Commissioners debate capping annual cost increases in service contracts
Board members discussed whether contracts should include a maximum allowable annual increase and the trade-offs between locking multi-year pricing and allowing annual renewal increases; staff argued caps are difficult to set given inflation variability.
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A board member proposed that future service contracts include a maximum allowable annual increase and that the county trigger a re-bid if vendors hit that cap. The suggestion came during discussion of a 4% increase for the county's trash contract, which staff said brought the total contract increase to 16% after previous adjustments.
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