WaSMAR2701_01.xml Guide to the Seattle Budget Director's Records Seattle Budget Director's Records Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Seattle Municipal Archives 2010
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-05-23. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Seattle Municipal Archives Budget Director's Records Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Finance 2701-01 5.2 cubic feet 13 boxes 1970-2001 Budget Director's records, concerning City of Seattle finance, budgets, taxes, capital projects and other issues. English .

In 1991, Mayor Norm Rice convened a blue ribbon commission to review the City's financial management functions. That group proposed the formation of a Finance Department under the executive branch of government, to replace the existing elected offices of Comptroller and Treasurer. A City Charter amendment to that effect was referred to the voters at the November 1991 general election. The amendment passed and the details of the reorganization were laid out in Ordinance 115766. Preparations proceeded the following year to determine the organizational structure, responsibilities, and budget of the new department, which was inaugurated in January 1993.

The department was organized into four divisions to reflect the main functions of treasury, accounting services, data processing system services, and Finance Department administration. In July 1994, the department's responsibilities were further broadened through a merger with the Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs. This merger created one central location for obtaining licenses, making utility payments, and getting other types of financial services. The department also became responsible also for the city's animal shelter.

On January 1, 1997, the Finance Department was reorganized into the Executive Services Department. It became known as the Finance Division, and continued essentially the same services performed prior to consolidation.

The new Department of Finance, headed by a Director of Finance, was created in 2001 based on another reorganization outlined in Ordinance 120181. In May 2002 the Department was reorganized again to create two separate departments: the Department of Finance, which focused closely on financial management, and the Department of Executive Administration, which handled the operational and administrative tasks performed by the previous larger department. Finance was responsible for budget development and monitoring, debt management, financial policies, financial planning, performance measurement, and overall financial controls for the City of Seattle. The department also oversaw policy on city taxes, investments, accounting, and related activities.

Correspondence, subject files, studies, notes of budget directors through various departmental reorganizations, including the Office of Management and Budget, Management Systems Office, Office of Management and Planning, and the City Budget Office. Files concern budgets, revenues, taxes, data management systems, use of the Sand Point Naval Station, the Seattle Financial Management System, storm damage, earthquake recovery, regional issues, training, capital projects, and revenues.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Budget Director's Records, Record Series 2701-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Office of Management and Planning Director's Records, (5001-03).

