HomeMy WebLinkAbout1348RESOLUTION NO. /3 (j g
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, relating to the
creation of a new organization setting forth
the Council 1 s and Mayor 1 s commitment to the
formation of a one-stop permit center; and,
outlining a series of policy statements to
guide the development of a permit service
process that will result in the highest levels
of public safety, while ensuring maximum
public accountability, streamlined and cost
effective delivery of quality public services.
WHEREAS, the City Council has continuously expressed a
long term commitment to have the permit process improved, as
reflected in their prior and present annual Target Issue agenda for
the City; and
WHEREAS, the City previously had a management study
prepared by the Warner Group Consultants, which recommended the
creation of a new line department for Building and Inspections; and
WHEREAS, the permit review and processing functions
currently remain decentralized among three departments; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor formed an Advisory Committee on the
Permit Process to review the permit system, and the Advisory
Committee made a recommendation to establish a separate entity for
processing development/building permits, and making inspections;
and
WHEREAS, the Council's desires to consolidate these
permit processes in order' to make significant improvements in
efficiency and cost effectiveness, without compromise to public
safety; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Council believe that
since the permit review process is an important integral fiscal
component of the budget process, it is sound fiscal policy for the
permit process to be reorganized and improved to increase
efficiency, public safety and quality of services; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City's best interest to further
this reorganization· in order to enhance economic development
opportunities in the community by facilitating the location and
start-up operations of new businesses; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby declares its intent
and commitment to create a new organization for the permitting
process which includes the current building code enforcement
process. The intent would be to have this organization combine
related permit functions and create a true one-stop permit center.
Section 2. The City Council hereby endorses the
administration's effort to coordinate and develop administrative,
legal, legislative, financial, and organizational procedures and
policies to create the new organization for Council review and
action. In order to form this new organization, the
administration, with the assistance of the affected department
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heads, city Attorney, and Human Resources Director, shall submit to
the Council a proposed organizational plan. This plan shall be
prepared following further direction of Council with respect to the
formation, duties, responsibilities, reporting structure and
related matters of this organization. This direction will be
provided after the scheduled Council/department head retreat in
April. The following policy concerns for the new organization
should be considered:
A. Propose a sound financial strategy for the new
organization without significant additional cost impacts to the tax
payer. The new organization should have a right-sizing effect.
B. Establish organizational objectives and quantifiable
(mapping) measures of performance to evaluate personnel, fiscal
management practices and effectiveness in achieving the highest
reasonable level of quality public services.
C. Prepare a specific organizational structure with
strategic management policies on permits and related processes, and
performance evaluation criteria to evaluate overall provision of
public services. All functions of the new organization should be
located in one designated physical area.
D. With the assistance of the City Attorney and Human
Resources Director, establish necessary steps to comply with any
related legal requirement necessary to create the new organization.
E. Ensure that the new organization will strive to
maintain an integral level of coordination with the Fire Department
to attain the highest level of public safety.
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F. Perform these tasks and implement within sixty (60)
days of Council direction, to be provided at its Council meeting on
April 20, 1993, or as otherwise directed by Council.
G. Following said period, the recommendations are to be
presented to the Council for approval.
Section 3. Following approval of an organizational plan
by the Council, appropriate ordinances and funding adjustments to
the budget will be adopted to implement this proposal.
Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington this /6 1 "---day of 1JZ4"kj,.< , 1993.
Concurred in by the May
day of ·---1114i0Cj\..-/ , 1993.
ATTEST:
BRE'~lDA JACOBER, CIT¥ CLERK
])o;rJt<Jff SuJAt..J 7JEPttTY C!lY CLE/:1\
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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. . 1/7~ of the C1 ty of Kent, th1s -'----~--"-~~~~
KELLEHER, MAYOR
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 13 'IS , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, the /0 ~ day of ./f1Z·uviv , 1993.
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