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2. RESOLUTION NO. - INCREASE EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FOR\nCONTRACT NO. 39960-24 TO GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. FOR\nELECTRICAL SUPPLIES\nSummary: Staff requests approval of Change No. 1 to Purchase Order No. 39960-24 with\nGraybar Electric Company, Inc., a New York corporation with an office in Diamond Bar, CA. The\nchange will increase the annual contract authority from $149,000 to $298,000 per year. The\nHarbor Department utilizes this Purchase Order to acquire electrical supplies for both\nmaintenance and construction projects throughout the Port of Los Angeles. The requested\nincrease is necessary to complete current and planned capital and maintenance projects.\nPurchase Order No. 39960 was executed in March 2022 with a one-year term and two one-year\nrenewal options. The first renewal option was exercised commencing on March 1, 2023. Under\nthe proposed Change Order, the spending authority for the first and second renewal option\nperiods will increase by $298,000 in aggregate from $298,000 currently to $596,000 over two\nyears. The Harbor Department will continue to be financially responsible for the payment of\nexpenses incurred under the Purchase Order.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City\nCEQA Guidelines; (2) approve Purchase Order Change No. 1 to Purchase Order No. 39960-24\nwith Graybar to increase the annual expenditure authority from $149,000 to $298,000 for the\ncurrent contract period and from $149,000 to $298,000 for the second renewal option period; (3)\nauthorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board Secretary to attest to said purchase\norder change; and (4) adopt Resolution No. .\nConstruction & Maintenance