Executive Department
The Executive Department provides executive leadership and management, acts strategically, implements decisions in a timely and accurate way, applies city policies uniformly, and carries out the city's business plan (PDF).
City Administration
Under the direction of Chief Administrative Officer Jay Covington, the City Administration provides leadership and ensures that city departments carry out the city's mission, business plan, policies and guidelines as adopted by the Renton City Council. The Administration provides the following services in support of the city government.
- Provides accurate information and timely analysis to the City Council for effective decision-making
- Leads interdepartmental planning efforts
- Maintains communications with partners and other governments
- Ensures consistency between regional decisions and Renton's interests
Within the Executive Administration division are many reporting relationships. Among these are three key city functions - Communications, Office of the City Clerk, and annexation planning.
Communications
Maintaining community and intergovernmental relations and communications with the public is a major activity of the city administration. The Communications Director is responsible for the following:
- External communications
- Employee communications
- Media relations
- Coordination of all departments in producing the City's website
Annexation Planning
The City of Renton adjoins many neighborhoods governed today by King County that are in the city's potential annexation area (PAA). Residents within those neighborhoods will consider whether they want to annex their neighborhoods to the City of Renton. The city administration is responsible for the following annexation issues:
- Overall coordination and policy development for annexation planning
- Estimating the impacts of annexation across the city
- Negotiation of intergovernmental agreements
Office of the City Clerk
The City Clerk provides Renton with the following services:
- Access to city-wide information and an automated records center
- Legislative support (City Council meeting agenda and minutes preparation and distribution)
- Government access TV (Channel 21 programming and live cable casting)
- Election information
- Convenient access to city records for citizens and staff
- Lobby information center (staffed by experienced senior volunteers who provide general information to citizens)
- Maintenance of the city's municipal code
Court Services
Renton Municipal Court hears the following types of cases:
- Gross misdemeanor charges
- Misdemeanor charges
- Traffic infractions
- Parking tickets
- Requests for civil orders for protection in domestic violence cases
Hearing Examiner
The Hearing Examiner is a venue for citizens to challenge City decisions regarding property. The office of the Hearing Examiner is very similar to a judge, and fairness to all parties is constantly maintained. The Hearing Examiner hears the following kinds of cases, which, in the current day of environmental awareness and growing populations, deeply affect the City:
- Site approvals
- Conditional uses
- Short plats
- Variances
- Preliminary plats
- Rezones
- Shoreline permits
- Special permits
- Planned unit developments
Hearing Examiner Decisions