Book your next camping adventure online!
Reservations and payments for camping sites, yurts and container camping at King County’s popular Tolt MacDonald Park and Campground can now be booked online.
Earlier this year, the Department of Natural Resources and Parks, the Department of Information Technology (KCIT) and membership management software company PerfectMind launched the online reservation system for King County Parks.
Tolt MacDonald is the first park to offer online booking and payments. All sites can be reserved up to one year in advance with a one week notice. Sites for recreational vehicles and tents that have not been reserved in advance are available on a first-come, first-served basis using the campground’s self-registration system. Yurts and the camping container require a reservation at least one week in advance.
There are plenty of activity options at Tolt MacDonald. The picnic shelters and restored barn can be rented for company picnics, weddings or other special events. The grass ballfields are available for softball, baseball and soccer. There are plenty of trails to explore. Don’t forget your mountain bike! Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance is a partner, and Tolt is a favorite site for mountain biking. An extensive network of trails on the Ames Lake Plateau can be accessed from the park.
Visit DNRP’s site to book your site. A complete list of fees is also available. Visa, MasterCard and Discover may be used to pay. To rent other facilities, contact the Regional Scheduling Office at 206-477-6150 or by email. For more information, visit the King County Parks Plog.
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Administrative Professionals Recognition Event a huge success
Career Support Services and the Administrative Professionals Advisory Committee sponsored the second annual Administrative Professionals Recognition Event on April 26. More than 200 employees attended the event, which is an impressive increase over last year’s attendance of about 100.
As part of the festivities, attendees enjoyed tasty treats, networked, learned valuable information from guest speakers including an introduction to Career Support Services’ new online career development tool, and of course had a great time.
Many administrative professionals expressed their gratitude:
“Thank you for the efforts involved with organizing today’s second annual King County Administrative Professionals Recognition Event. It was my first time attending and the event was worthwhile and engaging. This acknowledgement and recognition has reaffirmed that King County is a wonderful place to work. I’m glad to be here.”
“Thanks for hosting such a successful event yesterday that clearly helped folks to feel honored, valued, appreciated!”
“Thank you guys so much for sponsoring this wonderful event for us – Administration Day! 🙂 I truly enjoyed myself.”
“I was at the great Admin event today. Thank you very much for having us there!”
“There are some staff that didn’t get to attend the event and asked where I got my awesome MLK pin.”
To learn more about the Administrative Professionals Program, visit www.kingcounty.gov/administrativeprofessionals or email administrativeprofessionals@kingcounty.gov.
Individuals recognized at the event were nominated before March 24, 2017. They are:
From Adult and Juvenile Detention: Cathy Bossett, Lisa Burden, Traci Case, Anna Ponder, Jimmy Serrano, Mistica Straight. From Assessments: Kay Koitzsch. From Community and Human Services: Mindy Hawkins. From District Courts: Stephanie Ramirez. From Elections: The Voter Services Team, Signe Chan. From Executive Services: Teresa Brown, Ben Gannon, Amanda Gudmunson, Sandra Netwon-Hinton. From Natural Resources and Parks: Sylvia Aro, Proceso Bihis, Robert Edsforth, Roxanne Malatesta, Paige Meyers, Kris Nielsen, Kristin Painter, Anna Pennington, Robin Robinson, Michael Stella, Karen Yoshioka. From Public Defense: Kieran Alho, Patty Berry, Marcella Clement, Mickayla Rogers, Stephanie Sellers, Charlotte Smith. From Public Health: Caroline Aaron, Danica Boss, Patricia Christie, Robin Cowan, Shirley Dickerson, Senkanesh Gizaw, Donna Hale, Julie Hasz, Leah Holland, Lena Louie, Jennifer Loyd, Claire Magbanua, Lila Mota-Loza, Leslie Martin Pruneda, Angela Rutledge, Keith Siebler, Vince Webb. From Transportation: Lisa Dove, Linda Eaves, Judith Price, Kerri Tsujii, Mirla Santiago.
Click here to see a video of the event, or watch it below.
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Big Backyard 5K on June 11
The eighth-annual King County Parks Big Backyard 5K presented by Kaiser Permanente will take place on Sunday, June 11 at Marymoor Park. King County employees can take $5 off their registration fee with the promo code KC5off. Register today as an individual or team for this fun family friendly event and refer a friend to receive a cool BBY5K branded coffee mug!
Participating in the Parks Fitness Challenge for this year’s Healthy Incentives? Don’t forget to swing by the King County Parks information booth after the race to get your code word.
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Career opportunities as diverse as the people who work here
King County’s 14,000 employees provide a wide range of vital services to our community, and we’ve been out talking to some of them about their work and careers at King County.
One of those employees Penny Lara, a Transportation Planner with Metro Transit, is featured in our latest careers video.
“One of the most important things of my job is that I’m in touch with the community,” Penny said in the video. ”I’m also bringing the community’s perspective back to the agency so we can better plan for different programs. We want to make sure that we represent the communities that we serve.”
