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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04122011 - C.35RECOMMENDATION(S): APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute a contract with the City of Clayton to provide Building Inspection Services, at hourly rates specified in the proposed contract, for a three year term beginning April 1, 2011 and ending March 31, 2014. FISCAL IMPACT: The County’s cost of providing services will be offset by permit fees and other revenues collected from property owners within the City of Clayton who receive services provided by County staff. BACKGROUND: Contra Costa County had provided Building Inspection services to the City of Clayton since the City incorporated in the 1960s. Through the Building Inspection Division of the Department of Conservation and Development, the County acts as the City’s Building Department, providing the full range of building inspection, plan checking, and code enforcement services. DCD collects building permit fees and other revenues from permit applicants and property owners as APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 04/12/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS Contact: Jason Crapo, (925) 335-1108 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: April 12, 2011 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: , Deputy cc: C.35 To:Board of Supervisors From:Jason Crapo, County Building Official Date:April 12, 2011 Contra Costa County Subject:Contract with City of Clayton for Building Inspection Services BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) compensation for the cost of providing these services. The proposed contact modifies the existing contract between the County and the City so as to achieve consistency with the County’s current contracting standards and to update the billing rates for services provided by the County. The current Agreement with the City of Clayton does not include billing rates for Code Enforcement services. This new contract includes County billing rates that fully cover the Department of Conservation and Development's costs of providing such services. County costs for plan check and inspection services will continue to be paid for through the collection of building permit fees. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If the proposed contract is not approved, the County will not be able to adequately recover its costs of providing Building Inspection services to the City of Clayton. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: N/A CLERK'S ADDENDUM RELISTED to May 3, 2011. ATTACHMENTS City of Clayton Agreement