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Date Received in Council Office
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Introduction
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TITLE OF DOCUME
Ordinance Amending WCC 3.08. Purchasing System
ATTACHMENTS.
Memo, Ordinance, Code Revision
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( X ) Yes ( ) NO
SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Requested Date:
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must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in
explaining the intent of the action.)
Requesting Council approval of the proposed amendment to strike section 3.08.135 Sunset Provision in Chapter
3.08 Purchasing System of the Whatcom County Code. This will allow for continued public accountability to
project management and streamlined project delivery of capital projects
COMMITTEE ACTION.
COUNCIL ACTION.•
6/5/2018: Amended
5/22/2018: Introduced 7 -0
6/5/2018: Substitute Adopted 5 -1, Brenner opposed,
Sidhu absent, Ord. 2018 -033
Related County Contract #:
Related File Numbers:
Ordinance or Resolution Number:
Ord. 2018 -033
Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's website
at. www.co.whatcom.wa.us /council.
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PROPOSED BY: Council
INTRODUCTION DATE: 05/22/18
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING WHATCOM COUNTY CODE 3.08, PURCHASING SYSTEM
WHEREAS, Washington State has updated the laws governing county purchasing
activities; and
WHEREAS, Whatcom County has improved transparency and access to contracts
and project budget reports by making them available on -line with the launch of a new public
website;
WHEREAS, Whatcom County is unique in its limited purchasing thresholds allowed
under Executive Authority when compared to other Washington State Charter Counties and
local municipalities; and
WHEREAS, The County has achieved greater administrative efficiencies through the
clarification and streamlining of purchasing processes approved in Ordinance 2016 -032; and
WHEREAS, The purchasing system code changes have created greater transparency
and public accountability to project management; and
WHEREAS, The County would like to maintain the purchasing code language from
which streamlined project management successes have been attributed by �g
extending Section 3.08.135 Sunset Provision from Chapter 3.08 Purchasing System;
WHEREAS, It is essential and in the best interest of Whatcom County Government
and its citizens to keep work flow moving particularly during the short and busy construction
season.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL,
Whatcom County Code 3.08 is amended to read in its entirety, as set forth in the attached
Exhibit A:
ADOPTED this day of , 2018.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
ATTEST:
Dana Brown - Davis, Clerk of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Civil Deputy Prosecutor
Date Signed:
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WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Rud Browne, Council Chair
WHATCOM COUNTY EXECUTIVE
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Jack Louws, County Executive
( ) Approved ( ) Denied
EXHIBIT A
Chapter 3.08
PURCHASING SYSTEM
3.08.135 Sunset provision.
The county council must renew this chapter by December 31, 201:82021, or the chapter will
revert to the language in place on August 1, 2016. All contracts will be administered by the
purchasing ordinance in place at the time the contract was signed. (Ord. 2016 -032 Exh. A).