HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-223 AGENDA BILL
BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL
1. SUBJECT: Agreement with City of FOR AGENDA OF: October 10, 2001/~
Seattle for perform a tax ORIGINATING DEPT: Admin. Services,~
revenue audit ORIGINATOR: Paula Johnston~
DATE SUBMITTED: October 3, 2001
2. CLEARANCES: (comment on back 3. EXHIBITS:
if necessary)
E-mail
Confirmation
Admin. Services ~~~ .~
Interim City AttorneyV~~,~/
Fiscal & Budget -- ~ _~~
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MAYOR ~ - COUNCIL PRESIDENT (~z//~_~'
4. SUMF~R¥ STATEMENT AND REQUIREMENT FOR COUNCIL ACTION:
In conjunction with reta±n±ng McGavick Graves, P.S. as legal counsel in the
ongo±ng tax case, Burlington Environmental Inc. v. City of Bremerton, staff is
recoramending that we retain the tax audit services of the City of Seattle Tax and
Licens±ng Department. Seattle tax auditors are specialists in ~ross receipt tax
audit±ng. Seattle has agreed to perform the Burlington aud±t ±ncluding field
~ork and audit find±rigs and will be available to testify in court if the need
arises. Seattie ~ili charge $150/hr. ~ith the totai not to exceed $25~000
without ~urther authorization.
8. RECOMMENDATION:
Move to approve retaining the tax audit services of the City of
Seattle and authorize the Mayor to execute a letter of agreement.
9. RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL: Admin. Services
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL: Admin. Services
EXPIRATION DATE:
REVIEW DATE:
10. NOTICE OF ACTION
PULLED TABLED APPROVED / DISAPPROVED AMENDED
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE: DATE:
11. AGENDA BILL NO: 0\ -~
2. CLEARANCE COMMENTS (cont.):
4. SUMMARY STATEMENT (cont.):
5. IMPACT ON NON-PASSAGE:
City will have to retain a private CPA firm at a higher hourly rate
and with less audit expertise in the area of gross receipt taxation.
6. IMPACT ON STAFFING, BUDGETS, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR OTHER RESOURCES
Audit expenditure not to exceed $25,000.
7. RESEARCH SOURCES