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 
• Budgets
  • Budget Suggestions for 2009 ( 1,196kb)
• B&O Tax
• Communicating about Government Spending
• Consumer Price Index (CPI)
• Contracting for Professional Services in Washington State ( 645kb)
• Credit Card Usage: Sample Ordinances and Policies
• Debt Capacity Studies 
• Financial/Budget Policies
• Financial Systems Request for Proposals
• Grants
• Initiatives
  • Initiative 900
  • Initiative 912
• Implicit Price Deflator (IPD)
• Intergovernmental Cooperation
• Investment Policies
• Levy Lid Lift
• Local Option Capital Asset Lending Program (LOCAL) (from the Office of the State Treasurer)
• Performance Measurement
• Population and Property Tax - 2008
  • City - Sorted alphabetically
  • City - Sorted by city population
  • County
• Population, Property and Sales Tax - 2007
  • City - Sorted alphabetically
  • City - Sorted by city population
  • County
• Population, Property and Sales Tax Information Archive
• Publications
  • A Revenue Guide for Washington Cities and Towns (743kb)
  • A Revenue Guide for Washington Counties
  • Small Works Roster Manual for Local Governments
  • Budget Suggestions for 2009 ( 1,196kb)
• Purchasing and Bidding
• Real Estate Excise Tax
• Request for Proposals - Financial Systems - Samples
• Revenues
  • Cities
    • A Revenue Guide for Washington Cities and Towns (743kb)
    • 2005 Renton Revenue Manual
  • Counties
    • A Revenue Guide for Washington Counties
    • Clark County Revenues Manual (394kb)
    • Timber
• Sale of Surplus City Property
• Sale of Surplus County Property
• Travel Expense Reimbursement