9G Consent - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

File Number: 22-301 tort claims and litigation; the firm charges reasonable hourly rates for high quality service. Due to these successful outcomes on litigated matters, staff requests, with the City Attorney’s approval, the continued use of Bertrand, Fox, Elliot, Osman & Wenzel’s legal services for a variety of risk management issues, tort litigation, and claims. The City will reach the contractual limit of $500,000 as set forth in the agreement and is set to expire June 30, 2023-and needs an amendment to conclude this fiscal year without service interruption. Therefore, staff requests approval of an Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with BFEOW to utilize the firm’s services when approved by the City Attorney. Amendment #1 will authorize up to $500,000 of work in the current contract through Fiscal Year 2022-23. Previous Actions ·2014-083: Authorizing an agreement with BFEOW (NTE $50K) ·2015-155: Amendment #1 to BFEOW agreement (NTE $285K) ·2016-020: Amendment #2 to BFEOW agreement (NTE $500K) ·2018-032: Amendment #3 to BFEOW agreement (NTE $1.1M) ·2021-338: Authorizing an agreement with BFEOW (NTE $500K) Fiscal Impacts This Self-insurance fund amendment will cost $500,000, which requires no adjustment to the FY2021-2022 Adopted Budget, FY 2022-2023 has budget to cover the amendment. Budget Authority The Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Self-Insurance Fund operating budget for General Liability legal fees reflects an appropriation of $739,589 with a remaining balance of $172,000, which has sufficient funds to cover this contractual increase for legal services of tort claims and litigation for the remainder of this fiscal year. For Fiscal Year 2022-2023, the Self-insurance fund (F689) has sufficient funds to cover the contract amendment. ATTACHMENTS A - Resolution BFEOW Amendment 1 B - Amendment BFEOW 1 PREPARED BY: Megan Stephenson, Interim Risk Manager Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/1/2022