DATE: January 28, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Hollis Magill, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT: First Amendment to Master Services Agreement: Workplace Investigations
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute First Amendment to Agreement No. 23-388, which is a Master Services Agreement for third party workplace investigations between various vendors, effective upon execution, with no change to the term of August 8, 2023, through the final optional year, ending August 7, 2028, and increasing the maximum compensation by $1,500,000, to a total of $2,000,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The Department of Human Resources (Department) is responsible for the oversight of workplace investigations and, in consultation with County Counsel, selects impartial third-party workplace investigations firms when necessary to be engaged by County Counsel to provide workplace investigative services as well as provide post-investigative services (i.e., when required by order of the court or in relation to legal proceedings, to respond to any subpoena or discovery, to provide testimony at deposition, trial, or arbitration). The recommended action would allow the Department to maintain compliance with applicable laws and timely address workplace incidents including, but not limited to, workplace violence, retaliation, discrimination, and sexual harassment. County departments utilizing these services would continue to be charged only for actual costs incurred.
The current agreement for workplace investigations, No. 23-388, has experienced vastly higher-than-anticipated use. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There are no viable alternative actions. If the Board does not approve the recommended action, the County will be unable to timely conduct workplace investigations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended...
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