LA County Board

10. January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly Emergency\nContracts Report\nRecommendation: Review the emergency actions to repair or replace public\nfacilities, actions directly related and immediately required by the emergency,\nand actions to procure the necessary equipment, services and supplies for\nsuch purposes, without giving notice for bids to let contracts (collectively,\nActions), ordered and taken by the Director of Public Works under authority\ndelegated to the Director by the Board, acting as both the County Board of\nSupervisors and the Governing Body of the various districts, (under the Board's\nresolution dated January 28, 2025), to respond to and recover from the LA\nCounty Fires, without giving notice for bids to let contracts, and determine that\nthere is a need to continue the emergency Actions; find that there is substantial\nevidence that the January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events continue to\nconstitute an emergency pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050,\nwhich requires that immediate action be taken to cleanup and reconstruct public\nproperty, buildings, facilities, and infrastructure because the emergency does\nnot permit the delay resulting from a formal competitive solicitation of bids to\nprocure construction services for projects necessary to respond to and recover\nfrom the LA County Fires; and find that authority should therefore continue to\nbe delegated to the Director of Public Works to amend or extend and\nsupplement existing as-needed or on-call contracts without giving notice for bids\nto let contracts, and to award new contracts for response to and recovery from\nthe LA County Fires, and such contracts should be issued because they are\nnecessary to respond to the emergency. (Department of Public Works)\nAPPROVE 4-VOTES (25-0960)\nPublic Safety