CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. ______
AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 NON-DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE $125,000 AND TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS FROM VACANCY SAVINGS FOR RECRUITING CONSULTING SERVICES; AND RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SIX, TWO-YEAR SERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $250,000 EACH TO THE HAWKINS COMPANY, COOPERATIVE PERSONNEL SERVICES (DBA CPS HR CONSULTING), MUCHMORE THAN CONSULTING, TERI BLACK & CO., RALPH ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES, AND WBCP INC., FOR EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT LEVEL RECRUITMENTS WHEREAS, the City of Alameda (“City) has a need for specialize executive and management recruiting services; and WHEREAS, the City staff initiated the Request for Proposal (“RFP) process on July 31, 2026, and received nineteen proposals (19); and WHEREAS, City staff evaluated received proposals and selected six (6) firms for inclusion on the bench based on experience, expertise, ability to perform the scope of required work, and availability; and WHEREAS, there have been submitted to this Council six on-call agreements for executive and management recruitment services with The Hawkins Group, CPS HR Consulting, Muchmore Than Consulting, Teri Black & Co., Ralph Andersen & Associates, and WBCP, each for a term through October 31, 2028, and each in an amount not to exceed $250,000; and WHEREAS, the individual not-to-exceed amounts are intended to provide flexibility in assigning work, and total combined expenditures under all six agreements shall not exceed $250,000; and WHEREAS, the cost of the agreements would be offset partially through salary savings of anticipated vacancies; and WHEREAS, the proposed Resolution would amend the Fiscal Year 2026-27 operating budget to appropriate $125,000 from General Fund balance and $125,000 from vacancy savings to consulting services, for a total of $250,000; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Alameda has fully examined said agreement and resolution, and thereby finds and determines adoption of said agreement and Resolution to be in the best interest of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda, that said Council hereby approves and adopts said Resolution to amend the Fiscal year 2026-27 non-departmental general fund budget by appropriating $125,000 from General Fund Balance and transferring $125,000 in appropriations from vacancy savings to consulting services; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the provisions of this Resolution shall supersede any other resolution in conflict herewith. * * * * * *
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 20th day of October 2026, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 21st day of October 2026. _________________________
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to Form:
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Len Aslanian, Acting City Attorney
City of Alameda