Written by The King County Council has approved 1.7 million dollars of County funds to help us defray that costs of annexing the Benson Hill neighborhood. This was money we were counting on based on an agreement we had reached with the County last year, and the money is earmarked for new equipment, hiring, and other start-up costs related to Benson hill. So it is not exactly a windfall, but it will certainly help prevent existing Rentonites from having to take a hit in service as a result of the annexation.
Our City’s annexation specialist, Marty Wine, worked very hard to put this agreement in place. She did an outstanding job bringing this funding to us.
Marty Wine
Here is the complete story, covered very well by the Renton Reporter:
Why do we want to expand Renton?
King County has been throwing money at Seattle and starving it’s non-incorporated land with crappy roads, no building plan and barely enough police service to keep people from killing each other.
Why should Renton absorb these wastelands?
Thanks for beating the 1.7 million our of them but Renton should avoid any more annexes that don’t benefit Renton.