Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Koren J. Widdel, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
Subject: Amendment to Agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the High Risk Pest Exclusion Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an amendment to Agreement No. 25-0417-000-SG with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for high risk pest exclusion inspection services for FY 2025-26 to amend the scope of authorized inspection services, increasing the maximum amount reimbursable to the County for services performed by $300,226.47 for a new total amount not to exceed $504,044.50.
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BACKGROUND:
In 1999, this Board first approved an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture ("CDFA") to initiate the High Risk Pest Exclusion ("HRPE") Program, through which the CDFA reimburses the County for the costs of inspection activities conducted by staff of the County's Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures ("Department") that prevent the introduction of exotic insects and diseases through identified high risk pest pathways. The agreement between the County and CDFA for these inspection services has been renewed each year since.
The current agreement (#25-0417-000-SG) with CDFA (the "Agreement") for FY 2025-26, which this Board authorized on September 23, 2025, through Resolution No. 081422, provides that the County may receive up to $203,818.03 in reimbursement for 1,844 personnel hours expended on eligible HRPE activities, for the term of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
DISCUSSION:
The CDFA recently notified the State's County Agricultural Commissioners throughout California that an additional $4.51 million from the State's Unclaimed Gas Tax fund had been allotted to the HRPE High Risk Pest Exclusion Program. On December 18, 2025, the CDFA sent to the C...
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