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Updated 4/08

MRSC Library Information Partnership Program

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What This Icon Means

Information Request Icon

This icon, which appears on the Focus page, as well as on subject pages on our web site, is a direct link for sending your electonic government documents to the Information Partnership Program Coordinator. Many of our web pages contain links to documents, sent to us by municipalities. Often we are looking for current and up-to-date materials to replace the older ones on these pages. If you see on a subject page, and you've got something to add, just click on it and you can send the items(s) directly to us as an email attachment.

We Are Currently Seeking

  • Information regarding your city's Ombudsman Program. An ombudsman is generally an independent, impartial position, readily available to the public, empowered to investigate the administrative acts of city agencies and to recommend appropriate changes toward the goals of safeguarding the rights of persons and of promoting higher standards of competency, efficiency and justice in the provision of city services.

  • Rules of procedure relating to creation and operation of advisory boards and commissions created by the council. Examples include such items as:

  • Burn Ban Ordinances

    The Washington State Legislature passed a law in 1991 banning outdoor burning. Garbage burning and burn barrels have been illegal everywhere in Washington since 2000. Lawmakers voted to phase in the ban on residential outdoor burning to give communities more time to develop alternatives to burning. The ban was originally set to take effect statewide in 2001. It took effect only in communities with 5,000 or more people in 2001. In 1998, the Legislature delayed the ban for smaller communities until January 1, 2007, to give them even more time to prepare. Starting January 1, 2007, outdoor burning was banned in all urban growth areas in Washington.

  • Materials regarding Heat Related Illness Programs

    This is the second summer in a row that L&I has adopted the emergency rule, which takes effect June 5.

    Employers must:

  • Establish and implement written procedures to prevent heat-related illness.
  • Provide and make accessible enough drinking water so that on days when employees are exposed to the hazards of heat-related illness, each employee can drink at least one quart of water per hour.
  • Have procedures in place to respond to employees who are experiencing or showing signs of heat-related illness.
  • Provide effective heat-related-illness prevention training to employees and supervisors.

  • Accident Prevention and Safety Manuals

    • You may also mail your documents to MRSC/IPP, 2601 4th Avenue, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98121. If you have any questions, please call the MRSC Library at (206) 625-1300 or 1-800-933-6772 or E-mail Erica Zwick.

    Program Description

    The Information Partnership was established in 1993, dedicated to sharing resources/information between the MRSC library and Washington cities. Originally, MRSC sent out quarterly requests to fifty Washington cities for specific types of information or documents that cities produce (such as employee safety manuals, service contracts, policies and procedures) in the normal course of business. MRSC collected these materials, cataloged, advertised and made them available to other cities who used them to enhance their own programs and administrative procedures.

    The program went on hiatus last year and is now back in a new and improved streamlined form. Instead of sending requests to a limited number of cities, we will advertise the request on our Focus page so that every city and county in Washington can experience the joys of sharing, and helping others NOT "reinvent the wheel." In addition, we will be posting the "Please Send Us Your Documents" icon on individual subject pages on the MRSC site for which we are seeking current materials.

    The Information Partnership allows those cities, towns and counties with great programs, ideas and innovations to share them with other municipalities, and receive great ideas back in kind. Some of the best information we receive is from the cities and counties themselves.