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Washington County reviews Administrative Manual, rolls out PowerDMS
Summary
Assistant County Administrator Erin Kelber presented the annual Administrative Manual review and announced the countys launch of PowerDMS to centralize policy management, automate version control, and support audit readiness across multiple updated policy areas.
Erin Kelber, an Assistant County Administrator, presented the Washington County Administrative Manual review and said the manual will be brought to the board annually in line with county code. "For the record, I'm Erin Kelber, one of the Assistant County Administrators and today I'm presenting the Administrative Manual Review," she said.
Kelber described a multi-year approach to updating the manual and said staff divided policies across a three-year cycle to ensure regular review. She announced the county launched a platform called PowerDMS to centralize policy life-cycle management, automate version control, and make documents "living audit ready assets." "This will streamline operations, cut administrative costs and protects our organization from liability," she said. Kelber listed several updated policy areas including general administration (policy 213), human resources (301, 507, 508), health and safety (506), ITS (601, 604, 607) and facilities/fleet/parks (705, 801).
The presentation emphasized that changes were made to ensure compliance with tax, state, and federal regulations and that county counsel provided direction to add clarifying language. Kelber also told the board staff intend to bring questions and updates forward as the new systems and policies are used in trainings and daily operations. The board offered general praise and no substantive objections during the follow-up discussion.
The board will continue its work session at 1:00 following executive sessions scheduled under ORS 192.660.
