Social Media Spotlight: King County on Twitter
The King County Twitter account @kcnews has officially become @KingCountyWA.
This change helps make it more clear that tweets are official information from King County government, and reduce confusion with other, similarly-named jurisdictions.
Follow @KingCountyWA on Instagram for information and news about services you can use, and tell us how we can serve you better. You should not need to re-follow @KingCountyWA if you already follow @kcnews.
Click here to view all King County social media pages.
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Featured Job: Archivist – Assistant
Closing Date/Time: Mon. 10/09/17 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Salary: $27.08 – $34.33 Hourly
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 35 hrs/week
Location: Archives Building – 1215 E Fir, Seattle, WA 98122, Washington
Department: Department of Executive Services – Records & Licensing Services Division
Description: The Assistant Archivist will help foster the program’s development. Our ideal candidate will be familiar with archival workflow, including how traditional practices translate to the management of electronic archival records in a digital repository. The successful candidate will exhibit a positive, creative, and forward-looking approach to solving problems and will demonstrate commitment to public service and the archives profession.
Contact: For more information contact Jen Irwin, HR Analyst, at JIrwin@kingcounty.gov or 206-263-0601.
Learn more about this position, or view all available jobs.
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Kudos! Employees go above and beyond to lend coworkers a hand
The following kudos is from Kimberly Fleming to her coworkers for their help on a recent project:
I want to say thank you to Rena Jackson, Sarah Rivas, Jim Shoemaker and Susan Krzyzanowski from Procurement and Payables for their willingness to work with the Retirement and Payroll Accounting teams on our needs concerning the King County substitute IRS form W9.
They took the time to listen to our concerns, understand where we were coming from and jumped into action to address a process frustration we were having. They saw it as an opportunity to help and make things better, I just can’t say thank you enough!
Kudos to these employees for trouble shooting the problem and collaborating to overcome it!
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Tech Tip: Skype for Business: How to Skype with external customers
The Skype for Business (Lync/UC) account on your computer is a simple and effective way to have meaningful (remote) meetings with clients, partners and customers even if your client, partner or customer doesn’t have a Skype for Business account. We’ll show you how it works in two minutes.
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Five tips on how to prepare for a disaster on a budget
Crossposted from Public Health Insider
Whenever I think about emergency preparedness, it sounds like a lot of work and a lot of money. When money is tight, it’s hard to make emergency preparedness a priority. Since it is National Preparedness Month, I decided to find ways to help save money while preparing for an emergency. Here are a few tips to make emergency preparedness kit less expensive.
Tip #1: Start with Things at Home In my home, I have a lot of stuff. I started building my kit by taking things from my house that I already have, such as flashlights, batteries, bandages, moist towelettes, spare clothes, old blankets, and antiseptics. Small supplies like these can be in a centralized location and, if needed, I can use them in non-emergency situations and replenish the supplies afterwards.
Read more at Public Health Insider
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PeopleSoft mobile features available now!
The Business Resource Center (BRC) continues to deliver new features, improvements and bug fixes every quarter to PeopleSoft! King County’s PeopleSoft team is at the forefront for adopting new Oracle PeopleSoft features and enhancements.
The upcoming September release improves employee self service! It provides easy access to view your paycheck, leave balances and personal details on the go, from anywhere there is an internet connection.
Self service improvements include:
- Mobile pay: Quickly view net pay, get a comprehensive look through the paycheck summary, and see paycheck analytics
- Leave balances: See vacation, sick and compensatory time balances
- Personal details: View and update your address, email address, and phone numbers and modify ethnic and military status
- Job information: Easily access job information through a new job information tile
Check out ess.kingcounty.gov.
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State retirement contributions increased Sept. 1 for PSERS
Employee and employer contribution rates for the Public Safety Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) plan increased Sept. 1, 2017, as approved by the State Legislature.
The new contribution amounts will be deducted from your second paycheck in September:
- If you are paid on the 5th and 20th of the month, your new contribution will appear on your September 20 paycheck.
- If you are paid every other Thursday, your new contribution will appear on your September 21 paycheck.
If you have any questions about the rate change, please contact the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) at 800-547-6657 or recep@drs.wa.gov. More information is available on the DRS website at www.drs.wa.gov.
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Industries honored for dedication to clean water
Crossposted from Clean Water Stories
Pretreatment protects our workers and our facilities.
Believe it or not, industry is still a major employer in King County, accounting for over 100,000 jobs in the city of Seattle alone.
Another little known fact is how much emphasis our local industries put on environmental stewardship.
One of our responsibilities as a clean-water utility is to regulate facilities that discharge industrial wastewater to our regional sewer system, and we issue permits to make sure this wastewater won’t harm the environment, our workers, or our treatment system.
Permit conditions might call for facilities to regularly monitor and test their wastewater, report the data, and submit to periodic inspections. Many facilities are required to pretreat their wastewater before they send it to the sewer system. Depending on the size and type of operation, industrial dischargers might even invest in specialized equipment or trained personnel to manage the important task of staying in compliance with their permits.
To honor their dedication to clean water, our Industrial Waste Program presented awards to 76 facilities that support our local economy while protecting the natural resources that make our region such a great place to live, work and play.
Read more at Clean Water Stories
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KCDOT works with local consulates to reach Spanish-speaking customers
Crossposted from Inside Transportation
Pictured from left: KCDOT staff Jerry Pionk, Penny Lara, Director Harold Taniguchi, Consul of Mexico Dr.Roberto Dondisch-Glowinski and Metro GM Rob Gannon. Photo by Enrique Payan.
As part of our commitment to delivering accessible service to all residents of King County, regardless of their place of origin, KCDOT leadership recently met with the local consuls of five Latin American nations to help us improve our communications with Spanish-speaking customers.
Nearly one of every 10 King County residents is of Hispanic/Latinx origin, according to the last census, and of those who speak Spanish at home, nearly half say they speak English less than “very well.” Language can become a barrier to using public transit, and elements of Metro’s printed bus schedules are now bilingual in Spanish.
Consuls representing the nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru met with us at King Street Center, while the Consul of Mexico hosted us in his office. Because the consulates are regarded as trustworthy sources of information for immigrant communities, KCDOT Director Harold Taniguchi opened a frank conversation about how Metro Transit can identify gaps in our services and identify new strategies to reach otherwise isolated communities.
Read more at Inside Transportation
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Drug court judge helps people get back on the road to recovery
Crossposted from the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Facebook
For years, Judge James Cayce presided over mostly criminal trials: Child rapes. Murders. One family torture trial stretched out over four months, but despite the difficult nature of the crimes, Judge Cayce enjoyed the work. When the opportunity came along to preside over Drug Court, Judge Cayce hesitated.
“I didn’t want to do drug court at first, but Judge Carey asked me to do Drug Court on Fridays in Kent, so I sat in a couple of times…and I loved it,” he recalls. In January, Judge Cayce took on the full-time role as a judge for Drug Court in both Seattle and Kent.
“So many people come to us with nothing left. They are homeless. They’ve lost their kids and family. They haven’t worked in years and their whole life revolves around their next fix. Slowly, we can turn their whole life around,” he said.
Read more at the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Facebook.
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