ADOPTED - MAY 11, 1999

Agenda Item No. 16

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT TO CONDUCT A POPULATION BASED COMMUNITY SURVEY

RESOLUTION #99-120

WHEREAS, the Health Department periodically conducts population based community surveys to document health related behaviors, and the last such survey was conducted in 1994; and

WHEREAS, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant requires surveys as part of the evaluation methodology; and

WHEREAS, the Purchasing and Properties Department issued a Request for Proposal to conduct such a survey, and three organizations responded, with two of them being complete proposals; and

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has advised that funds are budgeted in the Health Department's 1999 budget and has recommended that the Board of Commissioners authorize a contract with the firm that presented the lowest cost proposal, Information Transfer Systems, Incorporated.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorize a contract with Information Transfer Systems, Incorporated (ITS), 1250 N. Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 to conduct a population based community survey.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the contract shall be for the period September 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999, with the understanding that the survey will be conducted after September 1, 1999 and the final report will be presented before December 31, 1999.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ingham County shall pay ITS $48,778 for services which will include a population based community survey with a minimum of 1,540 respondents.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign the contract after review by the County Attorney.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Smiley, Czarnecki, Stid, Severino

Nays: None Absent: Schmidt Approved 5/3/99

FINANCE: Yeas: McDonald, Bernero, Grebner, Lynch, Schafer, Juall, Minter

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 5/5/99