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Board of County Commissioners
Agenda Staff Report
Agenda Date: May 2, 2017
Action Requested:
Request to Board to acknowledge Laura Osiadacz, Vice-
Chairman, signature on the Municipal Research and Service
Center (MRSC) Washington Public Agency Contract for Small
Works, Consultant and Vendors Rosters.
Background:
In 2016, the Board of County Commissioners has authorized the Auditor and
Prosecutor to work together to prepare the documents for the County to join
Municipal Research Service Center’s (MRSC) to manage the County’s
Small Purchase, Small Works and Consulting Services Rosters. As per
Resolution 2017-011, the county current limits are:
Small Purchase limits under $10,000 advertisement and formal sealed
bidding for purchases of materials, supplies, equipment or services
below $10,000 are hereby dispensed
Purchases of materials, supplies, equipment and services between
$10,000 and $50,000 may us the vendor list
Public Work projects that are below $40,000 are dispensed from
competitive bidding, - prevailing wages still are required
Public Work projects with an estimated value of $40,000 to $300,000 to
utilize a small works roster.
On Monday, April 24, 2017 the Board of County Commissioners approved
Resolution 2017-076 - A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF KITTITAS OUNTY, WASHINGTON, CONCERNING A SMALL PUBLIC WORKS ROSTER
PROCESS TO AWARD PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS, A CONSULTING SERVICES ROSTER
FOR ARCHITECTIURAL, ENGINEERING, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND A
VENDOR ROSTER FOR GOODS AND SERVICES NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC WORKS
CONTRACTS
On, Tuesday, April 25, 2017 the Resolution was forwarded to MRSC and
MRSC informed me the next step was to have the County sign a contract.
Since the contract had to be signed before May 1, 2017, I requested Laura
Osiadacz, Vice-Chairman, sign the contract, after legal review, and remitted
it to MRSC. We currently are enrolled in their program. The fee of $360.00
was established from the past 5 years of capitalized asset increases are
reported the in the Comprehensive Annual Finance Reports (2011-2015).
Recommendation:
Request acknowledgement of Laura Osiadacz, Vice-Chairman, signature
on the Municipal Research and Service Center (MRSC) Washington
Public Agency Contract for Small Works, Consultant and Vendors
Rosters.
Interaction
Christopher Horner, Deputy Prosecutor
Prosecutor job #34763
Handling: Judy will return the contract when MRSC returns a signed contract
Attachments: Contract Agreement
Lead Staff Judy Pless, Budget & Finance Manager
Kittitas County Auditor’s Office