The King County Council will hold a final public hearing Monday, November 9. The final public hearing will be held following a special 11 am meeting of the King County Ferry District. Meeting Location:  Council Chambers, 10th Floor, King County Courthouse, Seattle.

At special evening hearings of the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee held in Bellevue, Kent, Redmond and at the County Courthouse, the public has shared budget priorities ranging from support of public safety and human service programs to the continued operation of the Law Library in the Maleng Regional Justice Center.

The County Council received the Executive Proposed 2010 Budget on September 28. Councilmember Larry Gossett, chair of the Budget Committee, has been directing the Council’s review of the proposal.

The Budget Committee’s three panels— Physical Environment, General Government & Criminal Justice, and Health & Human Services—have examined criminal justice and health and human service agencies, and reviewed the budgets of agencies responsible for protecting the environment (parks, wastewater, and solid waste) and maintaining King County’s transportation system, both Metro Transit and the county road system. The committee has also been evaluating the budgets of all the separately-elected officials and general government operations, and conducting a comprehensive analysis of technology and capital facilities investments.

The Council is set to adopt the final King County Budget on Monday, Nov. 23.

The meeting will be shown LIVE on King County TV on Comcast and Broadstripe Cable Channel 22, and online at:  www.kingcounty.gov/KCTV.

You can also sign up to follow the deliberations through the Council’s 2010 Budget Blog and Twitter.

Follow the Council’s deliberations through Twitter and our 2010 Budget Blog by visiting the King County Council Budget Web site at:
www.kingcounty.gov/council/budget

Watch all Council Budget proceedings held in chambers LIVE on King County TV at:
www.kingcounty.gov/KCTV