MEMORANDUM

TO: Timothy Navarre, President

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

THRU: Dale Bagley, Mayor

Tom Burgess, Purchasing and Materials Manager

Jeffrey E. Sinz, Finance Director

FROM: Rhonda Krohn, Property Tax and Collections Supervisor

DATE: December 14, 2001

SUBJECT: Resolution Awarding Contracts for Limited Liability Reports

A request for bids was advertised in the Peninsula Clarion, Homer News, and Seward Phoenix Log on November 29, 2001 and bid packets were mailed to six local firms. Bids were received on December 13, 2001 from title agencies for the preparation of title reports referred to as limited liability reports. These reports are needed to foreclose upon real property in the Kenai, Homer/Seldovia, Seward, and Anchorage recording districts.

Following is a summary of the bids received:



Kenai
Homer/

Seldovia



Seward


Anchorage


Kachemak Bay Title Agency, Inc.


$245.00


Southcentral Title Agency


$95.00


$95.00


First American Title / Kenai


$99.00


$149.00


$250.00


First American Title / Seward


$74.00

It is recommended that purchase orders be issued to the following title agencies:

Southcentral Title Agency for Kenai Recording District at $95.00 per report.

First American Title of Alaska - Kenai Branch for the Homer/Seldovia Recording District at $149.00 per report, and the Anchorage Recording District at $250.00 per report.

First American Title of Alaska - Seward Branch for the Seward Recording District at $74.00 per report.