Drafter
Clerk 09/02/2015
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to a continuous improvement program and reporting requirements; and amending Ordinance 12075, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C.2.16.025.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The office of performance, strategy and budget shall develop and implement a continuous improvement program to systematically improve results and make better use of resources through the use of Lean thinking and tools. Three major strategies of the program will be developing Lean leaders, transforming value streams, and building capacity, including training, for employees to use Lean tools and thinking. Reporting on the program's activities, results and learning shall be made available to the King County Council on an annual basis.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 12075, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C.2.16.025 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The county executive shall manage and be fiscally accountable for the office of performance, strategy and budget and the office of labor relations.
B. The office of performance, strategy and budget functions and responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Planning, preparing and managing, with emphasis on fiscal management and control aspects, the annual operating and capital project budgets;
2. Preparing forecasts of and monitor revenues;
3. Monitoring expenditures and work programs in accordance with Section 475 of the King County Charter;
4. Developing and preparing expenditure plans and ordinances to manage the implementation of the operating and capital project budgets throughout the fiscal period;
5. Formulating and implementing financial policies regarding revenues and expenditures for the county and other applicable agencies;
6. Performing program analysis and contract and performance evaluation review;
7. Developing and transmitting to the council, concurrent with the biennial proposed budget, ...
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