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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator 1_ Costa
April 2, 1990
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LEGISLATION: SB 1886 (Craven)
SUBJECT:
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a position in SUPPORT of SB 1886 by Senator Craven which
would revise the limits on the cost of construction changes which
the Board of Supervisors can delegate to a County official to
approve.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, the Board of Supervisors can authorize the
County Engineer or other County officer to order changes in work
being performed under construction contracts. The maximum value
of changes which the Board of Supervisors can delegate is not to
exceed $5000 when the total amount of the original contract does
not exceed $50,000, or 100 of the amount of the original contract
if the original contract exceeds $50,000 but in no case can the
change which is authorized exceed $25,000.
SB 1886 leaves in place the authority . for changes to contracts,
the value of which does not exceed $250,000 . It adds authority
to approve changes on contracts which exceed $250,000 by
authorizing the County Engineer or other County officer to
approve changes on contracts whose original amount exceeds
$250,000 , as long as the change does not exceed $25,000 plus one
percent of the amount by which the contract exceeds $250 ,000, but
in no case can the change exceed $100,000. For example, on a
contract worth $1,000 ,000 a County officer could be authorized to
approve a change order for as much as $32, 500 ( $25,000 plus one
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTYeS YES SIGNATURE:
-2L-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATUREM::
ACTION OF BOARD ON April APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
APR 10 1990
CC: ATTESTED
County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Public Works Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Director of General Services
County Counsel
Auditor-Controller BYA&71� DEPUTY
M382 (10/88tes Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Assoc.
percent of $750, 000 ) . This would mean that the County Engineer
or other officer could approve changes worth $100,000 on a
contract whose original value was $7,750,000 or more ( $25,000
plus one percent of $7, 500, 000) .
The Director of General Services recommends that the Board of
Supervisors support SB 1886 since the value of change orders
which can be delegated to a County officer has not been increased
to keep up with inflation. The authority to delegate such change
orders is optional with the Board of Supervisors and would remain
optional under SB 1886.