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C. 54

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	August 1, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Agreement with EDD for Confidential Employment and Wage Data

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/01/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

John Kopchik 925-674-7819

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 1, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute a contract and related indemnity agreement with the State of California, Employment Development Department in an amount not to exceed $4,947 to provide confidential employment and wage data to the County for the period May 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No impact to the County General Fund. 100% East Bay Leadership Council grant.

BACKGROUND:

The State of California, Employment Development Department (EDD) compiles regional employment and wage data. This data is informative of local and state-wide economic and labor trends and can be a useful tool in developing economic development strategies. This data is, however, confidential and may only be obtained by agreement with EDD. Pursuant to this proposed agreement, the EDD will produce and provide confidential Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data to the County for the purpose of economic planning and development.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The County has entered into a separate contract with Beacon Economics (Contract No. 45735) to perform analysis of employment and employer trends and prepare economic forecasts for the County and its sub-areas (e.g., South County, East County, Northern Waterfront, Supervisorial Districts, etc.). The proposed agreement with EDD authorizes the County to disclose the confidential employment and wage data obtained from EDD to Beacon Economics for the specific purpose of fulfilling the Service Plan set forth in Contract No. 45735. Under its contract with the County, Beacon Economics is responsible for payment to the EDD for the cost of the confidential data obtained through the proposed agreement. Beacon Financial has obtained funding for this purpose through a grant awarded by the East Bay Leadership Council.

The proposed agreement requires the County to indemnify the EDD from any losses that arise from the release of confidential employment and wage date by County employees who use the data under the agreement. The proposed agreement also requires that Beacon Economics separately indemnify the EDD from any losses that arise from the release of confidential employment and wage data by employees of Beacon Economics. In the event the County incurs any losses arising from the release of confidential employment and wage data by employees of Beacon Economics, Beacon Economics is required under its contract with the County to indemnify the County from such losses.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without this contract, the Department of Conservation and Development would not be able to gain statistical data for Contra Costa County economic analysis.