Kudos! to the DCHS management team for volunteering and Banding Together to Fight Homelessness
In connection with Pearl Jam: The Home Shows and Banding Together to Fight Homelessness, United Way of King County sponsored a special Day of Caring Aug. 9, where volunteers worked on hundreds of projects throughout the County at nonprofits that serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness. The DCHS management team volunteered their time to help the Accelerator YMCA program that serves homeless youth and young adults. Staff worked from 10 a.m. to about 2 p.m. at a group home in Shoreline that needed help with gardening, weeding, raking, pruning, laying bark, cleaning… Read More
City Hall Park activation
Facilities Management Division and the Department of Executive Services Director’s Office have been working with stakeholders for more than a year to help improve City Hall Park and King County Courthouse surroundings. Earlier this month, KIRO-TV ran a story about the collaborative efforts of King County and the City of Seattle to “activate” the park with games, food trucks, and buskers. The soft launch took place on Aug. 6, attracting dozens of King County employees and other downtown people, who enjoyed the new amenities on a sunny day. King County Superior Court… Read More
2018 Equity & Social Justice Speaker Series
You are invited! The 2018 Equity & Social Justice Speaker Series invites you to a Lunch & Learn Tuesday, Aug. 28, noon to 1 p.m. in room 123 of the Chinook Building. This session features The Anti-Defamation League, with a presentation by Hillary Bernstein and Miri Cypers (Director), and is brought to you by KC Equity Fund and KCIT ESJ: Learning, Advocating, Cultivating.
Recount refresh
Crossposted from Election Connection We had a few close races this month and thought it would be helpful to share how a recount works. It’s important to know that there are two different types of recounts, machine and manual, and that there are different thresholds for each, as well as for the type of race. There are also no mandatory recounts for state advisory votes or local measures. Mandatory Machine Recount – A machine recount is when in all ballots for that race are re-scanned and re-tabulated electronically. For all races and… Read More
When you come to work, you want to be in a happy environment. This is what we help create!
Crossposted from Clean Water Stories Happy place = happy at work If you’re like most working people, you spend enough time at your job that it’s like a second home. And most people would agree it’s nicer when your workplace is tidy – even beautiful. A pleasant work environment isn’t just a bonus or a “nice to have.” Studies show that a clean, nicely-maintained workplace is good for business. It’s safer and makes employees happy, healthy and more productive. It leaves a good first impression on customers – and is part of… Read More
Social Media Spotlight: #CityHallSelfie Day
King County employees had a great showing for #CityHallSelfie Day last week! To view the selfies, visit King County, WA on Twitter and search – you guessed it – #CityHallSelfie! In addition to viewing the selfies from our King County team – including Executive Constantine and, one of our favorites, RALS’ #CityHallSelfie #Twelfie – you can view how public servants around the country and around the world celebrated!
Featured Job: Education Specialist – Immunizations Program
Closing: 09/03/18 11:59 PM Pacific Salary: $25.44 – $32.24 Hourly Location: Chinook Building, Seattle, WA Job Type: Special Duty Assignment or Term-Limited Temporary Department: Public Health – Seattle & King County Job Number: 2018ZK-08517 This position is open to all qualified candidates and is a 6-month term limited temporary or special duty position that reports to the Immunization Educator Consultant in the Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section. The Education Specialist performs Vaccines for Children Program site visits with enrolled clinics in King County utilizing pre-designed assessment methodologies. The incumbent evaluates clinic data to… Read More
Trail Spotlight: Eastside Rail Corridor
Crossposted from King County Parks Plog By Gabriel Avila-Mooney One of the most exciting projects happening at Parks is the development of the Eastside Rail Corridor (ERC). This trail is being developed in partnership with Renton, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, and Woodinville, along with Sound Transit, Puget Sound Energy and many others. Once completed this 42-mile recreational trail will connect the Cedar River Trail and Lake to Sound Trail (in progress) with the SR 520 Trail, the I-90 Trail, Redmond Central Connector, the Cross Kirkland Corridor, the Sammamish River Trail, and the East… Read More
King County’s South Treatment Plant celebrates perfection with prestigious environmental awards
The Washington State Department of Ecology honored King County’s South Treatment Plant with a coveted “Outstanding Performance Award” for operational excellence that resulted in perfect compliance with all permit conditions in 2017. South Plant is one of 111 wastewater treatment plants out of about 300 statewide that received the recognition. To earn the award, the plant had to operate around the clock for the entire year with no violations of any kind. In addition to meeting or exceeding effluent pollution removal requirements, the plant operations also flawlessly complied with monitoring and reporting… Read More
Metro Transit to become independent department Jan. 1
Shared from King County Council News King County Metro, recognized this month as the best large transit system in North America, will become an independent County department with Monday’s unanimous approval of legislation by the Metropolitan King County Council. In September 2017, Executive Constantine announced his proposal to make Metro Transit a stand-alone department rather than a division of the Department of Transportation. King County has been responsible for public transit since the voter-approved merger of the county with the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro). Metro Transit has been a division of… Read More
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