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File #: 11099   
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 10/28/2024 Department: Risk Management
On agenda: 11/5/2024 Final action: 11/5/2024
Subject: Contracts for Certified Court Reporting and Videography Services
Attachments: 1. ADD - CON-DRM-11-5-24 - Court Reporting Services -11-4-24 - Sullivan Group, 2. ADD - CON-DRM-11-5-24 - Court Reporting Services -11-4-24 - Platinum, 3. ADD - CON-DRM-11-5-24 - Court Reporting Services -11-4-24 - Lexitas, 4. ADD - CON-DRM-11-5-24 - Court Reporting Services -11-4-24 - GALS, 5. ADD- CON-DRM-11-5-24 - Court Reporting Services -11-4-24 - Jilio-Ryan, 6. ADD - CON-DRM-11-5-24 - Court Reporting Services -11-4-24 - Todd Olivas
REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION

November 5, 2024

FROM
Whitney J. Fields, Director, Department of Risk Management

SUBJECT
Title
Contracts for Certified Court Reporting and Videography Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve contracts with the following companies to provide certified court reporting and videography services for the County's self-insured general liability and workers' compensation claims programs, in accordance with the contracted fee schedule, with an estimated aggregate cost of $1,520,000, for the period of November 20, 2024, through November 19, 2029:
1. Global Access Litigation Services
2. Jilio Ryan Court Reporters
3. Deposition Solutions, LLP DBA Lexitas
4. Platinum Reporters & Interpreters, Inc.
5. The Sullivan Group
6. Todd Olivas & Associates, Inc.
(Presenter: Whitney J. Fields, Director, 386-8621)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as these services will be paid from the Department of Risk Management's (DRM) self-insurance funds in accordance with the contracted fee schedule (Attachment A of the contracts). The self-insurance funds are financed by County departments and Board-Governed Special Districts (Special Districts) via internal service rates approved annually by the Board of Supervisors. The estimated aggregate cost of these services over a five-year period is $1,520,000 per year. The total contract amount was estimated based on statistical usage information from the three years prior and current market rates. The estimated cost of court reporting and videography services for the remainder of 2024-25 is approximately $41,000. Sufficient appropriation and revenue has been included in the DRM's 2024-25 budget and will be includ...

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