Kudos to employees who recognize customers, and miss them
This KC Metro rider appreciates her bus driver providing prompt and courteous service, but also loves it when her driver recognizes that she’s been gone awhile. Customer service is about meeting the needs of every customer through meaningful, heartfelt, personal interactions. Kudos to this driver, and other King County employees, who go that extra mile!
Kudos to KCSO’s dedicated unit in the fight against domestic violence in King County
The Seattle Times profiled the King County Sheriff’s Office Domestic Violence Investigations Unit in Saturday’s edition, highlighting the reformation of the unit and the hard work being done to protect victims of domestic violence and convict DV offenders. The article speaks with Detectives Ben Wheeler and Robin Ostrum, Senior Deputy Prosecutor David Martin and Sheriff John Urquhart. The article goes on to say “Though there isn’t money to expand the unit, Urquhart said he plans to formally offer the unit’s services to the 12 cities that contract with the Sheriff’s Office for… Read More
Kudos! RainWise Program Reaches 1,000 Installations
In July, the RainWise program achieved a milestone: 1,000 rain garden or cistern installations on private property. The program offers rebates to install rain gardens and cisterns on private property in Seattle neighborhoods where King County and Seattle are working to prevent combined sewer overflows (CSO). Almost half of the 1,000 installations are located in King County CSO basins. To learn more about this successful program visit the King County website, visit the 700 Millions Gallons website or read this previous KC Employee News article.
Kudos! King County creates alternative to EpiPen
With the recent spike in cost of the EpiPen, KUOW did a news story on King County’s alternative, developed and used by King County Emergency Medical Services. This version costs roughly $20 and was created to address a change in how EpiPens are administered to patients. KUOW spoke with Jim Duren of King County Emergency Medical Services to gain more insight into this life-saving solution and is another example of how King County is striving to become the best-run government in the country. Photo courtesy of KUOW. Read the full story at KUOW.org
Kudos! Big thank you – Cine en el Parque was a success
Marie Trigona with King County Natural Resources and Parks thanks all the King County staff and community partners who took part in Cine en el Parque and ensured it was a fun, successful community event. Hi all, Many thanks for making Cine en el Parque a terrific success, in particular the White Center Community Development Association who cosponsored the event. We had about 500 attendees and we collected more than 100 stamped passes. King County had 10 tables and nine community partners who came out to the event. Two media outlets attended… Read More
Kudos! Compassion and respect earn client kudos for public health nurse
This note came to the department’s public inbox this month. For context, many state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) offices include an office staffed by public health nurses, who are based in nearby public health centers and deliver Maternity Support Services (MSS) and limited family planning services. One of those nurses is Paddee Buzzard, from Federal Way Public Health Center. To Whom This May Concern- I found out I was pregnant early on and was completely scared. I came in to DSHS to take another test and to just talk to… Read More
Kudos! Food program manager named to the Chris Traeger List: Top 100 local government influencers
Crossposted from Public Health Insider As Chris Traeger would say: Becky Elias, Food Protection Program Manager at Public Health – Seattle & King County, is *literally* our favorite person! Yes, that Chris Traeger–the perpetually sunny, enthusiastic and crazily fit city manager of the fictitious Pawnee, Indiana on *literally* our favorite TV show, Parks and Rec! A national organization for leaders in local government, Emerging Local Government Leaders (ELGL), has named Becky to the Chris Traeger List of Top 100 Local Influencers. We’ve pulled in the cast of Parks and Rec to explain why…. Read More
Kudos to Facilities Management Division and BSS administrative staff!
Debbi Linebarger with Regional Animal Services of King County thanked FMD and specifically the Building Services Section administrative staff for being such a great customer service team. She expressed her appreciation of their prompt return calls, and for graciously helping her with all her work order requests. Thank you BSS and all FMD staff for the wonderful work you do!
Kudos! Procurement receives U.S. Communities Appreciation Award
Crossposted from DES Express The Finance and Business Operations Division’s Procurement and Payables (P&P) Section received an Appreciation Award from U.S. Communities, the nation’s largest government purchasing alliance. This award is a reflection of P&P’s dedication to increasing taxpayers’ savings through strategic partnerships with other agencies. P&P currently uses 11 cooperative purchasing agreements from U.S. Communities, more than any other public agency on the West Coast. U.S. Communities honored King County at the City of Seattle’s Reverse Trade Show on July 21. P&P staff were on hand to accept the award and… Read More
Kudos! FMD gets kudos for installing new ballot boxes
Crossposted from DES Express King County Elections recently opened a number of new ballot drop boxes at locations all over King County, more than doubling the number of places where citizens can exercise their right to vote. This was a major undertaking, as many of those new boxes needed to be open in time for the August primary election. The Facilities Management Division was tasked with installing the drop boxes, which they did in plenty of time for an “unveiling” ceremony in mid-July. Nate Valderas, an administrator for Elections, sent this note to… Read More
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