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Human Resources Department recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Make findings in accordance with Ordinance 3.13.030(F) that a contract for workplace investigation and training services is necessary to protect against a conflict of interest or to ensure independent and unbiased findings where there is a need for an outside perspective and where work must be completed in limited timeframes;
2) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to sign Agreement 8673 with Boucher Law, PC, a firm that was identified through a County request for qualifications process, for a term of four years and in an amount not to exceed $275,000; and
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute any necessary amendments relating to Agreement 8673, excluding term extensions and increases to the amount, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Human Resources receives complaints of alleged misconduct in the workplace, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and abusive conduct by County employees. Human Resources receives and provides for investigations of these complaints in accordance with County policy or rule, including Board Policy E-5 and Personnel Rule 309.4, or as it and affected department heads deem necessary. The department has contracted with outside vendors when special skills and qualifications are involved in the performance of the work, when it is necessary to protect against a conflict of interest and obtain an outside perspective to make independent and unbiased findings, or when it is otherwise necessary to ensure a prompt and thorough investigation and resolution of the complaints filed. The nature of the work involves temporary, occasional, and urgent services.
Since April 16, 2020, Boucher Law, PC has provided the personnel and equipment necessary to provide legal services in connection with labor and employment matters including, but not limited to, investi...
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