RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Pat Godley), to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #23-341-7 with Marc Miyashiro, a self-employed individual, in an amount not to exceed $165,000, to provide technical writing services for the Department’s Information Systems Unit, for the period from December 1, 2009 through November 30, 2010.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 100% by budgeted Enterprise Fund I.

BACKGROUND:

On October 28, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #23-341-6 with Marc Miyashiro for the period from December 1, 2008 through November 30, 2009, for the provision of technical writing services for creating and maintaining information systems user guides including providing end user documentation for both written and electronic applications, coordinating technical documentation, providing assistance in establishing Department document formats and documenting user requirements.