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Commission denies 2024 payroll transfer for justice court, authorizes 2025 budget request and approves internal reallocation for retirement buyout
Summary
The commission voted to deny a 2024 transfer request to cover justice court payroll but directed staff to let the judge include the amount in the 2025 budget; the body separately approved reallocating existing expenditure lines to cover a payroll shortfall resulting from a retirement buyout.
The meeting record identified the body as the 'King County Commission.' At the November 12, 2024 meeting, the commission considered agenda item 9, a request to transfer funds from expenditure lines to cover payroll for the justice court.
Speaker 1 moved that the commission "deny the transfer for 2024, but authorize the judge to put it in his 2025 budget as he sees fit." Speakers 2 and 3 questioned whether the judge already had the authority to request items for the 2025 budget; Speaker 1 said the judge "did not request that." After brief discussion and one recorded negative voice, Speaker 1 declared the motion passed and directed staff to "get with Rhonda and add it to the 2025"…
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