PREPARED BY: REINA SCHWARTZ DATE OF MEETING: 04/03/17
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT LAW AND TO APPROPRIATE $50,000 FROM GENERAL FUND DESIGNATED RESERVES TO FUND THE CONTRACT
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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Compliance statements
Future Labor Relations Partnerships is an adopted policy item under the FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan, effective October 1, 2016.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
The City of San Pablo is currently a member in the Northern California Employment Relations Consortium for 2017 which provides for limited legal counsel from Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (LCW) on employment law issues.
Within the last couple of years, the City has called upon LCW to provide legal services (in excess of the time allotted by the consortium), to assist the Personnel Administration Division and Police Department with difficult and pressing legal issues. This report recommends an Amendment to an existing Agreement that provides for ongoing legal counsel by LCW on various personnel matters (as assigned by the City Attorney, City Manager or designee), and legal counsel on labor negotiations in FY2016/17 and FY2017/18.
FISCAL IMPACT
This contract amendment is in the amount of $50,000. The amendment will be effective immediately and will continue through FY 2017/18. Funding for this contract will be appropriated from the City’s FY 2016/17 General Fund Designated Reserves/Succession Planning and HR Legal Issues line (100-0000-00000) to the City Manager’s Professional Services Account (100-1310-43600).
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DRAFT Amendment - Legal Services Agreement between the City of San Pablo and Liebert Cassidy Whitmore