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Type: Deliberation
Department: CD - Community Development
Directors' Update: June 25, 2025
Business Meeting: July 1, 2025
Summary:Approve Twenty-Ninth Supplement to Personal Services Agreement 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: Mindy Brooks, Tina Correia, Sherri Dokken, Becky Butler
Resolution
APPROVE THE TWENTY-NINTH SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN WEST CONSULTANTS INC. AND LEWIS COUNTY, ACTING AS FISCAL AGENT FOR THE CHEHALIS RIVER BASIN FLOOD AUTHORITY, AND AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO SIGN ON BEHALF OF LEWIS COUNTY
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(s); and
WHEREAS, On February 6, 2025, the Chehalis Basin Board approved funding for three new Flood Warning System gages. The Flood Authority's Executive Committee further authorized moving forward to amend the WEST contract and the Flood Authority discussed and directed Lewis County, as fiscal agent for the Flood Authority, to negotiate and execute a contract amendment to increase the capital projects budget by $194,000 (one hundred ninety-four thousand dollars) to the existing Supplement Agreement with WEST further described in the Attachment A, the Scope of Work and Attachment B Compensation, with a cost not to exceed $611,006 through the 2025 calendar year; and
WHEREAS, the Twenty-Ninth 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-ninth 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-Ninth Supplement Agreement between WEST Consultants Inc. and Lewis County, acting as the fiscal agent for the Flood Authority, not to exceed $611,006.00. 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-Ninth Supplement Agreement with WEST on behalf of the County.
DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 1st day of July, 2025.