LA County Board

33.\nJanuary 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly Emergency\nContracts Report\nRecommendation: Review the emergency actions ordered and taken by the\nDirector of Internal Services, under delegated authority by the Board, acting as\nboth the County and the Governing Body of various Districts, under Board\nOrder No. 13-C of January 28, 2025, to respond to and recover from the\nJanuary 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events, including the Palisades Fire,\nEaton Fire, Hurst Fire, Kenneth Fire, and multiple other fires (LA County Fires)\n(1, 3 and 5) and actions enumerated in the aforementioned authorities\n(Actions), without giving notice for bids to let contracts, and determine that there\nis 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\nand/or proposals to procure construction, materials, equipment and services for\nprojects and initiatives necessary to respond to and recover from the LA County\nFires. Find that authority should, therefore, continue to be delegated to the\nDirector of Internal Services to amend or extend and supplement existing\nas-needed or on-call contracts without giving notice for bids to let contracts\nrelated to facilities and related support services, and to award new contracts for\nresponse to and recovery from the LA County Fires, and such contracts should\nbe issued because they are necessary to respond to the emergency. (Internal\nServices Department) APPROVE 4-VOTES (25-1148)\nBoard Letter