 Hundley, Walter R. Bunnell, Judy Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Finance Seattle (Wash.). Office of Management and Planning Seattle (Wash.). Office of Management and Budget Seattle (Wash.) Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government Naval Station Puget Sound (Wash.) Budget--Washington (State)--Seattle Taxation--Washington (State)--Seattle Bonds--Washington (State)--Seattle Budget--Washington (State)--Seattle Office of Management and Budget, Management System Office Records BARS - Equipment Rental Accounting (Washington Auditor Advisory committee On Equipment Rental And Revolving Funds 1972 1 1 File Management Systems 1972-1973 1 2 Integrated Accounting / Payroll Systems - Evaluation Notes 1973 1 3 Manpower Reports 1973-1974 1 4 Parking Meter Study 1970 1 5 Position Information System 1973 1 6 Program Budget System 1973 1 7 Program Budget System 1972-1973 1 8 Public Documents (Seattle Municipal Code) 1972-1973 1 9 Seattle Center Property Management System, Flow Process 1971-1973 1 10 Office of Management and Budget Director's Records Budget Memos 1976 1 11 Budget Requests 1973-1975 1 12 Cost Accounting System Manual 1973-1974 1 13 City Council Correspondence 1975-1976 1 14 City Council Correspondence 1975 1 15 Committees - Data Processing Advisory 1972-1975 2 1 Committees - Council Budget 1976 2 2 Committees - Council Finance 1976 2 3 Committees - Council Human Resources And Judiciary 1976 2 4 Committees - Council Intergovernmental Relations 1976 2 5 Committees - Council Planning And Urban Development 1976 2 6 Committees - Council Public Safety And Health 1976 2 7 Committees - Council Transportation 1976 2 8 Contracts - Impound Towing 1976 2 9 Head Start Grant Application 1975 2 10 Interdepartmental Correspondence 1975 2 11 Interdepartmental Correspondence 1975 2 12 Internal Memos 1976 2 13 Policy And Procedure System Monthly Report 1976 2 14 Revenue - Building Department Fees 1974 2 15 Revenue - Estimates 1975 2 16 Revenue - Expenditure Forecasting And Depiction System 1976 2 17 Revenue - General 1976 2 18 Revenue - General Obligation Bonds (Comptroller) 1973-1974 2 19 Revenue - Parking Tax 1974 2 20 Revenue - Revenue Sharing 1975-1976 2 21 Tax Reform 1970 2 22 Taxation 1971-1976 2 23 Taxes - Business And Occupation 1975-1976 2 24 Taxes - Gasoline 1975 2 25 Taxes - Property 1975-1976 2 26 Taxes - Sales 1975-1976 2 27 Office of Management and Planning Director's Records Brownfields Pilot 1997 3 1 Budget Instructions, 1998 1997 3 2 Budget, 1999-2000 1997 3 3 Capital Cabinet 1997 3 4 Capital Spending In Neighborhood Areas, 1995-1997 1997 3 5 Concert Hall (Benaroya Hall) 1997 3 6 Correspondence 1997 3 7 EMS (Emergency Management Section) Levy 1997 3 8 IT Board Meeting 1997 3 9 Library Capital Project 1997 3 10 Parking / Equity Capital 1997 3 11 Police Vacancy 1997 3 12 Sand Point Naval Station Reuse 1997 3 13 Sand Point Naval Station Reuse 1994-1997 3 14 Sand Point Naval Station Reuse 1994 3 15 Seattle Financial Management System Redevelopment Project 1997 4 1 Seattle Financial Management System Redevelopment Project 1997 4 2 Seattle Financial Management System Redevelopment Project Briefing Packet 1997 4 3 Shoreline Utility Business And Occupation Tax 1997 4 4 Sidewalk And Related Storm Damage, Statement Of Legislative Intent 1997 4 5 Storms 1997 4 6 Storms / Sides 1997-1998 4 7 Transportation Bond 1997 4 8 Transportation Bond 1997 4 9 Water Rates 1996-1997 4 10 City Budget Office Budget Director's Records Admiral Parking Garage 2000 5 1 African American Museum 2000-2001 5 2 Annexation 1998-1999 5 3 APEX/SAM 2000 5 4 Aquarium 2001 5 5 Ashraf Legal Judgment 2001 5 6 Ave Project 2001 5 7 Ballard Civic Center 1999-2001 5 8 Benaroya Hall 2000-2001 5 9 Biennial Budgeting 1994 5 10 Bills of Interest (State) 2000 5 11 Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation Priorities 2000-2001 5 12 Boeing Move 2001 5 13 Budget Efficiency Projects 1995 5 14 Bond Rating 1999-2001 5 15 Boost (I-2000) 1999 5 16 Budget History 1998 5 17 1999-2000 Proposed Budget BIPS & BETS 1998 5 18 1999-2000 Proposed Budget BIPS & BETS 1998 5 19 1999-2000 Proposed Budget