97-060 - King County - Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant

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4.18.010 REVENUIID FINANCIAL REGULATION the purpose of allowing those goods to be counted towards fulfillment of minority /women's business enterprise utilization goals. I. "Concession Contracts" shall mean those contractual arrangements for the sale of food, beverages and /or items of personal property at any facility owned and /er-managed by King County. J. "Conduit" shall mean a minority /women's business with which a contractor has agreed to subcontract, when the minority /women's business does not perform the subcontract, and instead the subcontract is performed by a non minority /women's business. K. "Construction Contracts" shall mean, those contractual arrangements made by King County for the construction, repair, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion or extension of buildings, parks, streets or other improvements to real property. L. "Consultant Contracts" shall mean those contractual arrangements made for the procurement of expert personal, professional and /or technical services. Consultant contracts shall include legal services provided to King County government, but shall not include architectural and engineering contracts as defined by this chapter. M. "Contract Awarding Authority" shall mean any person with the power to enter into a contractual arrangement binding King County and shall also mean the particular office, agency or division on whose behalf the contract is entered. In addition, this term shall include, but shall not be limited to heads of county departments, divisions or offices. N. "Contractor" shall mean any person, partnership, corporation, or other type of business entity which has a contract with King County or serves in a subcontracting capacity with an entity having a contract with King County for the provision of goods and /or services. O. "Department" shall refer to any department as defined by King County ordinance or other applicable law and shall include all county agencies not associated with a department. These agencies shall similarly discharge those duties this chapter requires of departments and shall include the King County prosecuting attorney, the King County assessor, and the King County council. P. "Director" shall mean the director of the King County department of executive administration. Q. "Front" shall mean a business which purports to be a minority /women's business but which is actually owned and /or controlled in a manner which is inconsistent with the requirements of certification. R. "Joint venture" shall mean an association of two or more persons, partnerships, corporations or any combination of them, established to carry on a single business activity which is limited in scope or direction. The degree to which a joint venture may satisfy relevant utilization goals cannot exceed the proportionate interest of the minority /women's business held as a member of the joint venture in the work to be performed. The agreement establishing the joint venture, partnership or other multi entity relationship shall be in writing. Further, minority /women's participation in a joint venture shall be based on the sharing of real economic interest in the venture and shall include proportionate control over management, interest in capital acquired by the joint venture, and interest in earnings. S. "Legitimately Owned and Controlled" shall mean for the purpose of determining whether a business is a "minority business" that minorities shall possess: 1. Ownership of at least fifty -one percent interest in the business, unless the minority business qualifies as a corporate sponsored dealership under the provisions of WAC 326 -02 -030. The ownership shall be real and continuing, and shall go beyond the pro forma ownership of the business reflected in the ownership documents. The minority owner(s) shall enjoy the (King County 12 -94) 145 -2