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Clerk 09/23/2025
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AN ORDINANCE relating to establishing the Harborview construction and infrastructure division in the department of executive services; and amending Ordinance 14199, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.035.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 14199, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.035 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The county administrative officer shall be the director of the department of executive services. The department shall include the records and licensing services division, the finance and business operations division, the facilities management division, the fleet services division, the airport division, the office of risk management services, the administrative office of emergency management, ((and)) the administrative office of the business resource center, and the Harborview construction and infrastructure division. In addition, the county administrative officer shall be responsible for providing staff support for the board of ethics.
B. The duties of the records and licensing services division shall include the following:
1. Issuing marriage, vehicle/vessel, taxicab and for-hire driver and vehicle, and pet licenses, collecting license fee revenues, and providing licensing services for the public;
2. Enforcing county and state laws relating to animal control;
3. Managing the recording, processing, filing, storing, retrieval, and certification of copies of all public documents filed with the division as required;
4. Processing all real estate tax affidavits; and
5. Acting as the official custodian of all county records, as required by general law, except as otherwise provided by ordinance.
C. The duties of the finance and business operations division shall include the following:
1. Monitoring revenue and expenditures for the county. The collection and reporting of revenue and expenditure data shall provide sufficient information to the executive and to the council. The division shall be ultimately responsible for maintaining the county's official revenue and expenditure data;
2. Performing the functions of the county treasurer;
3. Billing and collecting real and personal property taxes, local improvement district assessments, and gambling taxes;
4. Processing transit revenue;
5. Receiving and investing all county and political subjurisdiction moneys;
6. Managing the issuance and payment of the county's debt instruments;
7. Managing the accounting systems and procedures;
8. Managing the fixed assets system and procedures;
9. Formulating and implementing financial policies for other than revenues and expenditures for the county and other applicable agencies;
10. Administering the accounts payable and accounts receivable functions;
11. Collecting fines and monetary penalties imposed by district courts;
12. Developing and administering procedures for the procurement of and awarding of contracts for tangible personal property, services, professional or technical services, and public work in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 2.93 and applicable federal and state laws and regulations;
13. Establishing and administering procurement and contracting methods, and bid and proposal processes, to obtain such procurements;
14. In consultation with the prosecuting attorney's office and office of risk management services, developing and overseeing the use of standard procurement and contract documents for such procurements;
15. Administering contracts for goods and services that are provided to more than one department;
16. Providing comment and assistance to departments on the development of specifications and scopes of work, in negotiations for such procurements, and in the administration of contracts;
17. Assisting departments to perform cost or price analyses for the procurement of tangible personal property, services, and professional or technical services, and price analysis for public work procurements;
18. Developing, maintaining, and revising as may be necessary from time to time the county's general terms and conditions for contracts for the procurement of tangible personal property, services, professional or technical services, and public work;
19. Managing and developing financial policies for borrowing of funds, financial systems, and other financial operations for the county and other applicable agencies;
20. Managing the contracting opportunities program to increase opportunities for small contractors and suppliers to participate on county-funded contracts. Also, the finance and business operations division shall submit an annual report as required by K.C.C. 2.97.090;
21. Managing the apprenticeship program to optimize the number of apprentices working on county construction projects. Also, the finance and business operations division shall submit an annual report as required by K.C.C. 12.16.175; and
22. Serving as the disadvantaged business enterprise liaison officer for federal Department of Transportation and other federal grant program purposes. The disadvantaged business enterprise liaison officer shall have direct, independent access to the executive on disadvantaged business enterprise program matters consistent with 49 C.F.R. Sec. 26.25. For other matters, the disadvantaged business enterprise liaison officer shall report to the manager of the finance and business operations division.
