Drafter
Clerk 10/03/2006
Title
A MOTION relating to developing a countywide strategic planning, performance measurement and management system.
Body
WHEREAS, performance measurement can be an effective tool that may be used by county residents, elected leaders and policy makers to prioritize county goals and align public services to those goals, and
WHEREAS, county citizens should be engaged in establishing priorities for their government and county performance on how well it is meeting its goals should be publicly reported to residents, and
WHEREAS, performance measurement should be directly linked to resource allocation decisions, and
WHEREAS, performance measurement may also be used by managers for strategic planning, program evaluation and budgeting, and
WHEREAS, in October 2002, the metropolitan King County council adopted Motion 11561, which encouraged the executive to broaden and deepen the use of performance measurement throughout county government as a way of enhancing management of scarce resources and demonstrating accountability, and
WHEREAS, in June 2003, the metropolitan King County council passed Motion 11739, which created a collaborative performance measurement work group to advise the county auditor and requested the executive to participate, and
WHEREAS, in a September 14, 2004, memorandum from the county auditor to the chair of the labor, operations and technology committee the auditor recommended that the metropolitan King County council:
1. Continue the performance measurement work group and expand its membership to include representatives of agencies headed by separately elected county officials;
2. Empower the performance measurement work group to develop a work plan to determine feasible next steps such as developing legislation revising King County Code provisions on performance measurement to promote a uniform, countywide performance measurement and reporting system; and
3. Establish countywide goals for pur...

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