To: Board of Supervisors
From: Probation
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement Renewal in the Amount of $150,000 with Fieldware, LLC for Remote Check-In and Automated Notification Services for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-27 through 2028-29
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize Chief Probation Officer, Coral Sanders, to execute the attached professional services agreement in the amount of $150,000 with Fieldware, LLC for remote check-in and automated notification services for FY 2026-27 through 2028-29; and
2. Authorize the Chief Probation Officer to execute any and all subsequent amendments to the attached professional services agreement with Fieldware, LLC, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management, and the County Administrative Office.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board’s Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 1001 -Support and sustain partnerships between public safety and partner agencies to enhance public safety in our communities
DISCUSSION:
In July 2012, Humboldt County Probation first contracted with Fieldware, LLC to provide a proprietary automated supervision management service. Fieldwae, LLC provides low- and moderate-risk adult offenders with the opportunity to call into the service to meet their probation supervision requirement. This has also been beneficial to the Probation Department by allowing officers to focus on more high-risk cases during times when the probationer-to-officer ratio was higher than the 50:1 probationer to Probation Officer caseload recommended by the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA).
Nightly, a list of probationers on eligible caseloads (low to moderate risk) is published electronically to Fieldware. For a probationer to be eligible for this service, their Probation Officer must a...
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