File #: 2010-0274    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/3/2010 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 7/26/2010
Enactment date: 8/4/2010 Enactment #: 16897
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the King County Strategic Plan, 2010-2014 and establishing actions necessary for the implementation of the plan.
Sponsors: Jane Hague, Larry Phillips, Larry Gossett, Jan Drago, Bob Ferguson
Attachments: 1. 16897.pdf, 2. A. King County Strategic Plan, 2010-2014 dated July 26, 2010, 3. 2010-0274 Fiscal Note.xls, 4. 2010-0274 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. 2010-0274 King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014 Initial Implementation Plan.pdf, 6. A. King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014, 7. 2010-0274 CWSP SR 06022010, 8. 2010-0274 Staff Report CWSP 0630 - final, 9. 2010-0274 Attachment 07072010 CSWP text-revisions v2c, 10. 2010-0274 CWSP SR 0707 (2), 11. 2010-0274 CWSP SR 0714, 12. A. King County Strategic Plan, 2010-2014 dated July 14, 2010., 13. 2010-0274 Revised Staff Report CWSP 0714, 14. Amendment Package 7-26-10.pdf
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AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the King County Strategic Plan, 2010-2014 and establishing actions necessary for the implementation of the plan.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The people of King County have called for government to clearly identify the services it delivers relative to their priorities and how those services are being efficiently delivered.
2. The nature of government service delivery and customer expectations are changing at rapid rates, and government needs to establish mechanisms to keep faith with public expectations for a relevant and accessible government.
3. King County has an unsustainable service delivery environment resulting from statutorily limited revenues and service delivery costs greater than the annual rate of inflation. As such, King County needs to take actions to prioritize the services it can deliver; collaboratively engage its workforce and partners to address our challenges; and identify sustainable solutions to ensure that the priorities of the people can be efficiently delivered.
4. In 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. Annually, thereafter, the council has taken formal action strengthen the accountability and transparency of King County government. These actions led to the establishment of a performance management and accountability system through Ordinance 16202.
5. K.C.C. chapter 2.10, as established in Ordinance 16202, requires the development of a countywide strategic plan to guide the ongoing and proposed activities of the county.
6. The county has engaged in a multiyear effort to engage the public, county employees, regional partners and county elected leaders to identify the priorities of King County government and incorporate them into a countywide strategic plan.
7. Development and implementation of a first countywide strategic plan is an adaptive pr...

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