Speaker 2: I remember 2010 report from Financial Management. Recommendation to Award a contract to Apple one Employment Services for temporary staffing services for a total annual amount not to exceed 2,750,000 citywide if.
Speaker 1: Emotion in a second. Any public comment? Not somber. Austin.
Speaker 8: Just wanted to kind of deal with the issue a little bit. Had a question regarding the the history of using temp services here in city hall. Is this this this annual amount of $2.5 million. Consistent with what we have done over in past years?
Speaker 5: It's exactly what we've done. I'll turn it over to Jason McDonald if he has anything more to add. No, nothing else to add in, Councilmember. That's consistent. And actually it represents a cost savings in the from the current contract period, we actually had a reduction of the charges from the temp services agency. So that actually represents a straightforward no no additional expenses from the previous period.
Speaker 8: And can you just just elaborate on what type of services are these temp services, this contract, what will it will provide for us.
Speaker 5: That these services are used citywide to fulfill requirements for clerical.
Speaker 6: Support on a temporary basis by.
Speaker 5: Providing support for positions temporarily vacant due to promotions, retirements, resignations.
Speaker 8: And are they paid salaries of normal city employees?
Speaker 5: The salaries are based on the non-career positions.
Speaker 8: Okay. Thank you. It seems like a pretty, pretty robust amount for for this type of contract. I'll support it, but we'll be watching it in the future.
Speaker 1: A public comment. Oh, we did that already. I'm sorry. Seeing none. Please cast your votes.
Speaker 2: Russian k60. 23 Item number 23 Report from Human Resources Recommendation to execute an agreement with Voya for health care specific stop loss reinsurance coverage citywide.
Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HR-FM15-024 and award a contract to Howroyd Wright Employment Agency, Inc., dba AppleOne Employment Services, of Long Beach, CA, for temporary staffing services, in an annual amount of $2,500,000, and authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $250,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $2,750,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager.  (Citywide)