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6.B. - Page 4 of 5 <br />AGREEMENT FOR SPECIAL SERVICES <br />RE] 80 <br />This Agreement is entered into between the City of Redwood City, A Municipal Corporation, hereinafter <br />referred to as "Agency," and the law firrn of LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE, A Professional Corporation, <br />hereinafter referred to as "Attorney." <br />WHEREAS Agency has the need to secure expert training and consulting services to assist Agency in its <br />workforce management and employee relations; and <br />WHEREAS Agency has determined that no less than twenty-one (21) public agencies in the San Mateo <br />County area have the same need and have agreed to enter into identical agreements with Attorney; and <br />WHEREAS Attorney is specially experienced and qualified to perform the special services desired by the <br />Agency and is willing to perform such services; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, Agency and Attorney agree as follows; <br />Attorney's Services; <br />During the year beginning July 1, 2019, Attorney will provide the following services to Agency (and the other <br />aforesaid public agencies); <br />Six (6) days of group training workshops covering such employment relations subjects as management rights <br />and obligations, negotiation strategies, employment discrimination and affirmative action, employment <br />relations from the perspective of elected officials, performance evaluation (administering evaluations), <br />grievance and discipline administration for supervisors and managers, planning for and responding to <br />concerted job actions, current court, administrative and legislative developments in personnel administration <br />and employment relations, etc., with the specific subjects covered and lengths of individual workshop <br />presentations to be determined by Agency and the other said local agencies. <br />11 is expressly understood that the material used during these presentations, including written handouts and <br />projected power points are provided solely for the contracted workshops. This agreement warrants there will <br />be no future use of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore material in other trainings or formats without the expressed <br />written permission of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore. Any such use will constitute a violation of this agreement <br />and copyright provisions. <br />2. Availability of Attorney for Agency to consult by telephone. Consortium calls cover questions that the <br />attorney can answer quickly with little research, They do not include the review of documents, in depth <br />research, written responses (like an opinion letter) or advice on on-going legal matters. The caller will be <br />informed if the question exceeds the scope of consortium calls. Should the caller request, the attorney can <br />assist on items that fall outside the service, but these matters will be billed at the attorney's hourly rate. (See <br />additional services section.) <br />Providing of a monthly newsletter covering employment relations developments. <br />Fee; <br />Attorney will provide these special services to Agency for a fee of Five Thousand Two hundred Sixty Dollars <br />($5,260.00) payable in one payment prior to August 1, 2019. The fee, if paid after August 1, 2019 will be $5,360.00. <br />8909935.1 ER020-009 <br />ATTY/AGR.2019.249/Liebert Cassidy Whitmore (Page 1 of 2) <br />122 <br />