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Clerk 01/29/2015
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AN ORDINANCE relating to recruitment of county employees; enhancing the county's competitive position in hiring the most-highly-qualified employees by allowing reimbursement of the moving expenses of additional employees; revising and clarifying the limitations on reimbursement; allowing direct payment of moving expenses instead of reimbursement; making technical corrections; and amending Ordinance 12014, Section 56, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.170
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Recruiting skilled, experienced and productive employees is of tremendous importance to the county. Reimbursement of moving expenses is sometimes necessary to induce an individual to accept a position with the county, particularly in hard-to-fill areas where the county is competing with private sector employers. There have been instances where the county had to go through multiple recruitment efforts before securing a candidate for a position requiring specialized knowledge, skills and abilities because the county could not offer moving expense reimbursement.
B. While the King County Code currently provides for moving expense reimbursement for some positions, amending the code to expand the categories of positions eligible for reimbursement to include positions requiring specialized knowledge, skills and abilities will further the county's goal of finding the most-highly-qualified job applicants.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 12014, Section 56, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.24.170 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Within the executive branch, including the department of judicial administration, the manager of the human resources management division may authorize in writing, at the written request of the appointing authority, reimbursement ((for)) of reasonable and necessary moving expenses ((to)) for the following categories of county employees:
1. Persons whose appointments re...
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