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Probation Department recommending the Board:
1) Make findings in accordance with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030(B) that contracting out for transdermal electronic monitoring equipment and services with SCRAM of California is in the public's best interest and that there are specialty skills, qualifications, and equipment not expressly identified in County classifications involved in the performance of the work;
2) Make a finding in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17 Section 3.4(2)(f) that “the procurement is for goods where the continuity of providers will provide efficiency or critical knowledge, and other providers of the goods cannot provide similar efficiencies or critical knowledge”;
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign retroactive Agreement for Services 7784 effective June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2025, with three one year renewal options, for a Not to Exceed Amount of $2,520,000; and
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute further documents relating to Agreement 7784, including amendments which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement, and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: Public Safety Realignment (AB 109) (65%); Pretrial (20%); Substance Abuse Focus Grant (10%); and Juvenile Probation Funding (5%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Probation Department (Probation) has been continuously operating the Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) since 2006 to provide home detention services as a custody alternative for appropriate offenders.
California Assembly Bill 109, also referred to as 2011 Public Safety Realignment (AB 109), was signed in 2011. AB 109 and its modification bill, Assembly Bill 117, “realigned” the responsibility of many justice involved individuals (JII) from state prison to local entities. Since passage of AB 109, grant funding for state probation departments has not been renewed, and a variety of bills have been passed ...
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