Rules & Legislation Committee
March 13, 2025

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ___________________________ CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE As amended by the Finance & Management Committee on March 11, 2025 OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXTEND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE HAWKINS COMPANY TO CONTINUE PROVISION OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT STAFFING SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 3, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 2, 2026, COOPERATIVE PERSONNEL SERVICES D.B.A CPS HR CONSULTING TO CONTINUE PROVISION OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT STAFFING SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 3, 2025 THROUGH JANUARY 2, 2027, THE BYERS GROUP CA, INC. TO CONTINUE PROVISION OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT STAFFING SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 3, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 2, 2026 AND RALPH ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES TO CONTINUE PROVISION OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT STAFFING SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 3, 2025 THROUGH JANUARY 2, 2027, AND TO AWARD AN INCREASE IN COMPENSATION OF $40,000 TO BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP TO CONTINUE PROVISION OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT STAFFING SERVICES FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 17, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 16, 2026. WHEREAS, On November 3, 2022, the City of Oakland entered into a professional services agreement with The Hawkins Company for executive recruitment services, with an effective date of October 3, 2022, through October 2, 2024; and WHEREAS, On March 21, 2023, the City of Oakland entered into a professional services agreement with Cooperative Personnel Services d.b.a. CPS HR Consulting for executive recruitment services, with an effective date of January 3, 2023, through January 2, 2025; and WHEREAS, On March 5, 2020, the City of Oakland entered into a professional services agreement with Management Partners, Inc. for executive recruitment services, with an effective date of March 1, 2020 through March 1, 2022. WHEREAS, On April 11, 2022, the City of Oakland entered into a First Amendment professional services agreement with Management Partners, Inc. for executive recruitment services, extending the time for performance with an effective of March 1, 2022 through March 1, 2024. 2 WHEREAS, On December 28, 2022, the City of Oakland entered into a Second Amendment professional services agreement with Management Partners, Inc. for executive recruitment services, extending the time for performance with an effective date of October 17, 2022 through October 16, 2024, and amending the Consultant name to Baker Tilly US, LLP per the merger agreement between Management Partners, Inc. and Baker Tilly US, LLP dated October 1, 2022. WHEREAS, On December 2, 2022 the City of Oakland entered into a professional services agreement with The Byers Group CA, Inc. for executive recruitment services, with an effective date of October 3, 2022, through October 3, 2024; and WHEREAS, On January 31, 2023, the City of Oakland entered into a professional services agreement with Ralph Andersen & Associates for executive recruitment services, with an effective date of January 3, 2023, through January 2, 2025; and WHEREAS, with Council approval, the City may exercise options to extend the term of the agreement; and WHEREAS, with Council approval, the City may exercise options to extend the amount of the agreement; and WHEREAS, these specialized professional services include, providing executive recruitment services citywide; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this contract is for services of a professional and temporary nature, and shall not result in the loss of employment or salary by any person having permanent status in the competitive service; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That a contract extension is awarded to The Hawkins Company To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of October 3, 2024, Through October 2, 2026, Cooperative Personnel Services d.b.a CPS HR Consulting To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of January 3, 2025 through January 2, 2027, The Byers Group CA, Inc. To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of October 3, 2024 Through October 2, 2026 and Ralph Andersen & Associates To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of January 3, 2025 Through January 2, 2027 And To Award An Increase In Compensation Of $40,000 To Baker Tilly Advisory Group LP To Continue Provision Of Executive Recruitment Staffing Services For The Period Of October 17, 2024 Through October 16, 2026 FURTHER RESOLVED: That funding for these contract services is contained by individual departments in the FY24-25 Adopted Budget and the FY25-26 Baseline Budgets; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to complete all negotiations and execute all contracts, amendments, modifications, and extensions consistent with this resolution and its basic purposes. 3 IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES - BROWN, FIFE, HOUSTON, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, AND PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GALLO NOES – ABSENT – COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS (serving as Mayor pursuant to Charter Section 303) ABSTENTION – ATTEST: ASHA REED City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the City of Oakland, California OCA DOCUMENT NUMBER / ATTORNEY INITIALS – Updated 1/6/2025