Whereas, the County receives funding from the Department of Social and Health Services for providing various human services in Clallam County.

Whereas, the County utilizes these funds by contracting with various local human services agencies to provide these services to qualifying members of the public.

Whereas, the Department of Social and Health Services desires to convert the current January to January annual contracting/budgeting process to a biannual contracting/budgeting process based on a fiscal year of July through June. The funding and contracting process would be greatly streamlined if the County’s budgeting and contracting process for human services paid for by State funds was operated on a July through June basis.

Whereas, the County’s budget process is currently conducted on a fiscal year (January to January) basis per Clallam County Home Rule Charter Article IX.

Whereas, Clallam County Home Rule Charter, Article IX, Section 9.80, provides: “Except as otherwise provided by Ordinance, any contract in excess of an appropriation shall be null and void.”

The purpose of this chapter is to allow the County to contract with human services agencies for the providing of alcohol, drug abuse, mental health and developmental disabilities programs on a July through June basis.