File #: 2005-0462    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 10/31/2005 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 11/14/2005
Enactment date: Enactment #: 12221
Title: A MOTION authorizing the chair of the council to extend the contract for services with the Ferguson Group to represent the county during the United States 109th Congress, 2nd session.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds, Dow Constantine, Kathy Lambert, Larry Phillips, Reagan Dunn, Jane Hague
Indexes: Contracts, Council
Attachments: 1. Motion 12221.pdf, 2. 2005-0462 Attachment #3 for 11-14-05 COW ~ The Ferguson Group Activity Report September - October 2005.doc, 3. 2005-0462 Staff Report for 11-14-05 COW.doc
Drafter
Clerk 10/27/2005
Title
A MOTION authorizing the chair of the council to extend the contract for services with the Ferguson Group to represent the county during the United States 109th Congress, 2nd session.
Body
      WHEREAS, the county is a subdivision of the state of Washington, and
      WHEREAS, the county's services, operations and finances are to a significant extent controlled by the actions of the state and federal governments, and
      WHEREAS, the actions of the United States Congress affect the county's services, operations and finances, and
      WHEREAS, the grants, proposals and actions of the federal executive branch affect the delivery of services to the citizens of King County, and
      WHEREAS, the attack on the United States of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent efforts against terrorism have resulted in added expenses and demands on the taxpayers of King County, and
      WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the residents of the county for the county to have representation during the United States 109th Congress, 2nd session, on a broad range of complex issues, and
      WHEREAS, the Ferguson Group has successfully met and exceeded every contractual requirement within the original contract with the county, and
      WHEREAS, the Ferguson Group would provide the high level of expertise needed to represent the county during the United States 109th Congress, 2nd session, and
      WHEREAS, Motion 10651, Section III, as amended, and OR 1-020 requires the council to authorize the council chair to sign contracts in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars;
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
      The chair of the metropolitan King County council is hereby authorized to extend the contract with the Ferguson Group in an amount not to exceed two hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars, for the following services:
      A.  Representing the county before and monitoring actions by the United States 109th Congress, 2nd session, and the federal administration, and
 
      B.  Advocating on the county's behalf on policy issues including but not limited to those contained in the county's adopted federal agenda.