Resolution to Contract with Strang, Inc. to Revisit the 2019 Space Needs Study and Evaluate the Quartz Building for County Functions

Committee Status: 
Preliminary Review
Budget Status: 
Budgeted
Decision Impact: 
Routine
FTE Impact: 
No
Funding Source: 
Other (see budget status)

Purpose

Sauk County owns and maintains numerous facilities throughout the County that house all the services and departments of the county.  Strang, Inc. completed a space needs study in 2019 for the West Square Administration Building, Historic Courthouse, Law Enforcement Center, and the Reedsburg Human Services Building.  Since that time, there have been many changes in department functions, operations, and services.  To assist the County in managing the existing space efficiently and plan for future needs, the County is requesting that as an exception to a Request for Proposal (RFP), Strang, Inc. shall be used based on the cost-effective use of the prior building study that they completed in 2019. 

Background

Sauk County owns and maintains numerous facilities throughout the County that house all the services and departments of the county.  Strang, Inc. completed a space needs study in 2019 for the West Square Administration Building, Historic Courthouse, Law Enforcement Center, and the Reedsburg Human Services Building.  Since that time, there have been many changes in department functions, operations, and services.  To assist the County in managing the existing space efficiently and plan for future needs, the County is requesting that as an exception to a Request for Proposal (RFP), Strang, Inc. shall be used based on the cost-effective use of the prior building study that they completed in 2019. 

Resolution Files: 
PDF icon Resolution to Contract with Strang, Inc. to Revisit the 2019 Space Needs Study and Evaluate the Quartz Building for County Funct
File Resolution to Contract with Strang, Inc. to Revisit the 2019 Space Needs Study and Evaluate the Quartz Building for County Funct
PDF icon Amended Resolution to include a better description of the Quartz building in lines 23 and 24
File Amended Resolution to include a better description of the Quartz building in lines 23 and 24
Budget Status (Other/External Sources): 

The $12,500 cost of the updated space needs study will be funded through the Building Services 2025 Capital Outlay budget for Facility Renovations and Security

Resolution Body

BACKGROUND:  Sauk County owns and maintains numerous facilities throughout the County that house all the services and departments of the county.  Strang, Inc. completed a space needs study in 2019 for the West Square Administration Building, Historic Courthouse, Law Enforcement Center, and the Reedsburg Human Services Building.  Since that time, there have been many changes in department functions, operations, and services.  To assist the County in managing the existing space efficiently and plan for future needs, the County is requesting that as an exception to a Request for Proposal (RFP), Strang, Inc. shall be used based on the cost-effective use of the prior building study that they completed in 2019. 

 

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that effective May 20th, 2025, the County shall contract with Strang, Inc for an updated space needs study to determine how current space needs may differ from the previous space needs study completed in 2019 and evaluate the former Quartz Insurance Building located in Sauk City for county functions.

 

Approved for presentation to the County Board by the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee and the Finance, Personnel and Insurance Committee, this 20th day of May 2025

 

Consent Agenda Item: [  ] YES  [ X ] NO

 

Fiscal Impact: [  ] None   [ X ] Budgeted Expenditure    [   ] Not Budgeted

 

Vote Required:  Majority = __X___       2/3 Majority = _____        3/4 Majority = ________

 

The County Board has the legal authority to adopt:  Yes ______ No ________ as reviewed by the Corporation Counsel, _________________________________, Date:  ________________ .

 

           

Offered and passage moved by the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:                         

 

_________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent        

Brian Peper          

 

_________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

Kevin Schell

           

      _________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

      Tom Dorner

     

      _________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

      Terry Spencer                                                                                    

 

      _________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

      Valerie McAuliffe             

 

      _________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

      Bryant Hazard

 

      _________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

      Robert Spencer

 

      _________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

      Smooth Detter

 

      _________________________________     £ Aye     £ Nay     £ Abstain     £ Absent

      Mark Waldon

 

Fiscal Note: The $12,500 cost of the updated space needs study will be funded through the Building Services 2025 Capital Outlay budget for Facility Renovations and Security.   

 

MIS Note: None

Requested Board Review Date: 
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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