2025: Jim Desmond Cast The Lone Vote Against Establishing A Subcommittee To Review County Contracts To Reduce Costs And Improve Service Delivery

2025: Desmond Cast The Lone Vote Against Establishing A Subcommittee To Review County Contracts And Agreements To Reduce Costs And Improve Service Delivery. “ACTION: ON MOTION of Supervisor Anderson, seconded by Supervisor Aguirre, the Board of Supervisors took the following actions: 1. Establish an ad hoc subcommittee of this Board, entitled the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Fiscal Transparency and Accountability (Subcommittee), and appoint Supervisor Joel Anderson and Chair Pro Tern Paloma Aguirre for the purpose of reviewing County contracts and agreements to identify actions that can be taken to reduce costs, enhance revenue, and improve service delivery quality received by the County. […] AYES: Aguirre, Anderson, Lawson-Remer, Montgomery Steppe NOES: Desmond.” [San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Meeting Minutes, 11/18/25]

The Resolution Tasked The Subcommittee With Reviewing County Contracts For A Variety Of Items, Including If The County Could Find Fiscal Benefits By Restructuring Contracts And If Contracted Services Could Be Performed By County Employees. “a. Review and analyze contracts awarded prior to January 1, 2021, to determine if procurement policy changes since that date can and should be applied to those contracts and to consider any potential fiscal benefits through the reprocurement or restructuring of those contracts; b. Work with the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to explore the potential for currently contracted services to be performed by County staff to create economies of scale and reduce costs and improve service delivery quality; c. Work with the CAO to enhance County policies and procedures related to key performance indicator development, measurement, tracking, and accountability measures that will advance equity, community, sustainability and responsible labor standards for current and future contracted services. d. Determine if contracts with terms in place that exceed a total of five contract years should undergo an earlier reprocurement process to allow for additional vendor competition to achieve revenue and/or service delivery enhancements to the County; e. Determine which contracts, agreements or investments currently provide the greatest level of economic return to the region, and which could provide additional economic benefits if awarded to local vendors; f. Review existing County revenue agreements to determine if renegotiations are appropriate to enhance revenue to the County; and g. Work with the CAO, impacted labor organizations and community stakeholders to identify any changes to County contracting policy, standards or practices, that could increase competition, improve service outcomes, and enhance revenue through future procurement submittals and the awarding of contracts.” [San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Meeting Minutes, 11/18/25]