BOARD MEETING DATE: July 10, 2009
AGENDA NO. 15

PROPOSAL:

Execute Contracts for Student Co-op Program

SYNOPSIS:

Since August 1995, the AQMD has contracted with the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation (Foundation) for the services of student interns in Finance and the AQMD Laboratory. These interns perform a variety of valuable tasks for both Finance and the Laboratory. The current contracts will expire in August, 2009 for Finance and June, 2009 for the Laboratory. This action is to execute two three-year contracts with the Foundation in an amount not to exceed a combined total of $46,000 per year for student intern services. College students throughout the region may be provided by the Foundation. Funds for these contracts have been included in each respective organizational unit’s FY 2009-10 Budget.

COMMITTEE:

Administrative, June 12, 2009, Recommended for Approval

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Authorize the Chairman to execute two three-year contracts with the Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, one in Finance for an amount not to exceed $24,000 per year through August 31, 2012 and one in the Laboratory for an amount not to exceed $22,000 per year through June 30, 2012.
 

Barry R. Wallerstein, D.Env.
Executive Officer

Background

Since August 1995, AQMD has been utilizing the services of student interns provided through the Co-op Program of the Foundation. The Foundation provides intern opportunities to students from many of the local colleges and universities. This program has been beneficial for both AQMD and the student interns. College students who are selected in the program have gained real-world work experience at the same time that they are earning academic credits for their college education. These interns perform such tasks as assisting in the annual fixed asset inventory, financial report reconciliation, and performing miscellaneous tasks in Payroll and Accounting in Finance. In the Laboratory, they will assist with the processing of TSP and PM10 particulate matter filter samples, inspect, condition, and tare filters prior to their use in the field.
 

Proposal

Execute two three-year contracts with the Foundation for Co-op Program Services; one in Finance for an amount not to exceed $24,000 per year through August 31, 2012 and one in the Laboratory for an amount not to exceed $22,000 per year through June 30, 2012.
 

Resource Impacts

Funds for these contracts have been included in each respective organizational unit’s FY 2009-10 Budget and funding will be requested in each of the remaining fiscal years of the contracts.