Agency Name

Title

Proposed Expenditures

Brief Description

Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)

Reduced Maintenance Costs for Next Generation AFIS

(260,000)

Implementation the Next Generation AFIS system will reduce system maintenance costs, resulting in a $260,000 savings in 2011.

Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD)

Food Cost Savings

(160,000)

DAJD has rebid food contracts and secured lower costs for milk, bread, and eggs.

Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES)

Efficiency Related to Implementation of IT Systems and New Fee Structure

(250,000)

DDES is implementing a number of administrative reductions associated implementation the Permit Integration system, the Accountable Business Transformation (ABT) systems, and the new fee structure as well as with reduced permitting activity. The value provided here is an estimate of the cost savings associated with efficiencies that was included in the development of the DDES fee structure for 2011.

Elections

Eliminate use of fresh ballot stock

(30,000)

Elections implemented a cost saving process improvement by eliminating the use of fresh ballot stock for duplication.

Emergency Medical Services

ABT Efficiencies

(74,105)

Due to efficiencies gained through ABT system changes Emergency Medical Services has reduced its staff requirements to support technology work by 1.00 FTE.

Facilities Management Internal Service (FMD)

Energy Conservation Projects

(849,000)

FMD will implement numerous energy conservation initiatives, expanding heating and cooling set points, reducing HVAC operating hours and reorganizing server rooms.

Facilities Management Internal Service (FMD)

Shift Adjustments for Building Services

(101,750)

FMD is making adjustments to scheduling to eliminate shift differentials and overtime within Building Services.

Finance and Business Operations

Operating Cost Savings - BPROS

(43,453)

Finance has reduced operating costs in Benefits and Payroll Operations section without impacting service levels.

Finance and Business Operations

Operating Cost Savings - PeopleSoft Support

(51,494)

Finance has reduced operating costs in the PeopleSoft support section without impacting service levels.

Geographic Information Systems

Administrative Reductions

(37,843)

Reduce salary contingency, staff training, and long-term equipment replacement budget (due to cheaper deals from manufacturer).

Human Resources Management

Cost Savings - Office Lease

(32,514)

Savings are realized via office consolidation after moving employees from King Street Center in 2010.

I-Net Operations

Network Equipment maintenance reduction

(79,729)

Reduction on network equipment (Erickson and server maintenance) by fully utilizing spares on hand, and by sharing maintenance cost with other business in OIRM.

Jail Health Services

Efficiency: Combine Nursing Functions

(41,174)

Rather than providing different health care services for inmates in multiple visits, Jail Health Services will consolidate multiple services within clinical rounds.

Jail Health Services

Reduce Health Assessment Documentation Requirements

(8,543)

Currently, health assessments are performed by registered nurses and reviewed and documented by providers (physicians or nurse practitioners). Jail Health Services will eliminate the provider review for "normal" health assessments, thereby reducing workload without affecting the quality of inmate medical care.

Jail Health Services

Medication Packaging Return on Investment

(205,156)

Jail Health Services will implement a new automatic medication packaging system that will streamline the dispensing process in the pharmacies and the medication preparation process for nurses.

Jail Health Services

Electronic Health Record Efficiencies

(284,085)

Jail Health Services Electronic Health Records system has been generating savings since its implementation four years ago. With the final phase of implementation in 2011, there will be additional savings due to not paying for the previous "Signature" patient registration system.

Judicial Administration

Reduce Disbursements from Daily to Weekly

(76,484)

Currently court ordered disbursements are made on a daily basis. This proposal would limit court ordered disbursements to one time each week.

Medical Examiner

MEO Efficiencies and Vital Stats Co-Location

(26,015)

Public Health proposes to move the Vital Statistics program to share space with the Medical Examiner's Office, creating efficiencies in cross-training and the issuance of death certificates.

Parks and Recreation

Local Urban Parks Operations

(275,863)

Expenditure reductions reflect utility efficiencies.

Public Health

Prevention Division Cost Savings

(47,840)

The Prevention Division was able to reduce 1.0 FTE vacancy through efficiencies of electronic record-keeping, including implementation of the Human Capital Management module of ABT.

Public Health

Administrative Services Target Reductions and Efficiencies

(338,571)

Public Health eliminated 1.00 FTE and 1.00 TLT positions as a result of IT efficiencies from an OIRM integration project and ABT changes respectively.

Radio Communication Services (800 MHz)

Reduction in various budget accounts

(92,993)

Radio Communication Services has reduced operating costs for parts, supplies, and travel and infrastructure equipment.

Safety and Claims Management

Efficiency Reduction in Legal Services

(190,000)

Safety and Claims will reduce the number of legal cases assigned to external attorneys and fewer tasks assigned to private Vocational Rehab counselors, utilizing internal resources and lowering costs.

Sheriff

Re-organization Savings

(664,832)

The Sheriff's Office has re-organized its operations from four precincts to two precincts. The result is savings in command staff and 2.00 deputies.

Sheriff

Hand Held Ticketing Devices

45,000

In conjunction with District Court, the Sheriff's Office will use this funding to purchase handheld ticketing devices for the top nine ticket writers in unincorporated King County. Handheld ticketing devices will make ticket writing more efficient for officers and ticket processing more streamlined and accurate in District Court.

Superior Court

On Call Jurors

(322,332)

With the new jury system, jurors will be on-call and will report to jury rooms when needed instead of reporting on first day of service and waiting until needed. The Court will save on mileage and per diem reimbursements and jurors will spend less time in the courthouse waiting to be called to service.

Surface Water Management Local Drainage Services

Consolidate Ag Drainage Assistance Project Management

(114,737)

King County has worked with area farmers, the Agriculture Commission, King Conservation District, and others to streamline the agricultural permitting process, as a way to reduce costs to landowners and the county. Some elements of this new program are modeled on the successful experience of farmers, regulators, drainage districts, conservation districts, and fish recovery groups working together in Skagit and Whatcom counties.

Wastewater Treatment Division

Efficiency Related to Staff Utilization

(2,600,000)

The division will open the Brightwater Treatment Plant with no new operating FTEs. This has been accomplished by reallocating work assignments over the past few years. This is a cost avoidance element, and so does not show up as a specific budget reduction item.