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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 informati...

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