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6.1.C. - Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Cou nci I From the City Manager J u ne 20, 2011 SUBJECT Amendment to the Agreement with Management Partners, Inc. RECOMMENDATION Approve and authorize the City Manager to amend the agreement between the City of Redwood City (City), and Management Partners, Inc., (Partners). BAC KG RO U N D The City of Redwood City retained interim department head staff from Management Partners, Inc., in December 2010 to assist the City in evaluating the operations in the Building, Infrastructure and Transportation, and the Planning, Housing and Economic Development departments. In January 2011, the interim staff inember from Management Partners began that evaluation. Staff reviewed the Management Partners findings, and the City Manager determined that the two departments would be combined under one Community Development Department, effective July 1, 2011. Following that determination, Council took action on May 23, 2011 to amend the City's classification plan, consistent with the staffing needs of the reorganization. Recruitment for the Community Development Director has begun. In the interim, we will need to retain department head staff from Management Partners, Inc., until the new Director is hired. The new Director will be in place by August 1, 2011, therefore this amendment encompasses the months of May, June, and July, at the cost of $13,000 per month. ALTERNATIVES The Council may elect not to authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment. FISCAL IMPACT Funding for this agreement was not appropriated in the Fiscal Year 2010/11, but savings from the reorganization in the department will cover these expenditures.