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Several of our clients have expressed an interest in having greater protective measures in mitigating risks they perceive are unique in using temporary staff in public agencies. This risk comes from how cities utilizes the temporary staff in conjunction with how the contracting firm operates, manages and documents the management of its employees. Recent California court cases have centered on co- employment relationships with temporary contract staff in public organizations and resulting judgments highlight the importance of proper employee management. Project Partners specializes in providing contract staff to public sector agencies. Though our decade long practice, we have developed a very thorough and in- depth understanding of California Labor law specifically as it applies to contingent staff in public organizations. Equally and perhaps more important, we have worked with the region's prominent legal firms with expertise in this issue. Together we developed an operational model and accompanying policies and procedures that properly handle contingent staff and allow their safe use in public organizations. This operational model legally identifies and documents who is the legal employer of the contract staff, eliminating the co- employment issue, and allowing the public agencies to safely receive the benefits of contract staff. Implementation of this operational model provides dramatically greater protection for public sector organizations, but also increases the cost our operations. Thus Sheet # 2 presents the higher Mark -Up Percentages that are required to implement our Operational Model, 1.3 Approach Project Partners has three goals in providing supplemental staff to the City of Santa Ana. With each goal we outline our approach and the benefits achieved by that approach. The Goals and Approaches are: • Safe and Effective use of Contingent Contract Staff — As mentioned in the section above, Project Partners will give the City the ability to minimize risks associated with utilization of contingent staff. Provide Flexibility of Staff Resources to Maximize Efficiency- Flexibility is one of the key benefits of having temporary staff in an organization and often the main reason municipal agencies use Project Partners. Use of our temporary staff allows Garden Grove's Public Works Department to adjust both manpower as well as specific expertise to match the variable needs of the organization. Since Project Partners is an engineering staffing firm, we also have a large array of other public works disciplines. (See Section 3.3 for more details) These range from planners, GIS and CAD operators to contract managers and inspectors. Project Partners Statement of Understanding for City of Santa Ana RFP Section 1 Page 2