Drafter
Clerk 10/9/2008
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with the state Department of Printing for the provision of printing goods and services and to recognize the facilities management division print shop as the exclusive provider of printing goods and services to county agencies and the state Department of Printing as the preferred provider of printing goods and services to county agencies in accordance with the terms of the interlocal cooperation agreement.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County executive analyzed three options for operations of printing and graphics arts as outlined in the October 2006 printing and graphics business plan.
2. The King County 2007 Budget Ordinance, 15353, Section 106, as amended, called for the acknowledgment of receipt of a revised executive recommendation and transition plan for printing and graphic arts operations.
3. The recommendation and transition plan addressed labor, legal and financial issues resulting from the executive recommendation regarding printing and graphic arts operations after June 30, 2007.
4. The King County executive determined that closure of the current printing and graphics arts operations was not the best option and recommended a transition to a new operational model consisting of a distributed graphics and brokerage for printing services as the only viable option.
5. The appointed transition manager has determined that engaging a single commercial printer is the best solution to providing in-plant print services and satisfying most of the county department and agency printing needs.
6. The state Department of Printing is uniquely positioned to fill the printer role with appropriate supporting business systems, a statewide delivery system, fulfillment capacity and high volume print production capacity.
7. The state Department of Printing agrees that the facilities management division print shop has the capacity to serve as a preferred print provider of printing for print orders placed directly with the state Department of Printing that would not normally be fulfilled by the state Department of Printing.
8. The county and the state Department of Printing are authorized to enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCI OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. All departments, divisions, agencies and programs within county government are hereby required to submit print projects to department of executive services centralized printing services provided by the facilities management division. The facilities management division, as the exclusive provider of printing services, is authorized to grant exceptions to this directive through contracts with outside vendors. Any solicitation of bids for printing services must be approved in advance by the facilities management division.
SECTION 2. The King County executive is hereby authorized to enter into and execute an interlocal cooperation agreement containing language substantially similar to that attached to this ordinance, necessary for the provision of printing goods and services to county agencies and state agencies located in Seattle/King County. As such, the state
Department of Printing is the preferred provider of printing goods and services to county agencies subject to the provisions of the attached interlocal cooperation agreement.