Commissioners approve roughly $200,000 in contract waivers to support Public Works transition

County staff asked commissioners to approve purchasing waivers to extend two vendor contracts that support the Public Works and Development leadership transition and implementation work. "The Atkins Realis contract was initially 140,000. The proposed scope of services would increase that contract by about 12,550," staff told the board.

Staff said the strategic planning/consulting contract (referred to in the presentation as an existing contract with a planning firm) would increase by about $183,000 to support implementation work; combined the two increases create about $200,000 in fiscal impact to the county and will be paid from the Administrative Services account. Staff said they solicited competitive quotes for the strategic planning work and were seeking the purchasing waivers under county policy to extend the vendors’ scopes.

The board indicated consensus support (thumbs up) and staff said they would obtain signatures and process the waivers. The transcript did not record a formal roll‑call motion with mover/second or a published contract amendment number; staff said they would proceed to obtain signatures and finalize the contract adjustments.