Snohomish County Council - File #: 2023-0656

• File #: 2023-0656
• Version: 1
• Type: Motion
• Status: Pending Fully Executed Copy
• File created: 6/6/2023
• In control: General Legislative Session
• On agenda: 7/19/2023
• Final action: 7/19/2023
• Title: Motion 23-245, approving contract with West Publishing for West Proflex Legal Research

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/19/2023	1	General Legislative Session	Approved	Pass
7/11/2023	1	Community Safety and Justice Committee	Moved to the GLS Consent Agenda
6/13/2023	1	Administrative Session	Assigned

Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)


ITEM TITLE:
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Motion 23-245, approving contract with West Publishing for West Proflex Legal Research
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DEPARTMENT: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

ORIGINATOR: ELLEN HAGEY

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Ken Klein 6/7/23

PURPOSE: To approve a contract between West Publishing Corporation (West), owned by Thomson Reuters, and Snohomish County for use of West Proflex, a software program and database that is the primary tool for legal research for our deputy prosecuting attorneys in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office (PAO), as well as other County officials.

BACKGROUND: The PAO has been using West legal research products (generally known as "Westlaw") for many years. This latest three-year contract involves West Proflex, a product that includes Westlaw Edge, a module we have been using for the past three years, and a new feature -- "Briefs for Government". After a two-week trial period in May using West's latest legal research module, Westlaw Precision, our Criminal DPAs identified the "Briefs" feature as the most useful "add-on" to Westlaw Edge. The cost of adding "Briefs" to the Westlaw Edge module increases our monthly cost by approximately $671 -- from $5,704 per month, to $6,375 per month. The PAO's 2023 budget can withstand this monthly increase. The contract calls for a 5 percent increase in cost each year (see below for estimates in 2024, and for all three years.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
EXPEND: FUND, AGY, ORG, ACTY, OBJ, AU
CURRENT YR
2ND YR
1ST 3 YRS
002 531521 4126 Criminal
$4,026.00
$53,225.00
$167,791.00
002 531522 4126 Civil|1010|9,583.00
$30,210.00
506 531522 4126 Tort|1010|8,214.00
$25,895.00
130 50731528 4126 Family Support|1010|5,476.00
$17,263.00
TOTAL
$4,026.00
$76,498.00
$241,159.00


REVENUE: FUND, AGY, ORG, REV, SOURCE
CURRENT YR
2ND YR
1ST 6 YRS
















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DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES: The fiscal impact for 2023 is approximately an additional $4,026.00 from the General Fund for leg...