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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER Ee September 21, 1999 County Code Provides For Possible Action Opinion By Sam. Allen, Investigative Reporter For the last several months a lot of evi- design The county’s purchasing policy clearly County regulations, dence has come to light that questions [Fire Station] in Jordanelle to a soul states, dures, practices or orders.” the legality of the county’s actions are qualification based procurements. Requests for such services should be publicly announced. Contracts should be possible consequences for the indi- (sic) source contract, who already has the plans. He said that nothing would be done until we receive approval for funding. Dan stated that by doing this, viduals involved. we could forgo the bidding process, demonstrated which could slow down the design and reasonable prices.” concerning the Jordanelle fire station. The plot only thickens but there may The following quotations from the county’s own recorded minutes, purchasing policy and county code speak for themselves. -. Wasatch County’s commission meeting minutes for January 26, 1998 state, “Dan [Matthews] Commission’s requested approval to give the the work for the EMS Building construction. Commissioner Winterton moved to speed up the process by using plans that have already been developed by the designer, and the Commission will have the final say on funding and design. Commissioner Jacobson seconded the motion that. services be negotiated by the County based on competence at fair and utilized for commission of any of the following acts: Inducing or attempting to induce any employee to commit an unlawful act or violation policy, proce- Architectural/engineer contracts cannot be source sole source contracts contracts. usually Sole relate patent issues in which only one com- of ices that are required. Other architectural firms along the Wasatch Front are capable of designing a fire station. They may even have existing plans in their files from past projects that could have been used for the Jordanelle fire - Station. a ere, oa a ® 3 SheSear snn fg ee car Restaurant Now Open. eli 11:00 to 3:00 Tue-Fri™ «Dinner 5:30 to 9:30 Tue-Sat or ete Lae = THE BLUE BOAR INN alge 1235 WARM SPRINGS ROAD MIDWAY, UTAH 84049 and creative Aico will enhance your fine dining experience. ion Se Am Lerry Wallace Tina Simpson Michelle Leavitt Randy Giles “| haven't decided— “| probably won't be here.” “l will probably stay “Stay here.” I’ve thought about maybe doing some rie here.” volunteer wor Construction financing in 5 days: Commercial loans Bridge loans Serving Wasatch County since 1989 Fast, friendly service i tm ain, aes eserves 654-3210 or 1-400-326-3209 to pany can provide the products or serv- 3 Section XIII, Disciplinary Procedures, of Wasatch County’s Personnel Policy states, “Immediate suspension may be (sic) carried.” “Architect-Engineer Construction Loans & Mortgage 260 North Main, Heber City 800-326-3209 * 435-654-3210 |