CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to homelessness; lifting a budget proviso imposed on Finance General's Reserves Budget Control Level; and making cash transfers between various City funds.
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WHEREAS, the 2016 Adopted City Budget includes $2,265,000 GSF in 2016 for an Emergency
Homeless Program to expand shelter beds, extend day center services, maintain skilled outreach services to vulnerable homeless adults, support of authorized encampments, and child care for homeless children; and
WHEREAS, the City Council placed a budget proviso on funds such that the Executive and the Human Services Department cannot expend funds until the Human Services Department provides a plan for using the Finance General Reserve to deliver one-time emergency homelessness services; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The restrictions imposed by the following budget proviso are removed because the conditions in the proviso have been satisfied and they are no longer restrictions for any purpose, including those in Subsection 1 of Ordinance 124927.
Item
Depart-ment
2015 Green Sheet
Proviso
Budget Control Level
1.1
Finance General (FG)
136-1-C-2
"None of the money appropriated in the 2016 budget may be expended from the Emergency
Homeless Program for 2016 (One-Time Funding) Reserve in Finance General until authorized by
future ordinance. Council anticipates that such authority will not be granted until the Human Services
Department provides a plan for using the Finance General Reserve funding to deliver one-time, emergency homelessness services."
Reserves (00100-2QD00)
Section 2. To use the funds made available in Section 1 above, cash is transferred as shown in the following table:
Item
Fund
Amount Transferred
2.1
General Subfund (00100)
$2,265,000 transferred out
Human Services Operating Fund (16200)
$2,265,000 transferred ...
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