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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Acting City Manager to Execute Amendment No. 2 to Attorney-Client Representation Agreement with Meyers Nave, of Sacramento, for Legal Services Related to Employment Matters and Personnel Investigations ($260,000) (CA)
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MEETING DATE:
June 10, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Janelle Krattiger, Assistant City Attorney
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Acting City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Engagement of Legal Services Agreement with Meyers Nave ("Meyers Nave") for extended services related to employment and related matters and personnel investigations in an amount not to exceed $260,000.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
This agenda item was presented at the Regular City Council Meeting held on June 4, 2025. City Council voted to continue the item to a future meeting.
The City Attorney's Office engaged Meyers Nave to provide legal services reasonably required to represent and advise the City in connection with employment matters regarding the City Manager, as directed by the City Council. This amendment would authorize the extension of services to include the employment and related matters including facilitation of personnel investigations regarding complaints and allegations by, against, or relating to the City Manager and other employees or contractors with the City.
Since April 2025, Meyers Nave attorneys have served as special counsel and advised on matters as requested from time to time by the City Council. Now, further legal assistance from Meyers Nave in the form of facilitating personnel investigations is necessary. To accommodate the City's continuing legal service needs, the proposed Resolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the Engagement of Legal Services Agreement (attached as Exhibit A) would allocate $50,000 in additional funding for the legal services for a total contract amount not to exceed $260,000.
Therefore, staff recommends that the...
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