RESOLUTION 2007-19 

(Designating a County Engineer for Skamania County and Adopting an Employment Contract and Interim Organizational Chart)

 

WHEREAS, WAC 136-12-070 requires the legislative authority of each county that contracts the services of a Professional Engineer as the County Engineer to adopt a contract by Resolution for such services;

 

WHEREAS, the County Engineer shall examine and certify to the Interim Public Works Director all estimates and all bills for labor, materials, provision and supplies with respect to county roads, prepare standards of construction of roads and bridges and perform such other duties as may be required by order of the Interim Public Works Director; and the County Engineer shall have supervision, under the direction of the Interim Public Works Director for establishing, laying out, construction, altering, improving the Engineering Division of Public Works; and perform other such County Engineer duties specified in the Revised Code of Washington;

 

WHEREAS, RCW 36.80.020 requires the County Engineer be a registered and licensed professional civil engineer under the laws of this state, duly qualified and experienced in highway and road engineering and construction and that he serve under the contract conditions; and

 

WHEREAS, Stuart L. Cato, PE meets the qualifications for County Engineer and the Board desires to contract with Stuart L. Cato, PE as Skamania County’s County Engineer; and

 

WHEREAS, the County needs to adopt an interim organizational chart;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Skamania County Board of Commissioners that Stuart L. Cato, PE is hereby designated as the County Engineer for Skamania County; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the Board of Commissioners adopts a contract for the County Engineer, meeting the contract requirements of WAC 136-12-120, as set forth in Attachment “A” and hereby incorporated into this resolution.

 

, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by Skamania County Board of County Commissioners that during the interim period, the Skamania County Department of Public Works shall work under the Adopted Interim Organizational Chart,  as set for in  Attachment “B”and hereby incorporated into this resolution;

 

 

 

 

BE IT  FINALLY RESOLVED, that this resolution, including the attachments, be forwarded to the Washington State County Road Administration Board.

 

PASSED IN REGULAR SESSION this 8th  day of May, 2007