Drafter
Clerk 09/17/2015
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A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report recognizing full implementation of Recommendation #5 of the September 11, 2013, performance audit of environmental health services, and approving an action plan for improving the operational infrastructure of environmental health services in order to lower permit costs and encourage vendor participation while maintaining food safety, in compliance with the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 98, Proviso P2.
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WHEREAS, the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 98, Proviso P2, requires the executive to transmit a motion and report acknowledging full implementation of Recommendation #5 of the September 11, 2013, performance audit of environmental health services, and
WHEREAS, also required is an action plan for improving the operational infrastructure of environmental health services in order to lower permit costs and encourage vendor participation while maintaining food safety, and
WHEREAS, the proposed action plan includes recommended actions and timeframes for achieving cost savings that are projected to result in no food program rate increases through the end of 2017 while building rate reserves during that timeframe;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The receipt of a report, which is Attachment A to this motion, recognizing full implementation of Recommendation #5 of the September 11, 2013, performance audit of environmental health services is hereby acknowledged, which includes an action plan for improving the operational infrastructure of environmental health services in order to lower permit costs and encourage vendor participation while maintaining food safety, in
compliance with the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 98, Proviso P2, and which is hereby approved.