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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings pursuant to Section 3.13.030 (E) of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code that the work involved in as-needed Public Health Officer coverage by the County of Sacramento, may be performed by a contractor as it is with another governmental entity;
2) Make findings in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17 Section 3.4(2f) exempting the competitive bidding process, with Purchasing Agent concurrence, because the procurement is for services where the continuity of providers will provide efficiency or critical knowledge, and other providers of the services cannot provide similar efficiencies or critical knowledge;
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 9253 with the County of Sacramento, to provide interim full-time Health Officer coverage on an hourly reimbursement basis, in an amount not to exceed $190,000, and for the term of one year upon execution with the option to extend for an additional six months;
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to MOU 9253, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement; and
5) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the HHSA Chief Assistant Director, to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents relating to MOU 9253.
FUNDING: State Realignment Funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On January1, 2025, the position of County Health Officer became vacant. In anticipation of this vacancy, HHSA carried out an extensive recruitment process to locate a qualified full-time replacement. These recruitment endeavors yielded no success in filling the position. Subsequent to the unsuccessful recruitment campaign, HHSA initiated a search to identify a suitable interim County Health Officer to stay in compliance with state statute Health and Safety Code (HSC) 101000-101010, which requires each county to ...
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