TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services Agency
REPORT BY: Jennifer Ivancie, Staff Services Analyst I
SUBJECT: Agreement No. 250000B for a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Napa-Solano-Yolo-Marin County Regional Public Health Laboratory (NSYM PHL)
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize Agreement No. 250000B to enter into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for a contract maximum of $178,326 per fiscal year for Fiscal Years 2025-2029 for the operation of Napa-Solano-Yolo-Marin County Regional Public Health Laboratory. (Fiscal Impact: $178,325 Expense; Health and Human Services Agency Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary).
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BACKGROUND
In 1998 the Board of Supervisors entered into a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JEPA) with Solano County to establish a regional Public Health Laboratory (PHL). Under the JEPA, Solano County provides complete PHL testing as required by Napa County, courier services for the pickup and delivery of specimens and results, and laboratory reporting, statistical analysis, and other reports or services as requested by Napa County.
In the two and half decades since then, additional amendments to the JEPA included adding additional counties and revising the amount of annual compensation that counties provide to Solano County for these services to be tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Approval of this JEPA will:
? Continue joint operation of the PHL for a new three-year term from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, with an automatic renewal to June 30, 2029 unless any party unless any party gives written notice to the contrary.
? Remove Mendocino County from the joint PHL.
? Change the name of the lab to the Napa-Solano-Yolo-Marin County Regional Public Health Laboratory ("NSYM PHL").
? Increase the compensation costs that Napa County provides Solano County from $137,308 to $155,394.28 annually, with each subsequent year increasing by an amount equal to the CPI.
? Increase Napa County...
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