LA County Board

57. 2027 National Football League Commemorative Badge Program Participation Recommendation: Acting as the Board and the Governing Body of the Consolidated Fire Protection District (District), authorize the Director of Internal Services, through the Executive Office of the Board, to execute a participation agreement with the National Football League’s (NFL's) only authorized badge vendor, IPGBadges.com, and to facilitate the purchase of the commemorative badges as described, through issuance of a zero-cost purchase order. Authorize IPGBadges.com a temporary license to be a retail distributor of the commemorative 2027 NFL Super Bowl badges using the Sheriff's Department (Department) and District's respective names or insignia, if applicable only for the 2027 NFL Super Bowl event. Authorize the Sheriff and Fire Chief to allow the authorized sworn and other designated uniformed personnel to wear the specially designed 2027 NFL Super Bowl badges for the months of January and February 2027. Authorize the retention of the commemorative badges at the end of the authorized period as keepsakes so long as they are encased in a block of Lucite, or similar materials, to render the badges unusable for active service. Authorize the Sheriff and Fire Chief to permit authorized sworn and other designated uniformed personnel as authorized by each Department head, to order and pay for the commemorative badge directly from IPGBadges.com, subject to the Department and the District maintaining a process under which appropriate Department and District staff do the following: (Fire Department/Sheriff’s Department) APPROVE Verify and confirm ordering personnel and commemorative badge details and quantity in advance of badge production; Receive all commemorative badges from IPGBadges.com and distribute all commemorative badges to ordering personnel in exchange for their regular badges; As applicable, receive all relinquished commemorative badges or confirm proper encasement of all retained commemorative badges; Return regular badges to personnel; Maintain appropriate records of ordered, issued, and relinquished or retained commemorative badges and collected and returned regular badges; and Otherwise comply with Chapter 5.64, Badges, of the Los Angeles County Code. (26-5216)