Consider recommendations regarding an agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Indigent Conflict Defense Counsel for Santa Barbara County, LLC for Conflict Indigent Defense Services, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Indigent Conflict Defense Counsel for Santa Barbara County, LLC (Contractor) for conflict indigent defense services for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026 (24 months), with a fixed monthly amount of $215,250.00 for the period between July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and a fixed monthly amount of $223,860.00 for the period between July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, for a contract total not to exceed $5,269,320.00 over the twenty-four-month term of the Agreement; b) Authorize the County Executive Officer or designee to approve subsequent immaterial changes to the Agreement including authorizing additional services, subject to review and concurrence by County Counsel, Risk Management, and Auditor-Controller. Immaterial changes can be made as long as the contract total not-to-exceed amount of the Agreement is not increased by more than $50,000.00, and subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time, and provided that in no event shall any such amendment extend the term of the Agreement; and c) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(5) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because they are government administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced May 23, 2024

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