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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03152005 - C.61-C.65 Contra TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS '-' ♦'''' FROM: David Coleman Public Defender °; Costa DATE: March 15, 2005 Co°sr.�-----=••. u nty couK s SUBJECT: PUBLIC DEFENDER- CLIENT SERVICES SPECIIALIST LINDA NORTON SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender to execute a contract with Linda Norton in an amount not to exceed $54,500 to continue to provide client services for the period April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006. FISCAL IMPACT Included in the Public Defenders approved budget. BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S): The client services provided by this contractor are manifold in assisting attorneys at the Public Defender's Office. A primary duty is to assist attorneys in finding placements in drug and alcohol programs; and then working with the clients and programs in transitioning into the programs. Secondary duties include visits to mental hospitals and other mental health sites working with clients of the Public Defender who have pending LPS matters. The Department has been fortunate to find persons with excellent professional experience in such placements who could work on a contract basis. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: --------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------- ----------------------------------- RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER 1451&ref� SIGNATURE(S): Action of Board n: �© Approved as Recommended Other VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN &NANIMOUS(ABSENT AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE AYES: NOES: SHOWN. ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED l CONTACT: David Coleman(335-8079) JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD O SUPERVIS S AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CC: Superior Court Administration Office of the Sheriff _ County Administration BY DEPUTY Contra TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS'" FROM: David Coleman Public Defender o� - ' `. ;'� CostaDATE: March 15, 2005 �osA•c__: "�` ov County SUBJECT: PUBLIC DEFENDER- DEPENDENCY CASE ASSISTANT SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender to execute a contract with Grahame Johnson in an amount not to exceed $58,500 to continue to provide Dependency Case Assistance services for the period June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006. FISCAL IMPACT Estimate no impact on the General Fund. The cost of dependency case services is reimbursed 100% by the Superior Court under California Rules of Court, rule 810, which identifies the cost eligible for the Trial Court Funding Program. BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S): Attorneys assigned to represent minors in dependency cases are obligated by state law to visit the minor clients in the homes and placement settings at least once every 6 months. Such "home visits" may also entail consultations with families or other professionals such as social workers, teachers and psychologists. The home/school visits provide information from and consultation with the minor child that, in turn, form the basis for advocacy on behalf of the dependent children clients in W & 1 300 proceedings. Dependency Case Assistants (DCA) work with, and under the supervision of, attorneys in the Public Defender's Office assigned to handle Welfare and Institutions Code Section 300 cases for minors in Juvenile Court. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _X_YES SIGNATURE: --------------------------------------------------------------- �ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR---------------------------------------------------- -- --- ----------------------------------------------------- RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE ✓9PPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): Action of Boar6o - C? Approved as Recommended Other VOTE^OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE AYES: NOES: SHOWN. ABSENT: ABSTAIN: "" / ATTESTED ~ ` CONTACT: David Coleman(335-8079) JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BO D OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CC: Superior Court Administration Office of the Sheriff County Administration BY ,DEPUTY I to March 15, 2005 Page 2 Utilizing contract DCAs is both cost-efficient and sensible: (1) attorneys are paid more on an hourly basis than contract DCAs and such home visits.involve travel time and other scheduling duties which can be carried out by DCAs at a lower hourly cost; and (2) DCAs often have backgrounds in social work, child development, education, criminal justice, and other allied fields which gives them an expertise not necessarily possessed by attorneys in the Public Defender's Office. The tasks of the DCA often require work on weekends and in the evenings and sometimes at locations that require lengthy automobile trips. Given the alternative and irregular work schedules required, as well as other work experience characteristics of the DCAs, recruitment, retention and payment as contract employees works best for the Department. Hopefully, too, in the best interests of continuity in their interaction with younger minors, a bond of trust will be established with these clients. TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: David Coleman, Public Defender ftj Costa DATE: March 15, 2005 ounty SUBJECT: PUBLIC DEFENDER- DEPENDENCY CASE ASSISTANT SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender to execute a contract with Robert Smayda in an amount not to exceed $39,400 to continue to provide Dependency Case Assistance services for the period March 8, 2005 through March 7, 2006. FISCAL IMPACT Estimate no impact on the General Fund. The cost of dependency case services is reimbursed 100% by the Superior Court under California Rules of Court, rule 810, which identifies the cost eligible for the Trial Court Funding Program. BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S): Attorneys assigned to represent minors in dependency cases are obligated by state law to visit the minor clients in the homes and placement settings at least once every 6 months. Such "home visits" may also entail consultations with families or other professionals such as social workers, teachers and psychologists. The home/school visits provide information from and consultation with the minor child that, in turn, form the basis for advocacy on behalf of the dependent children clients in W & 1300 proceedings. Dependency Case Assistants (DCA) work with, and under the supervision of, attorneys in the Public Defender's Office assigned to handle Welfare and Institutions Code Section 300 cases for minors in Juvenile Court. