REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
December 16, 2025
FROM
DON DAY, Director, Project and Facilities Management Department
SUBJECT
Title
Declaration of Retroactive Emergency for the High Desert Detention Center Amp Breaker Replacement Project and Contract Amendment to On Call Service Agreement with Ham's Electric, Inc.
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Find that the High Desert Detention Center Amp Breaker Replacement Project was exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, Section 15269.
2. Find that there is substantial evidence that immediate action was needed to prevent or mitigate the threat to life, health, property and essential public services posed by the electrical failure that occurred at the High Desert Detention Center on May 10, 2025 when an area-wide power surge caused multiple breakers to seize resulting in a complete loss of power and Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning services throughout the facility, which constituted an emergency, retroactive to the period of May 10, 2025 to May 15, 2025, pursuant to Public Contract Code sections 22035 and 22050, and that the emergency did not permit the delay resulting from a formal competitive solicitation of bids to procure maintenance and repair services (Four votes required).
3. Approve Amendment No. 3 to Contract No. 24-130 with Ham's Electric, Inc., retroactive to May 10, 2025, to compensate Ham's Electric, Inc. for the emergency maintenance and repairs identified in Recommendation No. 2 for the High Desert Detention Center Amp Breaker Replacement Project, increasing the on-call contract amount by $334,158, from an amount not to exceed $1,137,290 to $1,471,448 with no change to the contract term of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2026 (Four votes required).
4. Authorize the Director of the Project and Facilities Management Department to accept the work and execute and file the Notice of Comp...
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