Report Prepared by: Kuljit Singh, Deputy Finance Officer
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SUBJECT: Approval of a Second Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Eide Bailly LLP for Financial Auditing and Related Services for an Additional $15,000 for a Total not to Exceed Amount of $233,850
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers approving a Second Amendment to the Agreement with Eide Bailly LLP for Professional Auditing and Related Services for an additional $15,000 and a total not to exceed the amount of $233,850.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Approving the Second Amendment with Eide Bailly LLP to include audit of Prop 64 Public Health & Safety Grant Program Cohort 2 for an additional $15,000 and a total not to Exceed Amount of $233,850; and,
B. Authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Adopt the motion as recommended by staff; or
2. Modify the action (specify in motion); or
3. Deny the action.
AUTHORITY
Section 1118 of Article XI of the Charter of the City of Merced.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the 2024-25 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION
In May 2021, the City was awarded $885,546 from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) and the Proposition 64 Public Health & Safety Grant Program Cohort 2 for a three-year pilot program, in partnership with Merced County Probation and Behavior Health and Recovery Services Departments, to provide prevention and early intervention services to the youth identified through middle schools and high schools by an Early Intervention Deputy Probation Officer or School Resource Officer.
At the end of the Grant Cycle, the City is required to provide the BSCC with a program-specific compliance audit that covers the three-year service delivery period of the Prop 64 Cohort 2 grant (May 1, 2021 to October 31, 2024). The audit report will be due no later than April 30, 2025. The program-specific compliance audit is required to be performed by an independent auditor a...
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