Finance

This page is intended to provide information on finance issues that relate to Washington cities and counties. If you have information to share (e.g., ordinances, sample policies, issue papers, etc.) or if you are aware of other Web sites that we should link to, please contact Judy Cox, MRSC Public Finance Consultant, at jcox@mrsc.org, or call (206) 625-1300.

Contents

• Banking Services
• BARS Manual and Updates, State Auditor's Office
• Budgets
• Budget Calendar for Preparation of 2012 Budgets in First (Under 300,000) and Second, and Fourth Class Cities, Code Cities, and Towns
• Budget Calendar for Preparation of the 2012 Budgets for Non-Charter Counties
• B&O Tax
• Business Licenses, Washington State Department of Licensing
• Capital (Fixed) Asset Management Policies and Procedures
• Communicating about Government Spending
• Consumer Price Index (CPI)
• Contracting for Professional Services in Washington State ()
• Credit Card Usage: Sample Ordinances and Policies
• Debt Capacity Studies
• Financial/Budget Policies
• Financial Systems Request for Proposals
• Grants
• Implicit Price Deflator (IPD)
• Initiative 1183 - Privatization of Liquor
• Intergovernmental Cooperation
• Investment Policies
• Levy Lid Lift
• Levy Lid Lift Election Results
• Local Government Ballot Measures for November 2011 General Election
• Local Option Capital Asset Lending Program (LOCAL), Office of the State Treasurer
• Performance Measurement
• Petty Cash Funds
• Population, Property and Sales Tax - 2011
  • City - Sorted alphabetically
  • City - Sorted by city population
  • County
• Population, Property and Sales Tax Information Archive
• Publications
  • Budget Suggestions for 2012, MRSC Information Bulletin 539 (), 08/2011
  • A Revenue Guide for Washington Cities and Towns (), Report No. 53 Revised, 06/2010
  • A Revenue Guide for Washington Counties (), Report No. 49 Revised, 06/2009
  • Small Works Roster Manual for Local Governments
• Purchasing and Bidding
• Real Estate Excise Tax
• Request for Proposals - Financial Systems - Samples
• Revenue Shortfalls
  • Coping with Critical Revenue Shortfalls
  • Revenue Shortfalls: Coping Actions by Washington Local Governments
• Revenues
  • Cities
    • A Revenue Guide for Washington Cities and Towns (), Report No. 53 Revised, 06/2010
    • 2009 Renton Revenue Manual, City of Renton
  • Counties
    • A Revenue Guide for Washington Counties ), Report No. 53 Revised, 06/2010
    • Clark County Revenues Manual (), Clark County
    • Timber Revenues
• Sale of Surplus City Property
• Sale of Surplus County Property
• Travel Expense Reimbursement