REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
November 3, 2026
FROM
MIGUEL FIGUEROA, Director, Land Use Services Department
SUBJECT
Title
Amendment to Contracts for On-Call Site Clearance Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Amendment No. 1 to the following contracts, for the provision of on-call site clearance services, exercising both one-year extension options, for a total contract period of December 11, 2023 through December 10, 2028, with no change to the total not-to-exceed aggregate amount of $9,000,000:
1. MEC, Inc., dba MEC Environmental, Inc, Contract No. 23-1292
2. Precision Works, Inc., dba Precision Environmental, Contract No. 23-1293
(Presenter: Miguel Figueroa, Director, 387-4431)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this amendment will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). Out of the contract aggregate total of $9,000,000, $2,873,088 has been expended, with $6,126,912 remaining. Sufficient appropriation has been included in the Land Use Services Department (LUS) Code Enforcement Division 2026-27 budget and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
LUS administers code enforcement activities to protect the public’s safety, welfare, and property values in accordance with state and local laws. Throughout the county unincorporated areas, there are hundreds of properties with existing nuisance conditions such as junk, trash, and debris, or that have structures that are abandoned, or in derelict condition. Many of these properties have been identified as maintaining illegal cannabis cultivation sites with additional nuisance conditions existing on them. The County has ordered property owners to repair or secure structures, clean up the properties, and/or remove the nuisance conditions. When the property owners do not respond to the order, the County must take action to ensure the safety of the community. The County often seeks administrative abatement warrants to address these violations, which allows County staff or contractors to enter a property and perform remediation work to correct the violations. Both selected vendors, MEC, Inc., and Precision Works, Inc. perform abatements of nuisances related to land use violations and illegal activities throughout the county as directed by the Code Enforcement Division.
On December 5, 2023, (Item No. 33) the Board of Supervisors approved Contract No. 23-1292 with MEC, Inc. dba MEC Environmental, Inc., and Contract No. 23-1293 with Precision Works, Inc., dba Precision Environmental to provide on-call site clearance services. The contracts established an aggregate amount not-to-exceed $9,000,000 for the period of December 11, 2023, through December 10, 2026, and included the option to extend two additional one-year periods.
Approval of Amendment No. 1 will exercise both one-year options to extend the contracts. This extension is intended to facilitate the ongoing utilization of contracts with MEC, Inc. dba MEC Environmental, Inc. and Precision Works, Inc. dba Precision Environmental, for the delivery of on-call site clearance services. Securing these services is essential to ensure that certified and qualified contracted personnel can be deployed on an as-needed basis throughout the unincorporated areas of the county.
PROCUREMENT
N/A
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Brett Davison, Deputy County Counsel, 387-3116) on May 20, 2026; Purchasing (Jessica Barajas, Supervising Buyer, 387-3365) on May 29, 2026; and County Finance and Administration (Lizveth Varela, Administrative Analyst, 387-4205) on September 3, 2026.