REPORT TO SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

BOARD MEETING DATE:  June  19, 2018
CATEGORY:  Consent - Public Works-13.

SUBJECT:

Alarm Monitoring Agreement

Supervisorial District No. :  All

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:  Pat Minturn, Public Works Director, (530) 225-5661

STAFF REPORT APPROVED BY:  Pat Minturn, Public Works Director

RECOMMENDATION

Approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a retroactive agreement, effective June 1, 2018, with California Safety Company, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to provide fire and burglar alarm leasing and monitoring for County-owned and leased buildings for the period June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019.

SUMMARY

An agreement with California Safety Company, Inc., is proposed to monitor alarms in County buildings.

DISCUSSION

County facilities are equipped with fire, burglar, panic and equipment alarms.  The systems are owned, installed and managed by an independent alarm company.  All sites have been aggregated into two Personal Services Agreements.  One agreement is for code changes.  The second agreement is for leasing and monitoring of the alarms.  Negotiations lagged for the latter agreement.  It is recommended that the Board approve a retroactive one-year agreement with California Safety Company for alarm services.

ALTERNATIVES

The Board may direct staff to renegotiate the proposed agreement or solicit bids.  Alarm services involve vendor-owned equipment installed in County facilities.  The prior agreement has functioned well.

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT

County Counsel has approved the agreement as to form.  Risk Management has reviewed and approved the agreement.  The recommendation has been reviewed by the County Administrative Office.

FINANCING

Adequate funds have been included in the Proposed 2018/19 Facilities Management budget to cover the costs of the agreement.  Costs are charged back to the departments utilizing the alarm services. There is no additional General Fund impact.