County of Monterey - File #: A 15-261

• File #: A 15-261
• Name: Fiscal Experts, Inc.
• Type: BoS Agreement
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/8/2015
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 7/21/2015
• Final action: 7/21/2015
• Title: a. Approve and authorize the Director of Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign an agreement for $205,200 with Fiscal Experts, Inc. for the provision of Time Study Buddy(tm), a web-based time study service for departmental staff for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018; and b. Authorize the Director of Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign up to (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2015	Board of Supervisors	approved

Title
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign an agreement for $205,200 with Fiscal Experts, Inc. for the provision of Time Study Buddy(tm), a web-based time study service for departmental staff for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018; and
b. Authorize the Director of Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign up to (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign an agreement for $205,200 with Fiscal Experts, Inc. for the provision of Time Study Buddy(tm), a web-based time study service for departmental staff for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018; and
b. Authorize the Director of Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign up to (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
County welfare programs in California are state-supervised, but county administered. Under this state-supervised arrangement, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issues applicable regulations to each county regarding how programs are to be administered. As part of this regulatory process, CDSS sets county standards for obtaining State and Federal reimbursement for costs incurred in administering mandated programs through the County Expense Claim (CEC).

This agreement is to provide a web-based time study service, Time Study Buddy(tm), to be used by Department of Social Services (DSS) to record all time worked by staff to the various functions and programs. These time studies/records are official documents which are used to document activities and...