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A MOTION authorizing the chair of the council to enter into a contract for consultant services to assist the council in preparing a business plan to establish the office of economic and financial analysis.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 15652, the 2007 King County budget, includes funding for a potential new agency, the office of economic and financial analysis, and
WHEREAS, $50,000 of this appropriation is restricted by Ordinance 15652 and can only be used by the council to develop a business plan to establish the office of economic and financial analysis, and
WHEREAS, the remaining $150,000 of the appropriation cannot be expended or encumbered until the council has reviewed and approved by motion the business plan, and
WHEREAS, the metropolitan King County council wishes to secure a contract with an independent consultant to assist it in preparing the business plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The chair of the metropolitan King County council is authorized to enter into a contract, in an amount not to exceed forty-nine thousand nine-hundred sixty dollars, with FCS Group to prepare a business plan for the office of economic and financial analysis, in accordance with the scope of work, which is Attachment A to this motion.
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