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A MOTION ensuring accountability for public tax dollars and public resources and establishing a plan for greater oversight for capital projects and requesting the executive to apply best practices methodology in preparation of the overhead cost allocation model.
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WHEREAS, the King County council has recently received the results of the Washington State Auditor's Office Accountability Audit Report, which reviewed King County's accountability and compliance with state laws and regulations and its own policies and procedures, and
WHEREAS, the King County council, in its role as the oversight body for the King County government, has taken a number of actions in recent years to improve capital project oversight and ensure accountability for public tax dollars and resources and intends to expeditiously address issues raised by the audit report, and
WHEREAS, in 2006, the King County council established the capital projects oversight function within the King County auditor's office to oversee King County's large capital construction projects, with the mission of controlling cost overruns and unforeseen changes in project scopes, schedules and budgets, and
WHEREAS, the King County council has expanded the capital projects oversight function each year, growing from its original pilot project status reviewing four large capital construction projects in 2007 to providing more extensive oversight of management practices for capital projects across all departments in 2009, and
WHEREAS, in the 2008 adopted budget, Ordinance 15975, the King County council required the accountable business transformation program management office and the office of management and budget to develop a budget process for capital improvement project ("CIP") reporting that would provide the following information for each CIP: (1) the initial, baseline schedule, scope of work and budget ("baseline information"); (2) all the costs, incurred to date and projected to complete the pr...
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