D. The duties of the facilities management division shall include the following:
1. Overseeing space planning for county agencies;
2. Administering and maintaining in good general condition the county's buildings except for those managed and maintained by the department of natural resources and parks and the Metro transit department as provided in K.C.C. chapter 4.56;
3. Operating security programs for county facilities except as otherwise determined by the council;
4. Administering all county facility parking programs except for public transportation facility parking;
5. Administering the supported employment program;
6. Managing all real property owned or leased by the county, except as provided in K.C.C. chapter 4.56, ensuring, where applicable, that properties generate revenues closely approximating fair market value;
7. Maintaining a current inventory of all county-owned or leased real property;
8. Functioning as the sole agent for the disposal of real properties deemed surplus to the needs of the county;
9. In accordance with K.C.C. chapter 4A.100, providing support services to county agencies in the acquisition of real properties, except as otherwise specified by ordinance;
10. Issuing oversized vehicle permits and issuing franchises, permits, and easements for the use of county property except franchises for cable television and telecommunications;
11. Overseeing the development of capital projects for all county agencies except for specialized roads, solid waste, public transportation, airport, water pollution abatement, surface water management projects, and parks and recreation;
12. Being responsible for all general projects, such as office buildings or warehouses, for any county department including, but not limited to, the following:
a. administering professional services and construction contracts;
b. acting as the county's representative during site master plan, design, and construction activities;
c. managing county funds and project budgets related to capital projects;
d. assisting county agencies in the acquisition of appropriate facility sites;
e. formulating guidelines for the development of operational and capital project plans;
f. assisting user agencies in the development of capital projects and project plans, as defined and provided for in K.C.C. chapter 4A.100;
g. formulating guidelines for the use of life cycle cost analysis and applying these guidelines in all appropriate phases of the capital process;
h. ensuring the conformity of capital project plans with the adopted space plan;
i. developing project cost estimates that are included in capital project plans, site master plans, capital projects, and project budget requests;
j. providing advisory services, feasibility studies, or both services and studies to projects as required and for which there is budgetary authority;
k. coordinating with user agencies to assure user program requirements are addressed through the capital development process as set forth in this chapter and in K.C.C. chapter 4A.100;
l. providing engineering support on capital projects to user agencies as requested and for which there is budgetary authority; and
m. providing assistance in developing the executive budget for capital projects; and
13. Providing for the operation of a downtown winter shelter for homeless persons between October 15 and April 30 each year.
E. The duties of the fleet services division shall include the following:
1. Acquiring, maintaining, and managing the motor pool equipment rental and revolving fund for fleet vehicles and equipment, the equipment rental and revolving fund and the wastewater equipment rental and revolving fund. Metro transit department vehicles determined by the Metro transit department director to be intricately involved in or related to providing public transportation services shall not be part of the motor pool;
2. Establishing rates for the rental of equipment and vehicles;
3. Establishing terms and charges for the sale of any material or supplies that have been purchased, maintained, or manufactured with money from the motor pool and equipment revolving fund, the equipment rental and revolving fund, and the wastewater equipment rental and revolving fund;
4. Managing fleet and equipment training programs, stores function, and vehicle repair facilities;
5. Administering the county alternative fuel program and take-home assignment of county vehicles policy; and
6. Inventorying, monitoring losses, and disposing of county personal property in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 4.56.
F. The duties of the airport division shall include managing the maintenance and operations of the King County international airport, and shall include the following:
1. Developing and implementing airport programs under state and federal law including preparing policy recommendations and service models;
2. Managing and maintaining the airport system infrastructure;
3. Managing, or securing services from other divisions, departments, or entities to perform the design, engineering, and construction management functions related to the airport capital program, including new facilities development and maintenance of existing infrastructure; providing support services such as project management, environmental review, permit, and right-of-way acquisitions, schedule and project control functions; and
4. Preparing and administering airport service and supporting capital facility plans and periodic updates.
G. The duties of the office of risk management services shall include the management of the county's insurance and risk management programs consistent with K.C.C. chapter 2.21.
H. The duties of the administrative office of emergency management shall include the following:
1. Preparing and planning for emergencies and disasters;
2. Providing effective direction, control, and coordination of operations before, during, and after emergencies and disasters; and
3. Being responsible for the emergency management functions defined in K.C.C. chapter 2.56 and K.C.C. 2A.310.
I. The duties of the administrative office of the business resource center shall include the following:
1. The implementation and maintenance of those systems necessary to generate a regular and predictable payroll through the department of human resources;
2. The implementation and maintenance of those systems necessary to provide regular and predictable financial accounting and procedures through the finance and business operations division;
3. The implementation and maintenance of those systems necessary to generate regular and predictable county budgets, budget reports, and budget management tools for the county; and
4. The implementation and maintenance of the human resources systems of record for all human resources data for county employment purposes.
J. The duties of the Harborview construction and infrastructure division shall include the following:
1. Managing the planning, contracting, and construction of all county capital projects at Harboriew Medical center, including new construction and major maintenance projects;
2. Managing the planning, contracting and construction of all other capital projects at Harborview Medical center in excess of budget thresholds which may be established by a hospital services agreement; and
3. Serving as the lead agency in directing and coordinating capital budget
requests from Harborview Medical Center, including that assuring budget requests are compatible with the county's budgeting process.