To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Request for Budget Transfer/Adjustment for the replacement of Kitchen Range and Ovens for Sempervirens Psychiatric Health Facility (4/5th Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize Request for Budget Transfer/Adjustment for fixed asset purchase of a replacement Vulcan Kitchen Range in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($15,500.00) (4/5th vote required); and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health with one (1) fully executed certified copy of the Board order related to this item.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund (1170-424)
DISCUSSION:
The County of Humboldt's Psychiatric Health Facility, Sempervirens, is an inpatient facility providing twenty-four hour psychiatric care, with an in-house commercial kitchen necessary to prepare and serve meals to patients as a basic service required by its licensing authorities, the California Department of Health Care Services and the California Department of Public Health. The existing kitchen oven at Sempervirens, originally purchased and installed in 1994, has a broken oven door that has caused staff injuries. Additionally, the broken oven door prevents the oven from maintaining a steady temperature which compromises food safety and quality. The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health ("DHHS - Behavioral Health") was unable to locate replacements parts or a local vendor who could repair the oven, due to the age of appliance. As a result, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors ("Board") approved the purchase of a replacement kitchen range and oven to be installed at Sempervirens on June 13, 2023 (Item D-14).
On June 13, 2023 (Item D-14), the Board authorized a request for budget transfer/Adjustment for ...
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