REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
August 6, 2024
FROM
DON DAY, Director, Project and Facilities Management Department
SUBJECT
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Execution of Public Utility Documents for New or Upgraded Utility Services that May Contain Non-Standard Terms
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or the Director of Project and Facilities Management Department, after consultation with County Counsel and Risk Management, to execute and submit public utility authorization forms with utility companies, including those containing non-standard terms such as indemnification of third parties and utility companies, which are necessary to request new utility services or upgraded utility services, as well as relocation of existing services, on projects of existing facilities, approved by the Board of Supervisors and/or Board of Directors.
(Presenter: Don Day, Director, 387-5000)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). Impact on individual department budgets is based upon need for service, and departments that require new or upgraded public utility services are responsible for ensuring adequate funding in their current and future budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In facilitating capital improvement program projects, it is necessary for the Project and Facilities Management Department (PFMD) to obtain new or additional services from utility companies in order to initiate, continue, or finish work on a particular project. In some instances, this includes removal or movement of existing services to facilitate the overall project. To perform these servic...
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