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Sheriff's Office recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment III to Agreement 3604 with G & O Body Shop Inc. (G & O) to amend Article III, Compensation for Services, to include a disposal fee of $1,100 for hauling large trailers and recreational vehicles on the Western Slope, and update the change in business structure from G & O Body Shop Inc to G & O Towing Inc.
FUNDING: Partial General Fund and partial California State Controller’s Office pass through of Department of Motor Vehicles fees collected for the Abandoned Vehicles Abatement Joint Powers Authority.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Agreement #3604 and Amendment I with G & O were not brought to your Board for approval in the past due to them being within the Purchasing Agent’s signatory authority. However, Amendment II which sought to increase the Term to five and one-half years, and Compensation from $72,000 to $220,000 was brought to your Board for approval on June 22, 2021.
G & O recently contacted the Sheriff's Office stating they were having problems disposing of large, abated vehicles such as trailers and recreational vehicles due to there being a surplus of such vehicles already waiting to be disposed. The alternative suggested by G & O is that they rent a dumpster, equipment, and manpower to dispose of these vehicles in their own yard. The cost of such an operation would be an additional $1,100 for disposal of the towed vehicle. This action is requested to include the additional disposal charge per vehicle, and not increase the not-to-exceed amount of the contract.
Additionally, on September 1, 2021, G & O Body Shop Inc. registered a separate business entity specifically for towing services with the California Secretary of State's Office. This necessitated an Amendment to change the business entity information in the original Agreement #3604.
Since 1992, and pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22710, the County and the Cities of Placerville and South Lake T...
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