At the Executive’s Performance Excellence Awards, King County Executive awarded the Executive’s Leadership Excellence Award to Senior Deputy County Executive Fred Jarrett for being the driving force behind the County’s Lean and continuous improvement work over the last nine years.  He also announced that going forward, this award will be known as the Fred Jarrett Leadership Excellence Award in honor of Jarrett’s legacy in King County’s best-run government journey.   Jarrett is retiring this year and leaves behind a lasting legacy not only at King County but across Washington state. We spoke to… Read More

At King County we are building a workplace culture that embraces Lean thinking, data and measurement, teamwork and respect for people, service excellence, and continuous improvement.  Hear from Executive Constantine and five employees in this short video as they talk about their work and the way they approach it.

KCIT is excited to launch its new online Help Desk portal on Thursday, Nov. 29. The KCIT Help Desk will no longer accept emails to request IT service starting tomorrow. New requests should be submitted through a new online web portal, shown below: To access the new online Help Desk Portal on Thursday, Nov. 29: 1. Open a browser window 2. Type the following URL into your browser (example below) 3. Select enter Our new online Help Desk portal will offer: Easy to use self-help resources. Instant access to your tickets. News about… Read More

King County celebrated the best in employee innovation and service excellence at the inaugural Executive’s Performance Excellence Awards, a program created to recognize projects, improvements, and innovations in departments that are driving exceptional, measurable results.  Departments were each asked to submit up to two nominations in five key areas – cost, service, people, equity and social justice, and environment. Fifteen projects – three in each category – were named as finalists for the awards.   The winning workgroups are:  Cost: Fleet Diagnostics (DOT/Fleet)  Service: Missed Trip Reduction (Metro Transit)  People: Part-Time Employment Program… Read More

Salary: $99,611.20 – $115,939.20 Annually  Location: Seattle, WA  Job Type: Regular, Full time, 40 hrs/week  Department: King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office  Job Number: 2018-08914  Closing: 12/3/2018 11:59 PM Pacific  King County is seeking an experienced civil litigation attorney to join the Civil Division of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Our Civil Division serves as the law firm for all King County agencies. We value diversity and strive to hire a workforce that reflects the community that we serve. It is essential to our mission that we create and maintain an office that is diverse and inclusive. The Prosecuting Attorney’s Office… Read More

King County employees can save as much as $1,000 to $5,000 through the Provident Funding Mortgage Benefit Program. Employees will receive an exclusive 0.25% closing cost discount on home purchase or refinance loans for primary homes, second homes or investment homes. This also includes closing times of 30-days or less on average, an online account to securely download and upload documents and track loan progress and industry unique Conditional Approval for purchases. Call 888-547-4050 or apply at www.provident.com/KingCountyWA. Be sure to reference discount code: M34BS2835. See all available discounts on the Employee Discount webpage.

Crossposted from Metro Matters  King County Metro’s 3,000 drivers make it look easy. They’re master curb huggers and their turning radius down sometimes busy and narrow streets in Seattle and across King County is on point! To get a better sense of the widths and turning radius of buses, the team at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) got together with Metro’s safety and training sections to go for a spin.  Read more here or watch the video below. 

Crossposted from Keeping Communities Connected For the King County Road Services Division, known as Roads, it’s never too early to begin prepping for snow, ice and other wintery weather. Recently, planning work began with partner jurisdictions, King County Metro, school districts and emergency service providers to determine which routes will be plowed during a major weather event. The priority routes are now mapped and available on the Roads Snow and Ice webpage. Read more at Keeping Communities Connected

The Facilities Management Division (FMD) will be upgrading the county’s security system software December 17 through December 24. To accommodate this work, the ID Access Office will be closed from Wednesday, December 19 through Friday, December 21. During this closure, ID Access will not process new employee badges or issue replacement badges. Please plan ahead if you anticipate needing new or replacement badges. ID Access will reopen on Monday, December 24. The system upgrade should not cause any disruption to building access or security systems. If you do have an emergency access… Read More

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… Read More