1st DRAFT 1/20/04
For Discussion Purposes Only
Drafter
Clerk 04/28/2004
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A MOTION approving the program charter for the quantifiable business case for recommended business operations model for King County enterprise financial, human resources, and budget management project and the project charter for the payroll initiatives projects.
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WHEREAS, the council through Motion 11729 approved the Enterprise Financial, Human Resource, and Budget Management Vision and Goals Statement, April 2003, and
WHEREAS, the vision and goals statement provides the critical framework from which to launch a business case analysis and other preparatory work to ensure the financial business operations project success, and
WHEREAS, the quantifiable business case for recommended business operations model for King County enterprise financial, human resources, and budget management ("QBC") project was authorized as a follow-up action through adoption of the vision and goals statement to evaluate options and recommend a business operations model for the county, including what this means in terms of implementing new financial, payroll, budget and human resources systems, and
WHEREAS, the council through the 2004 Budget Ordinance approved funding in the finance and business operations division budget for the MSA standardization/payroll improvements projects ("PIP"), and
WHEREAS, key objectives of PIP are to clean up the data on the current payroll system and to improve the consistency of payroll processing countywide to reduce current liabilities as well as to prepare for mitigation to a single human resources/payroll system as stated in the vision and goals statement, and
WHEREAS, the advisory committee overseeing the QBC project has endorsed the advisory committee's authorities and responsibilities described in the QBC program charter, Attachment A, with regard to both the QBC program as well as PIP because of potential impact on future changes in the county's business operations model, and
WHEREAS, the QBC program advisory committee requests the support of the QBC program charter by the county executive and county council, and
WHEREAS, the PIP project charter, Attachment B to this motion, has been developed to described the project level detail of this project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County
The council hereby approves the separate charters for the QBC program and PIP, Attachments A and B to this motion.
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