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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Attorney to Enter into Amendment No. 1 to Engagement of Legal Services Agreement with Sloan Sakai Yeung & Wong LLP for Legal Services $ 110,000 (CA)
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MEETING DATE:
April 2, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Janelle Krattiger, Assistant City Attorney
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Attorney’s Office to enter into Amendment No. 1 to the Engagement of Legal Services Agreement with Sloan Sakai Yeung & Wong LLP (“Sloan Sakai”) for extended special counsel services in an amount not to exceed $110,000.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City Attorney’s Office engaged Sloan Sakai to serve as special counsel and provide on-call legal services as requested by the City Attorney. Sloan Sakai’s existing special counsel assistance includes personnel matters and this amendment would authorize the extension of those services to allow Sloan Sakai to continue to provide special counsel and personnel related legal services including personnel investigations.
Since October 2023, Sloan Sakai attorneys have served as special counsel and advised on matters as requested from time to time by the City Attorney. Now, further legal assistance from Sloan Sakai in the form of facilitating a personnel investigation is necessary. To accommodate the City’s continuing legal service needs, the proposed Resolution approving Amendment No. 1 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 $110,000.
Therefore, staff recommends that the City Council approve the proposed resolution authorizing the City Attorney’s Office to enter into Amendment No. 1 to the Engagement of Legal Services Agreement with Sloan Sakai for legal services related to the facilitation of a personnel investigation as requested by City Council.
STRATEGIC VISION:
3A. Fiscal Health: Promote City's transparency & fiscal fluency.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Sloan Sakai charges a public sector fee rate of $345 per hour for its legal services and a direct pass through of its costs. We anticipate a total contract amount not to exceed $110,000 for the remaining 2024-25 fiscal year.
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
10015000.72450.
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Katie O. Lucchesi
City Attorney
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Scott R. Carney
City Manager