For City Council Meeting [July 27, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to Approve a $5,000 Increase to the Annual Purchase Order with Bio-Tox Laboratories for Fiscal Year 2020/21 for Testing Expenditures Through June 2021 for a total cost of $40,000.
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BACKGROUND
The Police Department currently uses Bio-Tox Laboratories in Riverside, California, for such purposes as testing blood and bodily fluid for evidentiary purposes in criminal cases, such as driving under the influence (DUI), sexual assault, and murder investigations.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
On December 8, 2020, City Council approved the increase to Bio-Tox Laboratories' Purchase Order No. 2021-0346 from $15,000 to $35,000 for laboratory testing of blood and bodily fluids. Due to an increase in usage by the department, an increase to the Purchase Order in the amount of $5,000 is required for services through the remainder of the FY2020/21.
Staff is recommending that City Council approve an increase to PO No. 2021-0346 for an additional amount of $5,000 to cover the increased usage for FY2020/21.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The proposed action does not meet the definition of a project as defined by Section 15378 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A "Project" means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and excludes the following:
1) Continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies, personnel-related actions, general policy and procedure making.
2) Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
The City of Rialto has outlined key goals and objects relating to public safety. The increas...
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