Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: CD - Community Development

Directors' Update: Dec. 4, 2024

Business Meeting: Dec. 10, 2024

Summary:

Approve Twenty-Eighth Supplement to Personal Services Agreement (PSA) between Lewis County, acting as the Fiscal Agent for the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority, and West Consultants, Inc.

Publications: n/a

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Tina Hemphill, Sherri Dokken, Becky Butler, Mindy Brooks

Resolution

WHEREAS, WEST Consultants Inc. (WEST) has an existing Personal Services Agreement with Lewis County, acting as the Fiscal Agent for the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority (Flood Authority), related to the ongoing support of the Early Flood Warning System; and

WHEREAS, during the August 1, 2024, Chehalis Basin Board meeting the board approved using $363,000 in unallocated 2023-25 funds be used to support the Flood Authority Capital Improvement Projects as identified in the Flood Warning System’s five-year capital improvement plan. On September 19, 2024 the Flood Authority discussed and directed Lewis County, as fiscal agent for the Flood Authority, to negotiate and execute a contract amendment to the existing Personal Supplement Agreement with WEST, on November 21, 2024, the Flood Authority reviewed and approved the revised agreement presented during the meeting as described in Attachment A, the Scope of Work and Attachment B Compensation, with a cost not to exceed $417,006; and

WHEREAS, the Twenty-Eighth Supplement Agreement between Lewis County and WEST must be approved by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), and the Director of Community Development must be authorized to sign said agreement on behalf of the County; and

WHEREAS, the BOCC has reviewed the attached Twenty-Eighth Supplement Agreement with WEST, and it appears to be in the best interest to enter into said agreement upon the recommendation of the Flood Authority.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC concurs with the recommendations of the Flood Authority and approves the attached Twenty-Eighth Supplement Agreement between WEST Consultants Inc. and Lewis County, acting as the fiscal agent for the Flood Authority, not to exceed $417,006.00. All other terms of the existing PSA, as well as supplemental agreements, remain in full force and effect; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the BOCC authorizes the Director of Community Development to sign the Twenty-Eighth Supplement Agreement with WEST on behalf of the County.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 10th day of December, 2024.