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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Child Support Services to sign a series of non-standard advertising agreements and accept non-standard insurance, risk, and indemnity terms, for advertising and promoting program awareness from the period of March 26, 2019 through June 30, 2022, when: (i) the total aggregate amount of all agreements entered into under this authority requested herein does not exceed the amount of $95,000.00 per fiscal year; and, (ii) each such agreement is reviewed and approved by County Counsel, Contracts and Purchasing, and the Auditor Controller prior to execution.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Child Support Services to sign a series of non-standard advertising agreements and accept non-standard insurance, risk, and indemnity terms, for advertising and promoting program awareness from the period of March 26, 2019 through June 30, 2022, when: (i) the total aggregate amount of all agreements entered into under this authority requested herein does not exceed the amount of $95,000.00 per fiscal year; and, (ii) each such agreement is reviewed and approved by County Counsel, Contracts and Purchasing, and the Auditor Controller prior to execution.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Child Support Services (CSS) is required by federal regulations to regularly publicize the availability of services offered by the child support program. The agreements with advertising companies are typically low in cost and made pursuant to a template provided by the vendor hosting the advertising. Therefore, these agreements do not usually conform to the County's standard agreement template. Because no vendor employees will be coming onto County property and no other significant risk factors exist, CSS is seeking a broader delegation of authority to enter into these agreements to avoid sending numerous of these type of agreements to the Board of Supervisors for individual approval.
Publicizing the availability of Child Support Enforc...
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