require immediate.
Attached are the details of changes to the budget.
Note: Prior to moving to Legistar, amendments to Operating, Capital, and Special Fund budget ordinances were presented for First Reading as one staff report with an attachment for each proposed amended ordinance. In order to move from First Reading to Second Reading in Legistar, each ordinance must be associated with its own File ID. While the ordinance associated with this report is only for the 2012 Operating Budget, the total figures shown in the Financial Impact section below are for all the proposed ordinance amendments to the Operating, Capital, and Special Funds budgets being presented for first reading at the July 10, 2012 Council meeting.
Options:
1. Approve the amending ordinance. This will officially amend the budget for ordinances passed by the...
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