Updating Industrial Waste Fee Structure: Next Steps – Fall 2018
Crossposted from Clean Water Stories
The King County Industrial Waste (KCIW) program has been working on a proposal to update the structure of its fee system. Changes require a two-step decision-making process. First the King County Council considers updating the King County Code. Pending Council approval, the Department of Natural Resources and Parks develops a Public Rule.
Thirty-year old fee structure is out of date
KCIW is funded by fees paid by regulated facilities, and the range of facilities we regulate has changed over the last 30 years. These changes follow national and global trends and new federal and state rules that require KCIW to focus on new industry sectors. Our current fee structure needs to be revised to reflect these changes. The current structure is primarily based on volume of water discharged for two pollutant classes (heavy metals and fats-oil-grease). Since different industries use different amounts of water, fees based primarily on water volume do not necessarily reflect the amount of work it takes for KCIW to monitor each facility.
Read more at Clean Water Stories
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Training Spotlight: Strengthening Our Health and Resiliency: Towards Belonging and Co- Liberation and How to Navigate Amidst Overwhelming Times
The King County Office of Equity and Social Justice is hosting two workshops that center on the lived experiences of native employees and employees of color.
Strengthening Our Health and Resiliency: Towards Belonging and Co- Liberation, Nov. 26-27: This training seeks to engage a smaller group of leadership of native employees and employees of color at King County. Using lived experience and frames based on belonging, co-liberation, and health, this session will support thinking through what ensuring transformative and racially equitabble programs and strategies could be. The two day session will be grounded in Embodying the Belonging and Co-liberation frame. This training takes places over two days, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m.-2p.m. and Nov. 27 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Register and learn more, use password affinitygroup.
How to Navigate Amidst Overwhelming Times, Dec. 11: This session will pay special attention to the intersection of trauma and oppression especially that of indigenous and people of color lived experience and background. This will be a large a cross disciplinary gathering that works towards building a critical mass of those striving for sustainability. Register and learn more, use password affinitygroup.
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Celebrating over 100 Health Heroes throughout King County
November is a time to give thanks. Balanced You is grateful for employee Health Heroes who go the extra mile to create workplaces that support the health and well-being of all employees.
In appreciation of their time and effort, Jay Osborne, Director of the Department of Human Resources, sent letters and certificates of appreciation to King County employees who support onsite flu shot events, activity centers, weekly produce deliveries, Weight Watchers meetings, and the Healthy Employee Advisory Team.
Read more at Balanced You
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Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving to our employees, their families and the community
We would like to take the time to say how thankful we are for our employees and their dedication to making King County a welcoming community and a great place to live, and for supporting and serving the 2.1 million people who call this part of the world home.
You drive the way that we innovate, connect and excel in our service to our community and people across the region.
King County never stops serving, and we send a special thank you to the employees – bus operators, corrections officers, sheriff’s deputies, medics, and many others – who are serving our community over the Thanksgiving holiday. Thank you!
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King County Superior Court celebrates forever families
This Thanksgiving week, King County Superior Court wants to thank the nearly 500 families who stepped up across Washington State this year to adopt children. These children are international adoptions, step-family adoptions, but most are foster care adoptions.
November is National Adoption Month and on Friday, Nov. 16, Superior Court celebrated with 23 of those families including 17-year-old Delontea Sallee who spent seven years in the foster care system before his new mom, Amanda, stepped up to make sure Delontea has a family and someone who will help support him through college.
Check out Delontea’s story on Q13.
Nearly 1,800 children and teenagers need forever homes. If you are interested in adopting a child, please contact our partners at http://www.amara.org or http://www.olivecrest.org.
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Pet of the Week: Maya
Crossposted from Tails from RASKC
Active, playful Maya is our Pet of the Week!
This young Rhodesian Ridgeback mix was brought in by her previous owners because she was a bit too rowdy. So, she’s one of our “Rambunctious Red” pets – very independent, full of energy, and loves to play!
Read more at Tails from RASKC
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Featured Job: Administrative Specialist III – Construction Management
Salary: $25.84 – $32.77 Hourly
Location: Seattle, WA
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Department: Department of Transportation – Transit Division
Job Number: 2018JI08872
Closing: 11/26/2018 11:59 PM Pacific
The Design and Construction section is currently recruiting for a career service Administrative Specialist III (AS III) to provide a variety of technical and construction contract related clerical support services to the Transit Construction Management office. This is an excellent career opportunity for an administrative professional with experience in a construction management environment.
Primary job duties include the self-directed performance of essential construction office coordination and support tasks and functions requiring independent judgment and knowledge/experience of construction contract administration processes. The person selected for this position must have the experience and knowledge to properly self-prioritize daily tasks and actions on contract and regulatory mandated time-sensitive functions.
This position requires a broad understanding of multiple unique workflows that are required in Construction Contract Administration, including the roles and responsibilities of various internal and external stakeholders including Project Control Engineers, Project Engineers, Engineers-of-Record, Project Managers, Contractors, sub-Contractors, internal clients, Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), etc. Duties will include utilizing specialized databases, completing records management (both paper and electronic), logging and tracking of various documents, and requisitioning and maintaining a variety of schedules and tracking tools.
Learn more about this position or all available positions.
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Training Spotlight: Introduction to Career Development and Lean Basics
Introduction to Career Development, Dec. 10: In this workshop you will learn the key elements of career development, identify your individual interests and values as they relate to career options, explore similar job classifications, learn the importance of competencies when identifying career options, leverage tips for engaging in conversations with your leadership, and gain the knowledge of how to research and seize career opportunities. You will choose a partner and participate in various exercises together. Register and learn more.
Lean Basics, Jan. 8: Have you heard about Lean before? Have you wondered if Lean could be applied on your job? Come and join us in the Lean Basics course where you will become familiar with the fundamental principles of Lean; such as Waste Identification, Visual Management, and Continuous Improvement. Students will engage the materials through instructor lead classroom discussions, and interactive hands-on learning. Register and learn more.
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Festival of Frights raises more than $3,000 for Annual Giving Drive
More than 100 employees, including Executive Constantine and members of his Senior Leadership Team, attended the Executive Department’s Halloween-themed Festival of Frights on October 31, many in costumes, raising more than $3,000 for two charities, Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets and Project SeaWolf through this year’s Employee Giving Campaign.
Employees participated in games, snacked on treats, and learned more about the two nonprofits, all while raising $2,178.25, which, with a donor match, brought the total donation to $3,178.25 which will be split between the two nonprofits. Kudos to Brooke Reyes who led the organization of the event and her team of volunteers!
Watch this short video below (on SharePoint) that captures the fun of the event.
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Janna Wilson talks employee engagement and health in PSBJ article
Janna Wilson, Interim Manager of Employee Health and Well-Being, is featured in an article on employee engagement and health in the Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ). The November 2 article examines the link between healthy employees and a healthy bottom line.
“We can provide information and tools to help employees make thoughtful choices,” Janna says in the article. “Employers that send signals that they care about and invest in their workforce can attract and retain more engaged employees.” Read the full article at the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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