Drafter
Clerk 11/13/2006
Title
A MOTION authorizing the chair of the council to extend the contract for services with the Ferguson Group to represent the county during 2007.
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, it is in the interest of the residents of the county for the county to have representation during the United States 110th Congress, 1st 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 2007 and including the United States 110th Congress, 1st session, and
WHEREAS, Motion 10651, Section III, as amended, and OR 1-020 require council authorization by motion for 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, on the same terms as the existing contract, in an amount not to exceed two hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars, for the following services in 2007 representing King County before the 1st session of the United States 110th Congress:
A. Representing the county before and monitoring actions by Congress and the federal administration; and

B. Advocating on the county's behalf on policy issues including but not limited to those con...

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