Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDERATION OF VENDOR-REQUESTED CHANGES INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUSLY-APPROVED CONTRACT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE SEGAL COMPANY TO CONDUCT A CITY-WIDE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY
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I. SUMMARY
For performance of the City-wide class compensation study, the Segal Company requested changes to the City's standard form contract, as shown in redline in the attached agreement (Exhibit No. 1). The changes were incorporated into the agreement that was approved by Council on February 21, 2023, and were not shown in redline nor explained in the staff report presented to Council on that date. This report is submitted for disclosure purposes to make City Council aware of the changes made by the vendor that were included in the approved contract.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
RECEIVE and FILE.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
(1) Rescind the Council's February 21, 2023 approval of the agreement and direct staff/City Attorney to negotiate changes with the vendor and return to Council for approval at a later date.
(2) Take another action that the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The clean (non-redline) version of the attached agreement was presented to and approved by City Council on February 21, 2023. The vendor's proposed changes to the City's standard form provisions (shown in redline in the attached) were incorporated into the agreement that was presented to Council, and were not clearly shown or explained to Council on that date. Having since reviewed the changes and received Risk Management approval of the insurance provisions as discussed below, the City Attorney's office has indicated it is willing to approve the agreement as to form without engaging in negotiations with the Segal Company provided that Council is informed of Segal's changes and agrees it does not wish to seek to negotiate modifications to any of them.
Accordingly, Segal...
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