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Consider recommendations regarding the Third Amended Agreement with Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc. Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2021 and New Contract for FY 2021-2023, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute a Third Amended Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc. (BC 18-217) (not a local vendor), for FY 2018-2021, to add needed positions of traveling staff, update the overtime provision to comply with State regulations, and increase the contract amount by $930,000.00 for FY 2020-2021 due to unanticipated staffing needs, for a total contract maximum not to exceed $4,321,000.00, inclusive of $1,131,000.00 for FY 2018-2019, $1,360,000.00 for FY 2019-2020, and $1,830,000.00 for FY 2020-2021, for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc. (not a local vendor), for FY 2021-2023 for the provision of locum clinical staffing services with a total contract maximum amount to exceed $2,600,000.00, inclusive of $1,300,000.00 for FY 2021-2022 and $1,300,000.00 for FY 2022-2023 for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023;
c) Delegate to the Director of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority, for the above FY 2021-2023 Agreement, to suspend the agreement per Section 20 of the Agreement, make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26 of the Agreement, and amend Exhibit A (Statement of Work) of the Agreement, without returning to the Board with a separate amendment, as long as the total contract maximum is unchanged, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegation at any time; and
d) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms, 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.