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File #: 24-0736    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Approval Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 7/2/2024 In control: Public Health
On agenda: 7/23/2024 Final action:
Title: Approval of Retroactive Memorandum of Understanding Between County of Sonoma Public Health Laboratory and County of Mendocino Department of Public Health, in the Amount of $539,469, for Public Health Lab Services, Effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029
Attachments: 1. Agreement 24-135
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To:  BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

From:  Public Health 

Meeting Date:  July 23, 2024

 

Department Contact:  

Jenine Miller, Psy.D.

Phone: 

707-472-2341

 

Item Type:   Consent Agenda

 

Time Allocated for Item: N/A

 

Agenda Title:

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Approval of Retroactive Memorandum of Understanding Between County of Sonoma Public Health Laboratory and County of Mendocino Department of Public Health, in the Amount of $539,469, for Public Health Lab Services, Effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029

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Recommended Action/Motion:

recommendation

Approve retroactive Memorandum of Understanding between County of Sonoma Public Health Laboratory and County of Mendocino Department of Public Health, in the amount of $539,469, for public health lab services, effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029; authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to sign any future amendments that do not increase the maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.

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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:

October 6, 2020, Item 4q), Approval of Agreement No. BOS-20-141.                      

 

Summary of Request

Per California State Code, counties with populations over 88,000 are required to provide public health laboratory services. California State Code does not require counties to maintain their own laboratory, but does require counties to arrange for the provision of mandated testing. The County of Mendocino has fulfilled testing requirements through contracts with outside agencies since the closure of the County of Mendocino Public Health Laboratory in 2009.

 

Through such contracts, for several years the County of Sonoma Public Health Laboratory (SCPHL) has provided the County of Mendocino Department of Public Health (MCPH) with laboratory services for the Mendocino County community. Through these contracts, the County of Mendocino sends its laboratory tests to the SCPHL, and will continue to do so through the proposed retroactive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in order to continue these mandated laboratory services.

 

MCPH and SCPHL began processing this MOU in late April 2024. During the process, and before the MOU could start routing through County of Mendocino approvals, the SCPHL processed this MOU through their own reviews, resulting in unexpected revisions and pre-approval delays. These delays caused MCPH to miss the Clerk of the Board’s submission deadline for the June 25, 2024 Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, and this MOU is now before the BOS with a retroactive start date, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029.

 

Alternative Action/Motion:

Return to staff for alternative handling.

                     

Strategic Plan Priority Designation: A Safe and Healthy County

 

Supervisorial District:  All

                                          

Vote Requirement:  Majority

                                          

 

 

Supplemental Information Available Online At: N/A

 

Fiscal Details:

source of funding: Budget Unit 4013

current f/y cost: $539,469 for the term of the Agreement.

budget clarification: N/A

annual recurring cost: $100,000 for the first year, then increasing annually based on the Consumer Price Index, through June 30, 2029.

budgeted in current f/y (if no, please describe): Yes

revenue agreement: N/A

AGREEMENT/RESOLUTION/ORDINANCE APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNSEL: Yes

CEO Liaison: Executive Office                                                               

CEO Review: Yes                                            

CEO Comments:

 

FOR COB USE ONLY

Executed By: Atlas Pearson, Senior Deputy Clerk

Final Status: Approved

Date: July 23, 2024

Executed Item Type: Agreement

 

Number: 24-135