4.26.015 Annual or biennial budgets.
(1) The county council may in its discretion budget either annually or biennially in accordance with the county charter, state law, and this chapter; provided that the council shall adopt an annual budget for any year for which a biennial budget is not authorized by separate ordinance as provided in this section.
(2) An ordinance authorizing a biennial budget must
(a) provide for mid-biennium review and modification for the second year of the biennium as provided in RCW 36.40.250 and SCC 4.26.117;
(b) take effect on or before March 15 of the year prior to the fiscal biennium; and
(c) include such further direction regarding the budget process as the council finds necessary.
(3) The first year of a fiscal biennium must be an odd-numbered year. If an ordinance providing for biennial budgets is repealed, the council will revert to adopting annual budgets for the period commencing after the end of the last budget cycle.
(4) Any ordinance authorizing a biennial budget of a general and permanent nature within the meaning of county charter section 2.100 shall be incorporated into this chapter. (Added by Amended Ord. 07-015, Mar. 21, 2007, Eff date Apr. 7, 2007; Amended by Amended Ord. 08-004, Mar. 26, 2008, Eff date Apr. 20, 2008; Amended by Amended Emerg. Ord. 08-138, Oct. 22, 2008, Eff date Oct. 22, 2008).