County of Monterey - File #: 17-0630

• File #: 17-0630
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/9/2017
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 6/20/2017
• Final action: 6/20/2017
• Title: a. Approve, retroactively, Amendment No. 4, to the Professional Services Agreements with the Alternate Defender's Office for legal representation of indigent defendants in adult and juvenile criminal cases, extending the end of the terms by six months, from December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017, with the following attorneys: Richard West, Jan Lindberg, Kelly Duncan; and, b. Ratify the February 6, 2017 signatures of the Deputy Purchasing agent on Amendment No. 4; and, c. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign Amendment No. 5 to these Professional Services Agreements to increase the amount of the Agreements to cover additional services rendered during the extended terms in the following amounts, by attorney: Richard West ($23,000), Jan Lindberg ($16,000), Kelly Duncan ($14,000).

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/20/2017	Board of Supervisors	approved

Title
a. Approve, retroactively, Amendment No. 4, to the Professional Services Agreements with the Alternate Defender's Office for legal representation of indigent defendants in adult and juvenile criminal cases, extending the end of the terms by six months, from December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017, with the following attorneys: Richard West, Jan Lindberg, Kelly Duncan; and,
b. Ratify the February 6, 2017 signatures of the Deputy Purchasing agent on Amendment No. 4; and,
c. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign Amendment No. 5 to these Professional Services Agreements to increase the amount of the Agreements to cover additional services rendered during the extended terms in the following amounts, by attorney: Richard West ($23,000), Jan Lindberg ($16,000), Kelly Duncan ($14,000).

Report

RECOMMENDATION:

a. Approve, retroactively, Amendment No. 4, to the Professional Services Agreements with the Alternate Defender's Office for legal representation of indigent defendants in adult and juvenile criminal cases, extending the end of the terms by six months, from December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017, with the following attorneys: Richard West, Jan Lindberg, and Kelly Duncan; and,
b. Ratify the February 6, 2017 signatures of the Deputy Purchasing agent on Amendment No.4; and,
c. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign Amendment No. 5 to these Professional Services Agreements to increase the amount of the Agreements to cover additional services rendered during the extended terms in the following amounts, by attorney: Richard West ($23,000), Jan Lindberg ($16,000), and Kelly Duncan ($14,000).


SUMMARY:
The Monterey County Alternate Defender's Office (ADO) found it necessary to amend the Professional Services Agreements for legal representation of indigent defendants in adult and juvenile criminal cases that it entered into with attorneys West, Lindberg, and Duncan. The ADO needed to extend the terms of these agreements b...