Pet of the Week: Slinky and 50% off adoption fees
Crossposted from Tails from RASKC
She’s fun for a girl or a boy – she’s Slinky, our Pet of the Week! This young black cat is an affectionate lovebug who likes getting attention on her own terms. She can get overstimulated with petting, so you just need to keep an eye out for signs she may need a break. Since she is so spirited, she’s one of our “Rambunctious Red” pets.
Read more at Tails from RASKC
Additionally, throughout the month of December, RASKC is offering 50% off dog and cat adoption fees at our Kent location. (Separate pet license fee may apply.) In addition, we are also proud to team up with our friends from Pawsitive Alliance to promote several of our favorite dogs and cats who just can’t wait to find a new home for the holidays.
So what are you waiting for? Check out our special #Home4thePawlidays pets or visit our Pet Adoption Center in Kent to meet your new best friend today! See all of our adoptable pets at kingcounty.gov/AdoptAPet.
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Did you know you had this benefit? Third medical plan option KingCare Select
King County introduced this option earlier this year, which joins KingCare and Kaiser Permanente’s SmartCare Connect as one of three medical plan options available to King County employees. Learn more here.
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Training Spotlight: Conflict Awareness and Introduction to Mindfulness
Conflict Awareness, Jan. 25: We all encounter difficult people. Whether you are a supervisor, a customer service professional, or have a challenging co-worker, it’s important to know how to rise above your initial emotional reaction and turn negative situations into positive outcomes. Topics include understanding why we label people as difficult, types of difficult people, tools and techniques for resolving issues, coping strategies for dealing with the effects of difficult people, and conflict management strategies. Read more and register.
Introduction to Mindfulness, Feb. 14: In this workshop we will review the various aspects of mindfulness practice, the ways mindfulness can help reduce stress, reactivity and burnout, and the science that supports the practices. The workshop includes hands-on learning of several simple but effective mindfulness practices that participants can put to use in their lives right away. Read more and register.
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Research into the Comet Lodge Cemetery
Pictured: One of the records provided to the Archives’ internal King County client: Road Book 4 map of the Samuel Maple[s] land claim – Maple owned the property donated to the Odd Fellows for the Comet Lodge Cemetery.
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Employee discount for Summit at Snoqualmie individual tickets
In addition to discounts for the Summit at Snoqualmie 2018-2019 Season Passes (available through Jan. 7, 2019), employees can now purchase single day tickets at a discounted rate, starting Friday, Dec. 13. For information about how to access these discounted tickets, click here. Click here for more information about Summit at Snoqualmie hours and snow conditions and cameras.
See all available discounts on the Employee Discount webpage.
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2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, Jan. 10
Pictured: The featured image from the 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. King County calendar.
Please join us in honoring our nation’s foremost human rights leader and our County’s namesake, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme for this year is “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” This year’s keynote speaker is Ijeoma Oluo, local New York Times bestselling author of “So You Want To Talk About Race.”
The celebration will take place Thursday, January 10 from noon to 1 p.m at The Sanctuary Seattle, located at 811 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104. Program includes music, spoken word, and comments from King County Executive Dow Constantine.
For more information contact Matias.Valenzuela@kingcounty.gov, Director of King County’s Office of Equity and Social Justice.
Many employees in downtown Seattle work within walking distance of the event venue, and we encourage you to walk or take public transit. The building has an ADA accessible entrance on 5th Ave. and an attendant will be standing by to offer assistance to anyone who should require it. We encourage employees coming from outside downtown Seattle to look at transit and carpool options.
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration is a County-sponsored event and King County directors, managers, and supervisors are encouraged to permit employees to participate, if possible. Read King County’s HR Bulletin regarding employee attendance at County-sponsored events for more information. Your attendance is of course voluntary.
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Metro Transit operator shares experience in KUOW story
King County bus operator Nathan Vass was profiled in a recent KUOW article. It focused on his experiences driving a bus throughout different parts of Seattle and his community engagement work as a filmmaker, writer and photographer. The article quotes Nathan saying:
“If I say hi to people on the 7, they will say something in response. I don’t drive that route because it’s more cool, or more dangerous, or something like that, but because the people are more friendly. If I’m going to spend eight hours in one neighborhood, I want it to be somewhere where there’s a lot of back and forth.”
Read more in the full article titled “This Seattle bus driver decided to be extra nice to his passengers. Here’s how it went.”
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Featured Job: IT Project Manager II
Salary: $102,777.38 – $130,276.64 Annually
Location: Seattle, WA
Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term Limited Temp (TLT)
Department: King County Department of Information Technology
Job Number: 2018-08628
Closing: 12/16/2018 11:59 PM Pacific
King County Department of Information Technology (KCIT), the central information technology provider for King County, delivers smart and innovative technology solutions that engage, empower, and serve our residents, businesses, and communities.
As our region has grown, we are looking for multiple IT Project Managers to join our team. In this role, you will provide project management support for various project assignments supporting the KCIT organization. Additionally, you will be responsible to the Project Management Office (PMO) in addressing general project management issues associated with scope, schedule, budget and quality of deliverables.
If you’re ready to make a difference at a company that matters, if you want to maximize your potential and receive recognition for your own talents, we would love to talk to you. Join us as we transform and raise the bar on what technology looks like in the public sector!
Learn more about this position or view all available positions.
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Saving SoundGuardian
Crossposted from the Downstream Blog
On the night of Saturday, Nov. 10, a four-alarm fire started at a lumberyard right across from the King County Environmental Lab.
The fire was the largest Seattle has seen since 2010 with flames shooting over 100 feet into the air, according to the Seattle Fire Department blog. In the end, the fire that burned two buildings to the ground and damaged three others was determined to be arson.
That night, in addition to the 142 firefighters that helped fight the fire, King County employees were coordinating their own response to protect the Lab and the SoundGuardian research vessel. The 4-alarm fire was less than 200 feet away from the Lab which worried employees that both the Lab and SoundGuardian were at risk.
Read more at the Downstream Blog
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King County partner named best cat café in America
RASKC partner Seattle Meowtropolitan was named “Best Cat Café in America” by a national online news magazine, Hoodline. The café in Wallingford was recognized for its work to find new homes for cats, as well as its financial contributions to animal welfare organizations. The ranking was also based on its Yelp reviews, which are some of the highest in the nation. RASKC shared the honors on its social media channels, and the Executive also shared the good news with his social followers, saying, “One of the ways we increased the pet adoption rate by a record 20 percent last year was by creating innovative partnerships with local businesses, such as Seattle Meowtropolitan, which is now the top-rated cat cafe in the United States.”
View a short video about this achievement on Executive Constantine’s Facebook page.
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