City Council
June 2, 2026
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Elizabeth Lake FROM: Damon Covington
Acting City Administrator Fire Chief, Oakland Fire
Department
SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL – PSA with Elite
Corporate Solutions LLC
DATE: May 28, 2026
City Administrator Approval Date:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Elite Corporate Solutions LLC (Previously Known As Elite Public Safety Investigations LLC) To Provide Pre-Employment Background Investigations For The Period of June 1, 2026 To May 31, 2029 In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000), With An Option To Extend The Agreement For Two Years Until May 31, 2031, At A Cost Of Up To Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), And Without Returning To Council, For A Total Amount Not To Exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).
REASON FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
The reason for the supplemental report is to correct two numbers listed incorrectly in the fiscal impact section of the May 26, 2026, agenda report presented at Public Safety Committee agenda. The corrections were made to the “Year 1” and “Year 2” columns. The previous figures listed $500,000 in both of those columns. This has been corrected to read $100,000 in both columns. The language the Fire Department is submitting now reads as follows:
Sufficient initial funding for this professional services agreement with Elite Corporate Solutions, LLC for pre-employment background investigation services is available in the Fiscal Year 2025 - 27 Biennial Adopted Budget in OFD accounts: General Fund (1010), Human Resources Organization (20811), Fire Academy Trai ning Project (1004398), Personnel Resource Management Program (PS 16). The planned annual allocation is shown in Table 2.
Fund Project Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Option
Year 4
Option
Year 5
Total
NTE
General
Purpose
Fund 1010
1004398 –
Fire
Academy
Training
$100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
$100,000 $500,000
Betsy Lake (May 28, 2026 20:14:02 PDT)
May 28, 2026
Elizabeth Lake, Acting City Administrator
Subject: SUPPLEMENTAL – PSA with Elite Corporate Solutions LLC Date: May 28, 2026 Page 2
City Council
June 2, 2026
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends That The City Council Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Elite Corporate Solutions LLC (Previously Known As Elite Public Safety Investigations LLC) To Provide Pre-Employment Background Investigations For The Period of June 1, 2026 To May 31, 2029 In An Amount Not To Exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000), With An Option To Extend The Agreement For Two Years Until May 31, 2031, At A Cost Of Up To Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), And Without Returning To Council, For A Total Amount Not To Exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).
For questions regarding this report, please contact please contact Michael Hunt, Chief of Staff, at (510) 238-6353.
Respectfully submitted,
Damon Covington,
Fire Chief, Oakland Fire Department