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Consider recommendations regarding Behavioral Wellness Staffing Contract Renewals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Barton and Associates, Inc. (not a local vendor), for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry, nursing, and physician assistant services, for a total amount not to exceed $1,500,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc. (not a local vendor), for the provision of locum tenens psychiatry services, for a total amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019;
c) Approve and authorize the Behavioral Wellness Director to amend the Schedule of Fees of the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc., to approve rate changes and add hourly positions as needed during FY 2018-2019 without returning to the Board with a separate amendment, so long as the total contract maximum is unchanged; and
d) 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 potentially 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.