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Snohomish County Council approves HIPAA audit, energy-audit grants, sports-marketing contract, appointments and Paine Field rate update
Summary
At its Feb. 12 general legislative session, the Snohomish County Council voted unanimously on a package of contracts and grants — including a HIPAA compliance audit, multiple energy-audit reimbursements and a $647,130 sports-marketing contract — and approved updated Paine Field lease rates projected to increase revenue by about $5.7 million.
On Feb. 12, the Snohomish County Council approved a series of motions that authorized contracts, grant agreements, appointments and a multi-year update to lease and rental rates at Paine Field.
The council voted unanimously, 5-0, to: authorize a HIPAA compliance audit with Moss Adams LLP capped at $122,300; approve amendments and new contract terms for digital court-recording services with American Platform Services (doing business as RecordX) that include an automatic annual renewal and a scheduled 4% yearly increase beginning Aug. 1, 2025; accept energy-audit reimbursements for several county facilities through Washington Association of Counties and the Washington State Department of Commerce totaling roughly $458,182 (combined line items described below); approve a tourism-promotion agreement with the Snohomish County Sports Commission not to exceed $647,130 for 2025; add District Court to a drug-and-alcohol testing collection contract with Regional Toxicology Services LLC (doing business as Corded Health Solutions) with a $59,000 maximum for the district court scope; increase the Bridge Coordination Services contract by $300,000 and remove ARPA-specific exhibits; confirm a slate of appointments and reappointments to county advisory boards; and accept revised Paine Field lease and rental rates developed by CBRE, which the county estimates would yield about $5.7 million in additional revenue over a multi‑year phase-in.
Why this matters: The bundle of actions addresses compliance (HIPAA and drug testing), energy-efficiency planning for county facilities (to meet Washington State Clean Buildings Act requirements), tourism and event marketing, victim-support services funding, and airport revenue policy. Several items include deadlines or funding windows that staff said required expedited council action.
The council heard staff reports for each item and moved them forward as committee-of-the-whole motions. Staff identified procurement and statutory citations in the record for several items and emphasized narrow timelines for energy-audit reimbursements.
HIPAA audit Deb Evanston Bell, council staff, told the…
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