King County offers a wide range of rewarding careers that provide an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people across our communities.
We are also working to become racially diverse and culturally responsive at all levels of the organization, which will help us provide equitable, high quality services to all our communities, as part of the Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan.
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KCIT WannaCry Ransomware Update
This is a long message but please read it entirely. This message contains important information that all King County employees need to be aware of.
KCIT is aware of a new ransomware called WannaCry. You may have seen news articles and publications on this over the weekend. WannaCry encrypts computer files and demands an average payment of $300 which doubles three days after the infection. If no payment has been received after seven days, the files will be deleted. WannaCry utilizes a known weakness affecting most versions of Microsoft Windows. Systems that are up-to-date on Microsoft patches are not susceptible to the exploit used by WannaCry.
King County has seen no instances of this cyberattack on our systems. The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), one of KCIT’s cybersecurity partners, has not received any reports indicating a successful WannaCry infections of State, Local, Tribal or Territorial governments. The good news is that a researcher in the UK has effectively stopped this version of the Ransomware. However, KCIT is being proactive and monitoring for changes in the situation.
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RALS Leadership Fellowship opportunity
The Department of Executive Services, Records & Licensing Services (RALS) is announcing the Leadership Fellowship Opportunity, an effort to create a culture that develops the next generation of leaders and nurture an empowered workforce.
The Leadership Fellowship opportunity will be for two six-month fellowships (Special Duty Assignment) to two Career Service employees. The first fellowship will start in July 2017 and the second fellowship will start in January 2018. It is open to all Career Service Employees who have a salary range of 65 or higher (or equivalent). To check salary information using PeopleSoft Self Service click here.
Selected individuals will have a rigorous and customized leadership development plan which will include; mastering leadership skills including Operations, Human Resources, Finance and Organizational Development.
Applications will be accepted beginning Monday, May 8 through Sunday, May 21. Please apply online at www.kingcounty.gov/jobs. A completed King County Application and a PDF statement of no more than 750 words is required. This statement should reflect a personal interest in the fellowship and how the employee’s background and areas for development make them the ideal candidate. No resumes or additional materials are needed.
For more information, view the job posting. For questions, please contact Robert James at 206-263-9414 or robert.james@kingcounty.gov.
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PRIDE is coming June 25
“Whether you arrived here last week or whether you’ve lived here for five generations, you belong here” – King County Executive Dow Constantine
Please join King County Executive Dow Constantine and other colleagues, friends and family as we walk in the Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25.
Bring yourself, your family, your friends and enjoy the parade together!
As always, there will be fabulous t-shirts available for order soon for about $10 with our theme for this year: We ALL Belong Here.
Want to be up on all of the Pride information? Send an email to Leah Holland at leah.holland@kingcounty.gov with “Pride Info” in the subject line. Leah will send out updates including the t-shirt order form (in about a week), location and time to meet (one week before Pride), and other things to those who contact her as information becomes available!
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EMAP Accreditation awarded to King County OEM
King County Office of Emergency (OEM) has earned full accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) – a validation of the capabilities of our disaster preparedness and response systems. Accreditation from this internationally recognized program represents a significant achievement and compliance with sixty-four industry-recognized standards. The rigorous EMAP process required a year-long internal self-assessment of OEM’s organizational programs, plans, and procedures, capped by an on-site peer-review by a team of EMAP assessors drawn from programs across the U.S.
“For the past five years, OEM has completed a top to bottom assessment and realignment of our region-wide mission, values, goals, and objectives,” stated OEM Director Walt Hubbard, pictured with Executive Constantine. “EMAP is the capstone of this effort and represents a validation of our entire emergency management community.”
“I applaud King County’s leadership and your dedication to the safety and security of our residents,” stated Seattle Office of Emergency Management Director and EMAP Commissioner Barb Graff. “Congratulations on achieving EMAP accreditation and earning a perfect score.”
Accreditation is valid for five years. To earn reaccredited status, the program must maintain compliance with the Emergency Management Standard and be reassessed.
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Doubling down on equity and social justice
Crossposted from Inside Transportation
King County’s ambitious program to extend fairness and opportunity to all is rolling out to departments and agencies.
First came the six-year strategic plan, adopted last year as a blueprint for putting equity and social justice (ESJ) at the heart of every county activity. Now each department is creating its own specific plan for meeting the goals the county has set. These fall into six areas (see box at left).
This far-reaching program aims to transform the way we do business—both internally (hiring, promotions, training) and externally (customer service, service planning, public outreach).
In late March, 80 Transportation staffers gathered in Rainier Valley for an all-day workshop to kick off the department’s part of that work.
A powerful morning session on racial justice, presented by Metro’s diversity and inclusion manager, Anita Whitfield, featured personal stories from two department leaders.
Read more at Inside Transportation
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Mother’s Day special offer – LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil
In celebration of Mother’s Day, King County Employees can take advantage of a special offer to see LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil at Marymoor Park before it ends on May 21. Click on this link to receive 20% off select show dates on price levels 1-2-3.
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