The council approved a new five-year contract with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, July 16. The vote was 3 to 0. Council members Lisa Lavelle and Mary Schickling were absent.
The 2024-25 fee will be $ 2,071,952.44 for Fiscal Year 2024-25, according to the staff report by City Manager David Maistros. “This is a $249,534.92 increase over the FY 23-24 fee,” Maistros wrote.
Background
“The current Municipal Law Enforcement Services Agreement (MLESA) between the City of Avalon and the County of Los Angeles expired on June 30, 2024,” Maistros wrote.
“A new five-year agreement has been drafted for the City Council’s review and approval, with the next term starting on July 1, 2024, and concluding on June 30, 2029,” Maistros wrote.
“The proposed agreement includes revisions that were mutually agreed upon by the County and the CCCA subcommittee. These revisions addressed specific concerns of the contract cities many of which are shared concerns of the City of Avalon,” Maistros wrote.
“The negotiations with the County did not resolve the City’s request for changes to liability and indemnity language prior to the renewal deadline,” Maistros wrote.
“However, Section 5.4 to the MLESA was included stating that the subcommittee and County will continue discussions intended to revise liability and indemnity language to share in the financial exposure with the County instead of the current burden falling completely on the Liability Trust Fund, and by extension, the contract cities,” Maistros wrote.
“According to California Government Code Section 51350, the County must charge the contracting city for all costs incurred under the agreement. This excludes any indirect overhead charges or costs attributed to services provided countywide or are general county government operational overheads,” Maistros wrote.
“Thus, the County’s Auditor/Controller established a complex formula to set the price of each contract service unit, and the Liability Trust Fund Claims Board determined the recommended funding level for the liability component based on an actuarial study. Together, these two components form the total cost per service unit assessed to the contract cities for each service unit procured,” Maistros wrote.