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: —X—YES SIGNATURE: 4o-OI�ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE z--'"APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): Action of Boar6o, Approved as Recommended_zjr Other l: Id I VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN -2 �NANIMOUS(ABSENT AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE AYES: NOES: SHOWN. ABSENT: ABSTAIN: rloe ATTESTED CONTACT: David Coleman(335-8079) JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOAOF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CC: Superior Court Administration Office of the Sheriff County Administration BY DEPUTY A, - - ,". March 15, 2005 Page 2 Utilizing contract DCAs is both cost-efficient and sensible: (1) attorneys are paid more on an hourly basis than contract DCAs and such home visits involve travel time and other scheduling duties which can be carried out by DCAs at a lower hourly cost; and (2) DCAs often have backgrounds in social work, child development, education, criminal justice, and other allied fields which gives them an expertise not necessarily possessed by attorneys in the Public Defender's Office. The tasks of the DCA often require work on weekends and in the evenings and sometimes at locations that require lengthy automobile trips. Given the alternative and irregular work schedules required, as well as other work experience characteristics of the DCAs, recruitment, retention and payment as contract employees works best for the Department. Hopefully, too, in the best interests of continuity in their interaction with younger minors, a bond of trust will be established with these clients. 1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra Costa John Cullen Director FROM: ••' Count �0� Services De art s,:-• _ .- Employment and Human S p .� �oUK� DATE: February 28, 2005 f SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee,to EXECUTE an amended contract with Ms. Ida Mergy to increase the contract payment limit by $4,500 from$22,600 to a total contract payment limit of$27,100 to provide supervision and additional technical assistance to Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program(HICAP) with no extension in the contract term of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. (#40-063) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTIO APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee,to EXECUTE an amended contract with Ms. Ida Mergy to increase the contract payment limit by$4,500 from $22,600 to a total contract payment limit of$27,100 to provide supervision and additional technical assistance to Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program(HICAP)with no extension in the contract term of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. (#40-063) FINANCIALMPAC" $27,100 100% State for HICAP Services FIACKGRC), IT_1"1TD: The Area Agency on Aging provides Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program services to Medicare beneficiaries, including Medicare beneficiaries by virtue of a disability, and those persons imminent of Medicare, eligibility as defined by State Law, Welfare and Institutions Code(W&I) Section 9541 (a) and(c) (2), (5), and(6) and to the public at large for HICAP community education services under W&I Code Section 9541 (c) (1),, (4), (5) and(6). Ms. Mergy provides program supervision and technical assistance to HICAP and to HICAP services beneficiaries. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RCOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE ✓'APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S M ACTION OF JO ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOT OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE ANIMOUS(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. ATTESTED JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOAR#OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTkATOR Contact: BOB SESSLER 3-1582 f EHSD(CONTRACTS UNIT)-EB COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ,DEPUTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER CONTRACTOR r :': • jib. Contra ''tit s • s Costa BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO• ' Co.unty FROM: Dennis M. Barry, AICP Community Development Director DATE: MARCH 15, 2005 SUBJECT: CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE CDBG MICRO-ENTERPRISE AND SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Deputy Director-Redevelopment, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Urban Financial Services Group, effective December 1, 2004, to increase the payment limit by $15,000 to a new payment limit of $143,952 to continue to provide consulting services for managing and administering the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Business and Micro-enterprise Revolving Loan program through June 30, 2005. FISCAL IMPACT Done, 100% U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: x YES SIGNATURE: _1,,%'EAECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ECOMME ATION OF OARD COMMITTEE Lo--APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S ACTION OF BOVD NAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT_ ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Source: Bob Calkins, CDBG Program Manager (925) 335-1250 ATTESTED Orig. Dept. community Development (CDBG) JOHN SWEET N, CLERK OF cc: County Administrator Auditor-Controller THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR t BY �.. EPUTY BACKGROUND /REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The consultant, Urban Financial Services Group (UFSG), has managed the County's CDBG Small Business and Micro-enterprise Revolving Loan program since July 2000. The Programs are directed primarily to very low- and low-income micro-enterprises or small businesses for the purposes of job creation, retention, and/or attraction. Services provided by USFG include: program marketing, technical assistance to prospective applicants, loan application analysis and processing, and compliance monitoring.