Drafter
Clerk 4/19/2007
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A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Sherril Huff as director of the records, elections and licensing services division in the King County department of executive services.
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WHEREAS, for more than nine months, the department of executive services ("DES") has gone to great lengths to fill the records, elections and licensing services division director position, and
WHEREAS, in December 2006, DES hired Waldron and Company, an executive search firm, to launch an aggressive national search to fill the records, elections and licensing services division ("REALS") director position, and
WHEREAS, in our search of similarly sized jurisdictions as King County, the best qualified and candidate most suited for the REALS director position is former, two-term Kitsap County auditor and current assistant director of REALS Ms. Sherril Huff, and
WHEREAS, Ms. Huff was hired as the assistant director of REALS in February 2005 following the historically close gubernatorial election of 2004 to provide seasoned leadership in implementing numerous process improvements and management reforms, and
WHEREAS, during her tenure in this position she has demonstrated consistent professionalism and leadership for an organization experiencing significant change, and
WHEREAS, as the liaison to four external reviews of the organization, Sherril has overseen the implementation of recommendations which have helped rebuild public trust and confidence in King County elections both internally and with key stakeholders including the citizens' elections oversight committee, the Secretary of State and the King County Republican and Democratic political parties, and
WHEREAS, her contributions have provided positive cultural, organizational and procedural changes within the division since 2005, and
WHEREAS, having served two terms as Kitsap County Auditor, 1979 to 1986, Sherril has a unique and thorough understanding of elections laws, a...
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