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Consider recommendations regarding the Office of Emergency Management Contract Bid Waiver Request with Heritage Publishing and Communications, LTD, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chief Procurement Officer as the County Purchasing Agent, pursuant to County Code Section 2-39, to procure community resource guides from Heritage Publishing and Communications, LTD, in the amount of $42,362.75 without conducting a competitive procurement;
b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009280 intrafund expenditure transfer to the Fire Department Office of Emergency Management General Fund to fund Public Safety Power Shutoff activities in the amount of $160,564.13 for Fiscal Year July 2023 through June 2024; and
c) Determine that these activities are not a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), since the recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.