BIPS & BETS 1998 5 20 2000 Budget Review Reports 1999 6 1 2000 Budget Briefing Book - 2000 Budget One Pagers 1999 6 2 Budget Briefing Materials - FY 2000 Budget Issues 1999 6 3 Budget Schedule 2000 6 4 2001-2002 Budget Submittal Briefings July 19, 2000 2000 6 5 2001-2002 Budget Discussion Sessions 2000 6 6 2001-2002 Budget Discussion Sessions 2000 6 7 2001-2002 Budget Discussion Sessions 2000 6 8 Inflation Factors for 2001-2002 Guidelines 2000 6 9 Budget Prep Module 2001 6 10 Budget Process 2001 7 1 Council Budget Retreat Oct. 2001 2001 7 2 Civic Center 2000-2001 7 3 Civic Center - Beyond Silver Handbook 1999-2000 7 4 Civic Center - Beyond Silver Handbook 1999-2000 7 5 COMPASS 2000 7 6 Consultant Contracts 2001 7 7 Copernicus Project 1999-2001 7 8 Council Orientation Jan 2000 2000 7 9 Council Regional Meeting 9/29/00 2000 7 10 Arts Commission 2000 7 11 City Auditor 1993-2000 7 12 Civil Service Commission 2001 7 13 Design Commission 2000 7 14 Design Construction and Land Use 1998-2001 7 15 DOIT 2000-2001 7 16 Ethics and Elections 1999-2001 8 1 Finance Dept. 2000-2001 8 2 Fire Pension undated 8 3 Office for Civil Rights 1999 8 4 Office of Economic Development 2000 8 5 Office of Housing 1999 8 6 Office of Sustainability and Environment 2000-2001 8 7 Health Dept. 2000-2001 8 8 Health Dept. 2000 8 9 Human Services Dept. 2000-2001 8 10 Law Dept. 2001 8 11 Legislative Dept. 1999 8 12 Library 2000 8 13 Municipal Court undated 8 14 Dept. of Neighborhoods 1999-2000 8 15 Dept. of Parks and Recreation 2000 8 16 Pro Parks 2000-2001 8 17 Police Dept. 1999-2001 8 18 Police Pension 1999-2001 8 19 Public Safety Civil Service Commission 2001 8 20 SeaTran 1999-2000 9 1 Seattle Center 2000 9 2 Seattle City Light 2001 9 3 Seattle Public Utilities 2000 9 4 Domestic Violence Funding 2000 9 5 Drug Court 2000 9 6 Driving While License Suspended DWLS - Car Impound Program 2000-2001 9 7 Earthquake 2001 9 8 Earthquake 2001 9 9 Earthquake 2001 9 10 Earthquake 2001 9 11 Earthquake 2001 English. 10 1 Earthquake - Hazard Mitigation Grant Program 2001 English. 10 2 Earthquake - Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Workshop 2001 English. 10 3 Earthquake Recovery 2001 English. 10 4 Elected Officials Salaries undated English. 10 5 Emergency Preparedness 2001 English. 10 6 Endangered Species Act 1999-2000 English. 10 7 Endangered Species Act - Road Maintenance 2001 English. 10 8 Farmers Markets 2000 English. 10 9 Flexcar 2001 English. 10 10 Galer Street / Immunex 2000 English. 10 11 Golf 2000-2001 English. 10 12 Governing Magazine 2000 English. 10 13 Headcount (Positions) 2001 English. 10 14 Help for Working Families undated English. 10 15 High Tech Economic Development Strategy 2000 English. 10 16 HIstorical Spending 2001 English. 10 17 Homeless Initiative 2001 11 1 Homelessness 2000-2001 11 2 HUD Disaster Grant 1999-2000 11 3 Impact Fees 2001 11 4 I-722 and I-53 Plans 2000 11 5 Initiatives 2000 11 6 Earthquake Insurance Premiums 2001 11 7 Jail Contract 2001 11 8 Judgment/Claims Fund 2001 11 9 King County Issues 1999 11 10 King County Issues 2001 11 11 Labor Negotiations 2001 11 12 Living Wage 2000-2001 11 13 Low Sulfur Fuel 2001 11 14 Mardi Gras Riot 2001 11 15 Mayoral Transition Briefing Book 1997 12 1 Mayoral Transition Briefing Book 1997 12 2 Mayoral Transition Briefing Book 1997 12 3 MOHAI 1999-2000 12 4 Monorail / Elevated Transportation Co. 2000-2001 12 5 Muckleshoot Tribe 1994-2001 12 6 Municipal Conservation 2001 12 7 Neighborhood Planning 1999-2001 12 8 Paid Family Leave 2000-2001 12 9 Parking Tax 2000-2001 12 10 Pensions 2001 12 11 Pergola Repair 2001 12 12 Philanthropy 2000-2001 12 13 Project Lift-Off 2000-2001 12 14 Sesquicentennial 2001 13 1 Sound Transit - Link Light Rail 1999-2000 13 2 South Seattle Community College Soccer Field 2000-2001 13 3 State Issues 2001 13 4 Strategic Initiatives 2000 13 5 Strategic Initiatives 2000 13 6 Strategic Initiatives - Health Care 2000 13 7 Streetlights 2000-2001 13 8 Street Vacations 2001 13 9 Summit 2001 13 10 Training - City Budget Office 2000 13 11 UtilitiesTeam 2001 13 12 Viaduct and Seawall 2001 13 13 Washington State Competitiveness Council 2001 13 14