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Consider recommendations regarding a Mental Wellness Center Contract Renewal, Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2024, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County, Inc. (dba Mental Wellness Center) (a local vendor) for the provision of adult mental health services, for a total contract amount not to exceed $6,471,853.00 inclusive of $2,152,751.00 for FY 2021-2022, $2,143,475.00 for FY 2022-2023, and $2,175,627.00 for FY 2023-2024 for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, subject to annual budget appropriations;
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; modify Program staffing requirements per Exhibit A-2 of the Agreement; reallocate funds between funding sources with discretion per Exhibit B of the Agreement; adjust the provisional rate with discretion per Exhibit B of the Agreement; authorize additional services with discretion per Exhibit B-1 of the Agreement; increase or remove the County Maximum Allowable Rate with discretion 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 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 sectio...
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