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CostaFROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director
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DATE: June 10, 2008 -
SUBJECT: Amend Contract with Language Line Services, Inc.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Department, or designee, to
execute a contract amendment with Language Line Services, Inc., effective July 1, 2008, with no
change in the payment limit of$600,000 and no change in the term of April 1, 2008 through
March 31, 2009 to provide for the use of specialized 3-way communication Language Line
telephone equipment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$600,000 Administrative Overhead Costs (20% County; 40% State; 40% Federal)
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card:
1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and/you Healthy and
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:_—YES SIGNATURE: .�
ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEND ON IF BOARD COMMITTEE
_--,,APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): r
ACTION OF BOA D N I I✓O APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT )ak ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
i AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
I ATTESTED
JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF(THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTYADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person:
CC: MICHAEL ROETZER
EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT-EM
i COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
CONTRACTOR
! BY: AEPUTY
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,SUBJECT: Amend Contract with Language Line Services, Inc
Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; 3) "Families that are Economically Self Sufficient'; 4)
"Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and 5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a
High Quality of Life for Children and Families," by providing interpretation and translation
services to non-English speaking clients.
BACKGROUND:
Contractor was selected through the competitive process (Request for Proposal #1097) to
provide telephone interpretation, onsite interpretation, and document translation services to non-
English speaking recipients of Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) services.
This Board Order seeks approval to amend contract to provide for the rental of specialized 3-
way Language Line telephone equipment to enable confidential 3-way communication between
the non-English speaking EHSD client, EHSD staff, and Language Line interpreter. Telephones
will be placed in various EHSD district offices.
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