CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to funding from non-City sources; authorizing department directors to accept grants, enter into revenue-backed service contracts, and carry forward related appropriations.
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WHEREAS, many grants to City departments are accepted via annual grant acceptance ordinances, but several other recurring or multi-year grants are known and assumed in the annual budget; and
WHEREAS, unspent grant appropriations typically carry forward to subsequent years, backed by the revenue previously received; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Attachment A to this ordinance lists approximate appropriation amounts in the 2025 Budget (introduced as Council Bill 120905) that are backed, or are anticipated to be backed, by grants and service contracts. The directors of City departments and offices listed in Attachment A are authorized to accept new grants or revenue-backed service contracts consistent with the amounts listed. All unspent funds so appropriated and listed in Attachment A shall carry forward to subsequent fiscal years until they are exhausted or abandoned by ordinance. Additionally, on December 31 annually, for each appropriation, if the remaining funds are $1.00 or less, that appropriation is abandoned.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2024, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2024.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2024.
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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment A - 2025 Proposed Budget Grant Acceptance Detail Table