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Consider recommendations regarding a Behavioral Wellness Staffing Contract Renewal with Sterling Care Psychiatric Group, Inc., Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2024, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Sterling Care Psychiatric Group, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the provision of psychiatry and nursing staffing services for FYs 2022-2024, for a maximum contract amount not to exceed $3,400,000.00 inclusive of $1,700,000.00 per year, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per Section 20 of the Agreement and make immaterial changes to the Agreement pursuant to Section 26 of the Agreement, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.