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File #: 0335-2026    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/28/2026 In control: Workforce, Education, & Labor Committee
On agenda: 3/23/2026 Final action: 3/25/2026
Title: To authorize the Interim Director of the Department of Human Resources to modify the Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Safety Professional Services contract with Safex Inc. to add funds; to authorize the expenditure of up to $130,000.00 from the Employee Benefits Fund for this contract; and declare an emergency. ($130,000.00)
Attachments: 1. SOS Business_Details - Safex, Inc., 2. Ord 0335-2026 Financials
Explanation

BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Interim Director of the Department of Human Resources to modify a service contract with Safex Inc. for the Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Safety Professional Services contract to add funds for payment of services.

Ordinance 0112-2025 authorized the Director of the Department of Human Resources to enter into a service contract for the Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Safety Professional Services in the amount of $130,000.00. The contract term is for three (3) years, with the option to extend, upon mutual agreement, two (2) additional one-year contracts, subject to appropriation.

This ordinance authorizes the Interim Director of the Department of Human Resources to add funds to pay for services in year two (2) of the contract in the amount of $130,000.00. This is a planned modification to add funds.

The original contract amount: $130,000.00 (PO493687, Ord. 0112-2025)
The total of modification 1: $130,000.00 (This Ordinance, Ord. 0335-2026)

The contract amount, including all modifications: $260,000.00

Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Safex Inc.

CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Safex Inc.’s contract compliance numbers are WBE-005186 and SRBE-005186, expiring on 12/11/2027.

FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this contract will be available within Fund 5502, the Employee Benefits Fund.

EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is respectfully requested to allow contract services to continue without interruption.

Title

To authorize the Interim Director of the Department of Human Resources to modify the Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Safety Professional Services contract with Safex Inc. to add funds; to authorize the expenditure of up to $130,000.00 from the Employee Benefits Fund for this contract; and declare an emergency. ($130,...

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