RCW 35.33.011 Definitions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words as used in this chapter shall have the meaning herein prescribed: (1) “Chief administrative officer” as used in this chapter includes the mayor of cities or towns having a mayor-council form of government, the commissioners in cities or towns having a commission form […]
RCW 35.33.020 Applicability of chapter. The provisions of this chapter apply to all cities of the first class that have a population of less than three hundred thousand, to all cities of the second class, and to all towns, except those cities and towns that have adopted an ordinance under RCW 35.34.040 providing for a […]
RCW 35.33.031 Budget estimates. On or before the second Monday of the fourth month prior to the beginning of the city’s or town’s next fiscal year, or at such other time as the city or town may provide by ordinance or charter, the clerk shall notify in writing the head of each department of a […]
RCW 35.33.041 Budget estimates—Classification and segregation. All estimates of receipts and expenditures for the ensuing year shall be fully detailed in the annual budget and shall be classified and segregated according to a standard classification of accounts to be adopted and prescribed by the state auditor after consultation with the Washington finance officers association, the […]
RCW 35.33.051 Budget—Preliminary. On or before the first business day in the third month prior to the beginning of the fiscal year of a city or town or at such other time as the city or town may provide by ordinance or charter, the clerk or other person designated by the charter, by ordinances, or […]
RCW 35.33.055 Budget—Preliminary—Filing—Copies. The chief administrative officer shall prepare the preliminary budget in detail, making any revisions or additions to the reports of the department heads deemed advisable by such chief administrative officer and at least sixty days before the beginning of the city’s or town’s next fiscal year he or she shall file it […]
RCW 35.33.057 Budget message—Hearings. In every city or town a budget message prepared by or under the direction of the city’s or town’s chief administrative officer shall be submitted as a part of the preliminary budget to the city’s or town’s legislative body at least sixty days before the beginning of the city’s or town’s […]
RCW 35.33.061 Budget—Notice of hearing on final. Immediately following the filing of the preliminary budget with the clerk, the clerk shall publish a notice once each week for two consecutive weeks stating that the preliminary budget for the ensuing fiscal year has been filed with the clerk; that a copy thereof will be furnished to […]
RCW 35.33.071 Budget—Final—Hearing. The council shall meet on the day fixed by RCW 35.33.061 for the purpose of fixing the final budget of the city or town at the time and place designated in the notice thereof. Any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against any part of the budget. The hearing may […]
RCW 35.33.075 Budget—Final—Adoption—Appropriations. Following conclusion of the hearing, and prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, the legislative body shall make such adjustments and changes as it deems necessary or proper and after determining the allowance in each item, department, classification and fund, and shall by ordinance, adopt the budget in its final form […]
RCW 35.33.081 Emergency expenditures—Nondebatable emergencies. Upon the happening of any emergency caused by violence of nature, casualty, riot, insurrection, war, or other unanticipated occurrence requiring the immediate preservation of order or public health, or for the restoration to a condition of usefulness of any public property which has been damaged or destroyed by accident, or […]
RCW 35.33.091 Emergency expenditures—Other emergencies—Hearing. If a public emergency which could not reasonably have been foreseen at the time of filing the preliminary budget requires the expenditure of money not provided for in the annual budget, and if it is not one of the emergencies specifically enumerated in RCW 35.33.081, the city or town legislative […]
RCW 35.33.101 Emergency warrants. All expenditures for emergency purposes as provided in this chapter shall be paid by warrants from any available money in the fund properly chargeable with such expenditures. If, at any time, there is insufficient money on hand in a fund with which to pay such warrants as presented, the warrants shall […]
RCW 35.33.106 Registered warrants—Payment. In adopting the final budget for any fiscal year, the legislative body shall appropriate from estimated revenue sources available, a sufficient amount to pay the principal and interest on all outstanding registered warrants issued since the adoption of the last preceding budget except those issued and identified as revenue warrants and […]
RCW 35.33.107 Adjustment of wages, hours, and conditions of employment. Notwithstanding the appropriations for any salary, or salary range of any employee or employees adopted in a final budget, the legislative body of any city or town may, by ordinance, change the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of any or all of its appointive […]
RCW 35.33.111 Forms—Accounting—Supervision by state. The state auditor is empowered to make and install the forms and classifications required by this chapter to define what expenditures are chargeable to each budget class and to establish the accounting and cost systems necessary to secure accurate budget information. [ 1995 c 301 § 42; 1969 ex.s. c […]
RCW 35.33.121 Funds—Limitations on expenditures—Transfers. The expenditures as classified and itemized in the final budget shall constitute the city’s or town’s appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year. Unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, and subject to further limitations imposed by ordinance of the city or town, the expenditure of city or town […]
RCW 35.33.123 Administration, oversight, or supervision of utility—Reimbursement from utility budget authorized. Whenever any city or town apportions a percentage of the city manager’s, administrator’s, or supervisor’s time, or the time of other management or general government staff, for administration, oversight, or supervision of a utility operated by the city or town, or to provide […]
RCW 35.33.125 Liabilities incurred in excess of budget. Liabilities incurred by any officer or employee of the city or town in excess of any budget appropriations shall not be a liability of the city or town. The clerk shall issue no warrant and the city or town legislative body or other authorized person shall approve […]
RCW 35.33.131 Funds received from sale of bonds and warrants—Expenditure program—Federal tax law. Moneys received from the sale of bonds or warrants must be used for no other purpose than that for which they were issued. If any unexpended fund balance remains from the proceeds realized from the bonds or warrants after the accomplishment of […]
