on behalf of the County provided the following criteria are satisfied: (1)
funds have been budgeted by the Board, (2) the contract or expenditure
relates to activities or programs involving the government programming
channel commonly referred to as The County Channel and other
Countywide Communications operations, and (3) in the case of
contracts, the agreement has been approved, as to form, by County
Counsel, and for purposes of this delegation of authority, the phrase
“activities or programs involving the government programming channel
and other Countywide Communications operations” shall include, at a
minimum, the following: (1) production service contracts to develop new
programming and support ongoing programming, (2) service contracts to
support live broadcast, rebroadcast, webcast, and social media
dissemination of County video content, or (3) service contracts that
support County website content, messaging outreach, and various
strategic communication efforts;
3. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board or required by law, waive the sole
source policy and authorize the Chief Executive Officer, to prepare and
execute agreements and any and all amendments that support homeless
programs within the County with the following parameters: (1) the
agreement implements or supports administration of any Board-approved
Homeless Initiative Strategy, (2) funds have been approved by the Board
or by a Board office in its County Homeless Prevention Initiative -
Homeless Services Fund, (3) the agreement, including all amendments,
shall not exceed $250,000, and (4) the agreement and all amendments
are approved, as to form, by the County Counsel;
4. Until otherwise ordered by the Board, authorize the Director of Economic
Opportunity, to prepare and execute Social Program Agreements with
entities that can advance the goals of: (1) timely and relevant economic
information and analysis, (2) directing business assistance to attract,
retain and expand business, (3) networking and assisting
technology-based businesses to help create new industries, and (4)
focused economic development strategies supported by timely
results-oriented initiatives for the Los Angeles region;
5. Until otherwise ordered by the Board, instruct the Chief Executive Officer
and the Executive Officer of the Board, to round to the nearest thousand
dollars all financing uses, revenue and Net County Cost figures adopted
by the Board during deliberations on the Final County Budget, and
authorize the Chief Executive Officer to impose those fiscal controls
necessary to ensure conformance with the Final County Budget;