To: Board of Supervisors
From: Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender
Report Title: Purchase Order with Continuing Education of the Bar, California (CEB)
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute on behalf of the Public Defender’s Office, a purchase order with Continuing Education of the Bar, California (CEB), in the amount of $35,620 for a subscription to the CEB digital product OnLAW PRO, an online research engine, for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County General Fund
BACKGROUND:
The Public Defender’s Office (CCPD) seeks to renew a subscription to CEB’s OnLAW PRO, an online research engine that allows our attorneys to save time and increase efficiency by having the most current law books and online services available. This purchase order includes a service agreement, subject to CEB’s terms and conditions that contains a limitation of liability on behalf of CEB.
The department is seeking approval of this purchase order now as there was a delay due to staffing transitions in the department’s administration unit.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
CCPD staff will not have the tools to provide indigent legal services as mandated.