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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRAB Good Practice JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGULAR AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: Mark McCauley, County Administrator DATE: May 13,2024 SUBJECT: County Road Administration Board (CRAB): Certificate of Good Practice STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Annually, each county engineer and either the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners or the County Executive must certify that the county has operated in compliance with the Standards of Good Practice. Based upon this certification, CRAB issues Certificates of Good Practice to the State Treasurer, which allows disbursement of gas tax revenues to the individual counties in the following year(WAC 136-04-050). ANALYSIS: Per RCW 36.78.020 "Standards of good practice" shall mean general and uniform practices formulated and adopted by the board relating to the administration of county roads and the safe and efficient movement of people and goods over county roads, which shall apply to engineering, design procedures, maintenance, traffic control, safety, planning,programming, road classification, road inventories, budgeting and accounting procedures, management practices, equipment policies, personnel policies, and effective use of transportation-related information technology. CRAB Standards: Maintenance Management Vacancy in the Position of County Engineer Priority Programming Procedures Six-Year Programs Annual Road Program, Construction Report, and County Forces Construction Inspection of Bridges on County Roads Pavement Management System Relationship between County Engineer and County Legislative Authority County Forces Construction Traffic Law Enforcement Expenditures Accommodation of Utilities on County Roads Maintenance of County Road Log County Accident Reports Jefferson County has again met all the standard required for the issuance by CRAB of a Certificate of Good Practice for 2023. FISCAL IMPACT: None. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board present the Certificate of Good Practice to Monte Reinders, Director, Public Works. REVIE ED BY: 7� Mark McCau1V County Administrator Date WASHINGTON STATE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATION BOARD TO: County Executives and Chairs of Boards of County Commissioners FROM: Jane Wall, Executive Director DATE: April 29, 2024 RE: Certificate of Good Practice It is my pleasure to send you a copy of the enclosed Certificate of Good Practice that was approved by resolution of the County Road Administration Board at its meeting on April 25, 2024. We have mailed the original certificate to your County Engineer as they are required to post it in a publicly accessible location in the Public Works office. We encourage you to acknowledge this great achievement at an appropriate time for recognition should you wish. A Certificate of Good Practice has been transmitted to the State Treasurer on behalf of your county pursuant to the authority contained in RCW 36.78.090 as shown on the certificate enclosed. This action by the CRABoard will assure the continued distribution of your monthly state gas tax allotment from the Office of the State Treasurer. On behalf of the members and staff of the CRABoard, I would like to express my appreciation for the cooperation we have received from and through your county engineer's office during the past year. Enclosure Cc: County Engineer R E C` E EIV ED JANE WALL MAY © 29 2024 Executive Director JEFFERSO ' COUNTY 2404 CHANDLER CT SW SUITE 240 OLYMPIA, WA 98502 1360.350.6077 1 CRAB.WA.GOV O O O � O o O O� &-- 0 i+Is , h O) 0 }O c� }O o-4CERTIFICi TE • o; C , o� - • �/,, 19 • o �0-4OF GOOD PRACTICE h o o© O, Cod �o; Oi a BEEN - TREASURER BEHALF OFh0/ Oi hQ h O O Jeffterson County }Q �Oa hO 4 FOR THE • 2023 ,O \O Pursuant I the authority I I 'I in RCW 36.78.090and in recognitionI 1hefacl thatI / I r I the DepartmentI // I I or to this Board all reportsrequired by lawor regulationof the •/I I ) Oi and has reasonably complied with provisions of law / • I I III administrationand with the I G�QJ I I I I Good I I I I I 'I and adopted'I ♦ Board. I I Cam/ coy < ho Cod }o 10+ \ ho o� COUNT ' • 0' oAPRIL 25, 2024 -• - COFkM ", AIR OF • BOARD P-O) �O� 1 }O 0 ,0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 `o `o o `o o, `oo �O �o�'�o o, o' o' ,o Fo� �o��o��o�40�' o'�`o��o��o�40�Fo��o�'�0 40�' o 'off(`off' .�o� o�' ,o oo 0 0 �40' o' 0 0 0 0 RESOLUTION 2024-004 WHEREAS RCW 36.78.090 provides that the County Road Administration Board each year shall transmit to the State Treasurer Certificates of Good Practice on behalf of the counties which during the preceding calendar year have submitted to the State Transportation Commission or to the CRABoard all reports required by law or regulation of the CRABoard and have reasonably complied with provisions of law relating to county road administration and with Standards of Good Practice as formulated and adopted by the Board; and WHEREAS the County Road Administration Board met on April 25-26, 2024 in Olympia, Washington to make such a determination pursuant to an analysis of annual certification questionnaires in accordance with WAC 136-04 by the counties; and WHEREAS the County Road Administration Board determined that 35 counties were in compliance with the provisions of RCW 36.78.090 and 4 counties were in conditional compliance as they relate to the issuance of Certificates of Good Practice; WHEREAS the Director of Highways and Local Programs has certified to CRAB that 36 of 39 counties are current and in compliance with National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS). Three counties are currently out of compliance, Asotin, Grays Harbor, and Pierce counties,Pierce being in reasonable compliance for CRAB's purposes, and WHEREAS 31 of the 39 counties' required submittals were submitted to CRAB by the April 1st deadline. Of the 8 counties missing the deadline, 6 counties had reasonable explanations, complied soon after the deadline and, are considered to be in reasonable compliance. The remaining 2 counties, Clallam and Pacific did not have reasonable explanations and are not considered to be in reasonable compliance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that a Certificate of Good Practice be transmitted to the State Treasurer on behalf of the following counties: ADAMS JEFFERSON SKAGIT BENTON KING SKAMANIA CHELAN KITSAP SNOHOMISH CLARK KITTITAS SPOKANE COLUMBIA KLICKITAT STEVENS COWLITZ LEWIS THURSTON DOUGLAS LINCOLN WAHKIAKUM FERRY MASON WALLA WALLA FRANKLIN OKANOGAN WHATCOM i GARFIELD PEND OREILLE WHITMAN GRANT PIERCE YAKIMA ISLAND SAN JUAN i i NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a Conditional Certificate of Good Practice be transmitted to the State Treasurer on behalf of the following counties and,that Asotin and Grays Harbor be required to report their progress quarterly toward compliance two weeks before each Board meeting until complete and,they shall be in full compliance by December 31", 2024, and that Clallam and Pacific take administrative steps to improve their required reporting and report to the Board at their July 25-26, 2024 meeting what steps they have taken: ASOTIN, GRAYS HARBOR, CLALLAM,AND PACIFIC Adopted by the CRABoard on April 25,2024. 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