I, Gael D. Tarleton
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[Gael D. Tarleton] The Office of Intergovernmental Relations
has the government to government
responsibilities for working
with our local partners
at the county
and other cities
around the county and the state.
It's the way the city talks to its
partners
all over the country and the world,
and that I will faithfully conduct myself
as the Office
of Intergovernmental Relations Director.
- Congratulations. - Thank you very much.
I like to say that all of us
are much more than our resumé.
We bring so many skills
and experiences.
Came to Seattle in 1990.
Left our families and our jobs and
all of our friends on the East Coast.
[MAyor Bruce Harrell] I kid you not
when I talked to people in Olympia,
people outside of Washington State,
they say the same thing
about Gael Tarleton
that she is a superstar
in the work that she does.
[Gael D. Tarleton] I like to think that I've built
the best inter-governmental relations
team in the state.
We're really agile and we have to be able
to move really quickly
when situations emerge.
So much of what is happening
to our communities right now, it requires
relationships across
all of the levels of government.
The federal government works
with our state.
The states work with the counties
and the cities.
Money flows through all of those levels.
I see our responsibilities always,
how do we support the public interest
in public places
to advance the institutions
that are the foundation
of being able to provide for our people?
And I believe that this city does that.
And it's a really wonderful thing
to be able to work for a government
that believes in honoring the rights
and dignity of all people.