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County of Jefferson

Telephone: 636-797-5400 Fax: 636-797-5506


Web Address: www.jeffcomo.org
E-mail: kwaller@jeffcomo.org

PRESS RELEASE: Friday, January 5, 2018

County Executive Ken Waller’s Announcement Regarding the 2018 Jefferson County
Budget.

HILLSBORO, MISSOURI –Jefferson County Executive Ken Waller released the following
statement:

The purpose of this press release is to provide clarity regarding the status of the 2018 Jefferson
County Budget.

As required by the Jefferson County Charter, on November 1, 2017, I submitted to the County
Council a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018. At the November 27, 2017 County Council
meeting my proposed budget appeared on the agenda as part of Bill No. 17-1150. That bill was
introduced, amended, and moved to perfection as Bill No. 17-1150A2.

Bill No. 17-1150A2 appeared on the December 11, 2017 County Council Agenda. At that time,
it was amended again, and moved to final passage as Bill No. 17-1150A2, A3.

Bill No. 17-1150A2, A3 appeared on the December 26, 2017 County Council Agenda for final
passage. At that meeting the bill was finally passed by the County Council. However, I did not
sign the bill prior to the last day of the fiscal year of 2017.

This is important because of what the Charter says about the budget. Section 7.2.8. of the
Charter provides that “[n]o later than the last day of the fiscal year, the County Council by
Ordinance must adopt the proposed budget as the County budget for the ensuing fiscal year. If
the County Council fails to adopt a budget by this date, the budget proposed by the County
Executive is to be deemed approved.” The Charter makes it very clear that an “Ordinance” is a
bill that is both “enacted by the County Council, and signed by the County Executive….”
Accordingly, the bill passed by the County Council on December 26, 2017 (Bill No. 17-1150A2,
A3), and which I did not sign, was not enacted prior to the last day of the fiscal year of 2017.

This means that the proposed budget, that I submitted to the County Council on November 1,
2017, is the Jefferson County Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 by operation of law.

For more information contact Ken Waller, Jefferson County Executive, at 636-797-5400.

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