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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02111986 - 1.44 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS dd or Contra FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director� �,,},� By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrator Costa DATE: January 30, 1986 c / SUBJECT: Approval of Six.Drinking Driver Program Contracts � ��``�� SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute, on behalf of the County, six Alcoholism Program contracts for the period July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1986 (including an automatic four-month contract extension from July 1, 1986 through October 3.1, 1986) for the operation of an Alcohol Education and Early Intervention First Offender Drinking Driver Program (under AB 541), as follows: Contract 'Number Contractor Name 1. 29-426-2 Sunrise House, Inc. 2. 29-427-2 East County Community Detoxication Center, Inc. 3. 29-428-2 Bi-Bett Corporation, Inc. 4. 29-429-2 Alcoholism Council of Contra Costa, Inc. 5. 29-430-2 Neighborhood House of North Richmond, Inc. 6. 29-431-2 Occupational Health Services, Inc. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: These contractors collect fixed, sliding scale fees from program clients and pay approximately $12,000 to $14,000 per year to the County representing a portion (6%) of the gross fee collections to cover the County's costs in administering and moni- toring the program operations, and/or pay to the County a fixed $5.00 fee amount per client for the County Auditor-Controller to transmit to the State Controller for the State Office of Traffic Safety's First Offender Evaluation Fund. These contracts are for incoming funds which are paid to the County and do not represent any expenditure of County funds or any payments to the contractors by the County. The program is entirely self-supporting from client fees. III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND: On March 2, 1982 the Board approved a comprehensive program of alcohol education and alcoholism treatment services to implement AB 541, including six alcohol educa- tion program and one alcoholism treatment program. On July 199 1983 the Board approved contracts to continue the program services through June 30, 1984 and established the Alcohol Education and Early Intervention First Offender Drinking Driver Program as a County program under Government Code Section 26227. The above contracts represent a continuation of the program which provides alcohol education and early intervention services for approximately 4,000 persons each year who have been convicted for the first time of driving under the influence of alcohol and have been referred to the program by the courts in lieu of jail and license suspen- sion. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE; RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDAT N OF BOARD OMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER k' SIGNATURE S : ACTION OF BOARD ON A 0 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVI S ON THE DATE SHOWN, cc: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED _ Count Administrator County PHIL BATCHELOR, C ERK OF THE BOARD OF Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contractors '92/7-83 BY .DEPUTY Drinking Driver Program Contracts Board Order Page 2 Completion of these contracts has been delayed by the extensive negotiations that were necessary with the six contractors to resolve differences regarding what por- tion of the gross fees should be paid to the County and what supporting services should be provided with program revenues; and additional delays resulted from workload problems and the length of time it took some contractors to sign and return the contracts. Contract 429-430-2 was approved by County Counsel. The remaining five contracts have been- approved by the Department 's Contracts and Grants Administrator in accor- dance with the guidelines approved by the Board's Order of December 1, 1981 (Guidelines for contract preparation and processing, Health Services Department).