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Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Manager or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to execute retroactive contracts for $7,500 with Griffin Carpet dba Wheeler's Flooring, $5,910.34 with Johnson Engineered Systems for low voltage wiring and $7,815.69 with Neil Sheldon Njaa dba AA Glass for a glass security window (total of $21,226.03) for the Monterey County Sheriff's Office for costs incurring during a departmental relocation of personnel.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Manager or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to execute retroactive contracts for $7,500 with Griffin Carpet DBA Wheeler's Flooring, $5,910.34 with Johnson Engineered Systems for low voltage wiring and $7,815.69 with Neil Sheldon Njaa DBA AA Glass for a glass security window (total of $21,226.03) for the Monterey County Sheriff's Office for costs incurring during a departmental relocation of personnel.
SUMMARY:
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has numerous units reporting to one (1) Chief Deputy in charge of Administration Bureau. One of these units, the Civil Unit was housed on a separate floor (basement level) in the rear of the Public Safety Building, making access for the public difficult and confusing. The decision was made to move the Civil Unit, payroll, accounting, and workers compensation from their present locations in the Public Safety Building to a collocated work area to improve access to the public to for all units, and to allow for better coverage and coordination among all units.
DISCUSSION:
This project was necessary for many reasons. First, public access to both Accounting and Civil Units was not optimal. Accounting staff had to be contacted by Reception to come to the front of the building to ascertain what issue they needed to address and often had to return to their office to retrieve needed documents to assist vendors/members of the public. The Civil Unit...
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