Drafter
Clerk 08/24/2005
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A MOTION approving the work plan for a targeted operational master plan that will review the operations and potential facilities needs for the superior court's juvenile, family law and supporting therapeutic courts.
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WHEREAS, the superior court of King County provides juvenile, family law and supporting therapeutic courts services to the 1.8 million citizens in King County, and
WHEREAS, the county council and superior court have determined that there may be significant benefits from a comprehensive approach and review of operations and
WHEREAS, a targeted operational master plan that will review the operations and potential facilities needs for the court's juvenile, family law and supporting therapeutic courts plan will guide development of a facilities master planning effort, and
WHEREAS, the county has successfully undertaken operational master planning processes in other major areas that have led to system-wide operational changes resulting in millions of dollars of annual budget savings and improved outcomes for individuals, and
WHEREAS, in Ordinance 15083, the ordinance adopting the 2005 King County budget, the council authorized funding for a targeted operational master plan that will review the operations and potential facilities needs for the court's juvenile, family law and supporting therapeutic courts ("OMP"), and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 15083 contains provisos requiring the office of management and budget, in collaboration with staff from the superior court and the departments of judicial administration, community and human services, the offices of the prosecuting attorney and the public defender, shall submit to the council for its review and approval , a work plan for a targeted OMP, and
WHEREAS, the executive has transmitted, to the council with this motion a work plan for a targeted OMP, developed collaboratively with staff from the superior court and the departments of judicial administration, community and human services, the offices of the prosecuting attorney and the public defender;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The work plan for a targeted operational master plan that will review the
operations and potential facilities needs for the court's juvenile, family law and supporting therapeutic courts, Attachment A to this motion, is hereby approved.