HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11032015 - C.84RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Sheriff-Coroner, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Forensic
Medical Group to increase the payment limit by $2,760,000 to a new payment limit of $3,460,000 for forensic
pathology services for the term of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2019. The increased payment limit should be
sufficient to cover the entire term of the contract.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County General Fund; $3,460,000. Budgeted.
BACKGROUND:
Forensic Medical Group (FMG) is a California Professional Corporation that specializes in pathology and forensic
pathology. The Contractor will assume responsibility for and perform autopsy services for all deaths that fall within
the jurisdiction of the Coroner, will prepare as required documents and reports, provide training to personnel, provide
court testimony as required, and ensure that quality standards are met for the services performed. This will allow the
Sheriff-Coroner’s Office to continue to meet the obligations to provide forensic pathology services.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The current contract does not have enough funding left to go through the end of the contract term.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/03/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Sandra Brown,
925-335-1553
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: November 3, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 84
To:Board of Supervisors
From:David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:November 3, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Forensic Medical Group
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.