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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement with JusticeText, Inc. for Digital Evidence and Discovery Management Platform Services, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chief Public Defender, or designee, to execute an Agreement with JusticeText, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for a site-wide license of the JusticeText Platform for the Santa Barbara County Public Defender’s Office, in the total amount not to exceed $345,000.00 for a five-year term beginning March 1, 2026 and ending February 28, 2031;
b) Approve the Budget Revision Request No. 0010788 increasing appropriations by $69,000.00 in the General County Programs budget (General Fund) under Intrafund Expenditure Transfers, funded by the release of Unassigned Fund Balance, and increasing appropriations by $69,000.00 in the Public Defender’s Office General Fund budget under Services and Supplies, funded by an intrafund transfer from General County Programs associated with the release of fund balance from the Tech Innovation Fund; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which 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.