Drafter
Clerk 04/17/2014
Title
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a continuous improvement implementation plan, in compliance with the 2014 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17695, Section 18, Proviso P4.
Body
WHEREAS, the 2014 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17695, Section 18, Proviso P4, requires the executive to transmit a motion and continuous improvement implementation plan, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes a description of the county's continuous improvement program, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes the role, responsibilities, including program accountability, and membership of an interbranch continuous improvement advisory board, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes processes for ongoing project assessment, prioritization, selection, resourcing, implementation and evaluation, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes an ongoing process for approving improvement targets for projects, including quality, cost, safety and delivery, including timeliness, per the charter for specific projects, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes a post project review process, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes a process for regular, at least annual, reporting of performance and results, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes a training and development plan for countywide implementation of continuous improvement, with milestones for 2014 and 2015, and
WHEREAS, the plan includes a process for continuously improving the plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The receipt of the continuous improvement implementation plan in compliance
with the 2014 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17695, Section 18, Proviso P4, which is Attachment A to this motion, is hereby acknowledged.