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Medical Lake council approves federal consulting contract, park camera MOU and kitchen-plumbing vendor
Summary
Council approved a 12-month consulting agreement with Capital Path Consulting to support federal advocacy ($3,000/month), a not-to-exceed $30,000 plumbing contract for the commercial kitchen, and an MOU with Spokane County to host and manage park surveillance cameras; council approved the items with minor exhibit edits and asked for return reports.
The Medical Lake City Council voted to approve several contracts and agreements during its March 17 meeting, moving ahead on federal advocacy, a commercial-kitchen plumbing subcontract, and a parks-camera MOU.
Federal consulting: Council approved a 12-month services agreement with Capital Path Consulting to support federal and state advocacy, grant mapping and appropriations; terms presented included a $3,000 monthly fee and automatic renewal unless canceled. John Colton of Capital Path said the firm combines appropriations experience and a grant-discovery platform: "I worked on the US Senate side for 12 years and then started up an AI company that is a grant discovery platform," he told council.
Kitchen plumbing: Staff presented a service agreement with Titan Mechanical to perform plumbing work for the commercial kitchen renovation. The quote was presented as a time-and-materials estimate not to exceed $30,000; staff said the firm's current quote is lower than an earlier bid and that the city expects to execute the work promptly.
Park camera MOU: Council approved an MOU with Spokane County by which the county will host, manage and store camera footage for specified park camera installations; footage retention was described as 14 days in county IT systems and the county will handle records requests. Council asked staff to ensure exhibits were labeled properly in the final document.
Votes and next steps: Resolutions for the consulting contract and camera MOU passed after council discussion; staff will circulate final contract/exhibit language and provide follow-up updates to council in the coming months.
