Community Services
8.
January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events Bi-Weekly
Emergency Contracts Report
Recommendation: Review the emergency actions ordered and taken by the
Director of Public Works, under delegated authority by the Board, acting as
both the County and the Governing Body of various Districts, under Board
Order No. 13-C of January 28, 2025, to respond and recover from the
January 2025 Windstorm and Critical Fire Events, including the Palisades
Fire, Eaton Fire, Hurst Fire, Kenneth Fire, and multiple other fires (LA
County Fires) (3 and 5), and actions to repair or replace public facilities,
actions directly related and immediately required by the emergency, and
actions to procure the necessary equipment, services and supplies for such
purposes (Actions), without giving notice for bids to let contracts, and
determine that there is a need to continue the emergency Actions. Take the
following actions: (Department of Public Works) APPROVE 4-VOTES
Find that there is substantial evidence that the January 2025
Windstorm and Critical Fire Events continue to constitute an
emergency pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22050, which
requires that immediate action be taken to cleanup and reconstruct
public property, buildings, facilities, and infrastructure because the
emergency does not permit the delay resulting from a formal
competitive solicitation of bids to procure construction services for
projects necessary to respond to and recover from the LA County
Fires.
Find that authority should, therefore, continue to be delegated to the
Director of Public Works to amend or extend and supplement existing
as-needed or on-call contracts without giving notice for bids to let
contracts, and to award new contracts for response to and recovery
from the LA County Fires, and such contracts should be issued
because they are necessary to respond to the emergency. (25-1149)
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