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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc. for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2023-2025, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the multiyear Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Maxim Healthcare Staffing Services, Inc. (not a local vendor) for the provision of locum clinical staffing services for a total contract maximum amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00, inclusive of $1,000,000.00 per FY, for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025;
b) Determine, in accordance with Government Code Section 31000.4, that it is in the economic interest of the County to provide temporary help by the Agreement to meet the immediate clinical staffing needs of Behavioral Wellness that cannot be met through the County’s hiring process;
c) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend the Agreement per Section 20 of the Agreement and make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26 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
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.