HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinance December 8 1992WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
December 8, 1992
The meeting was called to order at 4:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 1000 N.
Forest St., 2nd floor, by Marge Laidlaw, Chairman.
Also present: Absent:
Bob Imhof
Ken Henderson
1. BID AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR NOR -BELL FACILITY ROOF
REPAIRS:
ALTERNATE BID #1 TO THE LOW BIDDER, THOMPSON
COATINGS, FOR $111,590.25, INCLUDING TAX
ALTERNATE BID #2 TO THE LOW BIDDER, BORDER & SON
QUALITY ROOFING, INC., FOR $81,928 INCLUDING TAX (AB92 -464)
Topics discussed: Life of two types; pros and cons of each type; meeting budget.
Persons speaking: Mary Chisholm, Public Works; Tom Sutberry, Deputy
Administrator; Laidlaw.
HENDERSON MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ALTERNATE BID
#2, TWENTY YEAR SHINGLES.
The motion carried unanimously.
2. BID AWARD RECOMMENDATION TO MULTIPLE BIDDERS FOR
RIPRAP ROCK FOR 1993 (AB92 -465)
Topics discussed: Standard annual call for pricing; companies in and out of business.
Persons speaking: Nat Dickinson, Purchasing; Laidlaw.
IMHOF MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
The motion carried unanimously.
3. BID AWARD RECOMMENDATION TO MULTIPLE BIDDERS FOR
MINERAL AGGREGATES (AB92 -466)
Topics discussed: Items sent out to bid; companies not bidding on every item; method
of choosing bidder.
Persons speaking: Dickinson; Laidlaw; Imhof; Henderson.
IMHOF MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
The motion carried unanimously.
4. BID AWARD FROM THE STATE CONTRACT LIST TO WESTERN
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS FOR MODULAR FURNITURE FOR THE
COURTHOUSE ADDITION FOR A TOTAL OF $220,673.65 (AB92 -467)
Topics discussed: Partial list; purchasing used furniture; price comparisons; necessity
of new; relationship to delivery of service; Shirley Van Zanten's October memo; plan for
repaying the construction fund; potential supplemental for Courthouse fund; Courthouse
bond; Executive Department's furniture.
Persons speaking: Sutberry; Chisholm; Henderson; Laidlaw.
Chisholm said she would explore further using refurbished furniture, particularly for
Nor -Bel.
IMHOF MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
The motion carried 2 to 1 with Laidlaw against.
5. ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENTS
PROPOSED BY THE WHATCOM COUNTY CONSERVATION
DISTRICT (AB92 -386)
Topics discussed: Sponsorship of tax; feedback on the Critical Areas Ordinance;
dollar amount versus maximum allowable tax; impossibility of doing collection in 1993;
criteria for urban parcels; definition of skinny strips; lack of specificity on dollar amounts
for Soil Conservation Service (SCS) expenditures; deadline for doing collection in 1994;
software problems; definition of "parcel; roll maintenance by taxing districts; method of
figuring the assessment; clarification of law; background of its form.
Persons speaking: Laidlaw; Henderson; Bas Scholten, Chairman, Conservation
District; Barb Cory, Treasurer; Imhof, Linda Sanders, Soil Conservation District.
LAIDLAW MOVED TO RECOMMEND PUTTING THE ASSESSMENT
REQUEST ON THE BALLOT FOR AN ADVISORY VOTE WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL WORK TOGETHER
WITH THE TREASURER AND THE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO WORK
OUT THE SPECIFICS.
The motion carried unanimously.
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6. REQUEST FOR PC & FURNISHINGS FOR NEW SUPERIOR COURT
JUDGE (AB92 -456)
Topics discussed: Necessity; expense of request; reason not included in budget
request; prioritized list.
Persons speaking: N.F. Jackson, Superior Court Administrator; Laidlaw; Henderson;
Sutberry.
LAIDLAW MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF $3500 FOR A PC, THE
PRINTER, AND THE APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE TO BE TAKEN FROM THE
CURRENT FUND BALANCE.
The motion carried unanimously.
7. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1992 BUDGET FOR VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS (AB92 -444)
Topics discussed: Planning, Building and Codes, and Jail requests withdrawn;
withdrawal of REET funds; $68,500 total requests left from Current Expense Fund; $133,414
in other funds once REET money deleted: dollar total supplemental changes from $683,889
to $201,914; Superior Court's budget shortfall; best guess need of $42,000; Planning
Department's request.
Persons speaking: Terry Heinz, Financial Analyst; Sutberry; Laidlaw; Henderson;
Jackson.
HENDERSON MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FULL
REQUEST FOR SUPERIOR COURT.
The motion carried unanimously.
HENDERSON MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE BOUNDARY
REVIEW PORTION.
The motion carried unanimously.
Topics discussed: Drug money; car which exceeded appropriation; additional costs
for new attorney; source of funds.
Persons speaking: Kathy Walker, Office Administrator, Prosecutor's Office; Laidlaw;
Henderson; Sutberry.
LAIDLAW MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF DRUG MONEY
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The motion carried unanimously.
IMHOF MOVED TO RECOMMEND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
REQUEST.
The motion carried unanimously.
Laidlaw reviewed the changes with Heinz and verified the figures.
Because there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
ATTEST: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Nancy Can, Assistant Clerk Nfarge L-aidlaw, Chairperson
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