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Consider recommendations regarding a Mental Health Services Merakey Allos (Merakey) Board Contract, Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Merakey, a Pennsylvania nonprofit (not a local vendor), which provides for:
i) Adult mental health services for a total Maximum Contract Amount not to exceed $5,706,000.00, inclusive of $1,902,000.00 per FY, for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024; and
ii) A short-term license to occupy a County-owned building, 401 E. Cypress, Second Floor, Lompoc, California, for monthly rent in the amount of $10,000.00 and as otherwise set-forth in Section 13 of Exhibit A-2 of the Agreement;
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; make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26 of the Agreement; amend program staffing requirements and hours of operation per Exhibit A-2 of the Agreement; reallocate funds between funding sources per Exhibit B of the Agreement; adjust the provisional rate per Exhibit B of the Agreement; authorize additional services per Exhibit B-1 of the Agreement; increase or remove the County Maximum Allowable Rate per Exhibit B-1 of the Agreement; and amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E of the Agreement, all without altering the Maximum Contract Amount and without requiring formal 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 Environment...
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