File #: 2003-0340    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/21/2003 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/28/2003
Enactment date: 8/7/2003 Enactment #: 14724
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the reorganization of the executive branch; amending Ordinance 14199, Section 5, and repealing Ordinance 14199, Section 6.
Sponsors: Dow Constantine
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14724.pdf, 2. 2003-0340 Staff Report
Drafter
Clerk 07/17/2003
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the reorganization of the executive branch; amending Ordinance 14199, Section 5, and repealing Ordinance 14199, Section 6.
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PREAMBLE:
The metropolitan King County council passed Ordinance 14199 on September 4, 2001, which reorganized the executive branch.
Proposed Ordinance 2001-0288, which became Ordinance 14199, was amended on September 4, 2001, by the metropolitan King County council to add Section 5 that requires the executive to submit an evaluation of the reorganization on August 1, 2003, and to transmit preliminary results of the evaluation and the criteria for performance measures on August 31, 2002.
Proposed Ordinance 2001-0288, which became Ordinance 14199, was amended on September 4, 2001, by the metropolitan King County council to add Section 6 that requires the county auditor to conduct a postimplementation audit as part of its 2004 work program.
Motion 11558 was passed on October 14, 2002, by the metropolitan King County council, which outlined the criteria that will be used to define the performance measures and customer service measures gauging the effectiveness of the reorganization.
The executive submitted to council the "Department of Executive Services/Department of Natural Resources and Parks Post-Implementation Evaluation dated August 30, 2002."
The metropolitan King County council passed Motion 11739 on June 30, 2003, which approved the work plan and schedule for the King County executive's performance measurement program and requested the executive to participate in an advisory performance measurement work group and submit a report on performance measures for the elections office.
The department of executive services is commended for attempting to develop performance measures, though it is uncertain if the draft performance measures for the department of executive services will enable a meaningful comparison of performance and customer service before and after the e...

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