File #: 2011-0408    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/2011 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/12/2011
Enactment date: Enactment #: 13607
Title: A MOTION accepting the response to the 2011 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, Section 82, Proviso P1, department of development and environmental services, in compliance with Ordinance 16984; and authorizing the release of $100,000 currently held in reserve.
Sponsors: Jane Hague, Larry Phillips
Indexes: DDES/DPER
Attachments: 1. Motion 13607.pdf, 2. A. 2011 Budget Proviso Response Report - Improvement in Permit Approval Timelines, Conversion of Hourly Charges to Fixed Fees, and Customer Survey Results, 3. 2011-0408 transmittal letter.doc, 4. 2011-0408 Staff report - DDES proviso.doc, 5. A. 2011 Budget Proviso Response Report - Improvement in Permit Approval Timelines, Conversion of Hourly Charges to Fixed Fees, and Customer Survey Results
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Clerk 10/03/2011
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A MOTION accepting the response to the 2011
Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, Section 82, Proviso P1, department of development and environmental services, in compliance with Ordinance 16984; and authorizing the release of $100,000 currently held in reserve.
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      WHEREAS, the 2011 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16984, contains a proviso in Section 82, department of development and environmental services, stating $100,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits and the council adopts a motion that references the proviso's ordinance, section and number and states that the executive has responded to the proviso, and
      WHEREAS, the county executive has transmitted to the council a response that contains the required information responding to the proviso, specifically to provide:
        1.  Information on how permit processing times have changed since the department changed the method of evaluating employee performance and implemented permit processing reforms;
        2.  Information on the number of hours assumed for each type of permit when developing the fixed fee for each specific permit compared to the actual average of hours to complete each type of permit to which a fixed fee is charged for the period of January through July 2011;
        3.  The results of a customer survey measuring the level of satisfaction as a result of the departments new 2011 fee structure and the operational changes that the department put in place starting in January 2010; and
        4.  All other issues specified in Ordinance 16984, Section 82, Proviso P1, and
      WHEREAS, the council has reviewed the department of development and environmental services's report;
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
      The proviso response is hereby accepted and the $100,000 currently held in
reserve in Ordinance 16984, Section 82, Proviso P1, department of development and environmental services, is hereby released.