SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly
Emergency Contracts Report
11-A.
Recommendation: Review the emergency actions ordered and taken by
the Director of Internal Services, under delegated authority by the
Board, acting as both the County and the Governing Body of various
Districts, under Board Order No. 13-C of January 28, 2025, to respond
to and recover from the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire
Events, including the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire, Kenneth
Fire, and multiple other fires (LA County Fires) (1, 3 and 5) and
actions enumerated in the aforementioned authorities (Actions), without
giving notice for bids to let contracts, and determine that there is a
need to continue the emergency Actions. Find that there is substantial
evidence that the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events
continue to constitute an emergency pursuant to Public Contract Code
Section 22050, which requires that immediate action be taken to
cleanup and reconstruct public property, buildings, facilities, and
infrastructure because the emergency does not permit the delay
resulting from a formal competitive solicitation of bids and/or proposals
to procure construction, materials, equipment and services for projects
and initiatives necessary to respond to and recover from the LA County
Fires. Find that authority should, therefore, continue to be delegated to
the Director of Internal Services to amend or extend and supplement
existing as-needed or on-call contracts without giving notice for bids to
let contracts related to facilities and related support services, and to
award new contracts for response to and recovery from the LA County
Fires, and such contracts should be issued because they are
necessary to respond to the emergency. (Internal Services
Department) APPROVE 4-VOTES (25-1148)