File #: 2011-0022    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/10/2011 In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/24/2011
Enactment date: 1/25/2011 Enactment #: 17020
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to expanding the duration of special duty assignments required to meet extraordinary county business needs; and amending Ordinance 14233, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.140.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett, Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Human Resources Management Division
Code sections: 3.15.140 -
Attachments: 1. 17020.pdf, 2. 2011-0022 Transmittal Letter.doc, 3. 2011-0023--0029 Seattle Times-Beachcomber.doc, 4. 2011-0022 Special Duty Pay SR, 5. 2011-0022 Amendment 1 Final, 6. REVISED 2011-0022 Special Duty Pay SR
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Clerk 01/19/2011
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AN ORDINANCE relating to expanding the duration of special duty assignments required to meet extraordinary county business needs; and amending Ordinance 14233, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.140.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Over the last decade, special duty requests have been subject to a three-tier approval process which has provided for effective oversight and controls on the administration of special duty assignments and pay in the county.
B. The ability to provide special duty assignments to county employees has afforded agencies needed staffing flexibility, which has enhanced service delivery utilizing experienced county workers without the need to add positions to the county workforce.
C. Since the time that special duty assignment requests and approvals were formally codified, extraordinary business needs have called for a change in the duration of assignments. This is true for special duty assignments needed to backfill employees who are on leave or who are on other important county assignments. This is true for special duty assignments needed to staff large-scale county projects for a limited term such as the Brightwater regional wastewater treatment project and the accountable business transformation project.
D. In order to meet extraordinary county business needs for special duty assignments, the code revision is necessary
SECTION 2. Ordinance 14233, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.140 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. An appointing authority, with the prior written approval of the department director and, when required, the manager of the human resources division ((, or his or her designee)) and the county administrative officer, may ((temporarily)) assign an employee in a regular position to an existing higher-level classification for a limited term when the higher-level duties and responsibilities comprise the majority of th...

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