Protecting the public's priorities

With what is now projected to be an $80 million shortfall in the general fund for 2009, the County Council has declared public safety, health and quality of life as its first priorities for funding in the County budget. The priorities developed by members of the Council’s budget leadership team also identify some preliminary areas for finding budget efficiencies, in advance of the transmittal of the Executive Proposed Budget on Oct. 13. Read more. The Council's budget review committee will hold four public hearings in late October and early November.

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King County Charter Review

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