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Second Amendment to Attorney Services Agreement with Bordin Semmer, LLP

Orange City Council
January 13, 2026

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Second Amendment to Attorney Services Agreement with Bordin Semmer, LLP
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January 13, 2026
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SECOND AMENDMENT
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ATTORNEY SERVICES AGREEMENT
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HIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO ATTORNEY SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “Second Amendment”) is made and entered into as of ___________________, 2026 by and between the CITY OF ORANGE, a municipal corporation ( “City”), and BORDIN SEMMER, LLP, a limited liability partnership (“Law Firm”), with reference to the following:

A. C
ity and Law Firm entered into an Attorney Services Agreement (Agreement No. 7822) dated as of April 14, 2025, which is incorporated herein by this reference (the “Original Agreement”); and
B. C
ity and Law Firm amended the Original Contract to increase the compensation by a First Amendment to Agreement (Agreement No. 7822.1) dated August 12, 2025, which is incorporated herein by this reference (the “First Amendment”); and B. C
ity and Law Firm desire to further amend the Original Agreement to modify, amend and supplement certain portions of the Original Agreement by increasing the compensation.

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W, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

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ection 1. Defined Terms. Except as otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth for such terms in the Original Agreement.

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ection 2. Cross-References. City and Law Firm agree that all references in this First Amendment are deemed and construed to refer to the Original Agreement, as implemented by this First Amendment.

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ection 3 Compensation. The total not -to-exceed compensation for the services to be rendered as set forth in Section II. Payment -A. of the Original Agreement is increased by TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS and 00/100 ($250,000.00) and Section II. Payment -A. is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“C
ity shall pay Law Firm as consideration for services satisfactorily rendered pursuant to this Agreement at the hourly rates set forth in the attached Exhibit “A”.

Total payments for services performed pursuant to this Agreement shall not exceed Three Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($310,000.00) without prior approval of City Council of City. A condition precedent to any payment to Law Firm shall be that Law Firm shall submit, at least quarterly, a separate statement of account on each file which clearly sets forth by dates the designated items of work, the work time of each item and amount charged for said work time.”
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ection 4. Integration. This First Amendment amends, as set forth herein, the Original Agreement and, except as specifically amended hereby, the Original Agreement shall 2 remain in full force and effect. To the extent that there is any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and provisions of this First Amendment and the terms and provisions of the Original Agreement, the terms and provisions of this First Amendment shall control and govern the rights and obligations of the parties.

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N WITNESS of this Agreement, the parties enter into this First Amendment on the year and day first above written.

“LAW FIRM” “CITY”
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ORDIN SEMMER, LLP, a limited CITY OF ORANGE, a municipal corporation liability partnership
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By: By:

Printed Name: Daniel R. Slater, Mayor
Title:
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y: ATTEST:

Printed Name:

Title:

Pamela Coleman, City Clerk
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PROVED AS TO FORM:

Nathalie Adourian, City Attorney
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NOTE: If Law Firm is a corporation, the City requires the following signature(s):
-- (1) the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice-President, AND (2) the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer. If only one corporate officer exists or one corporate officer holds more than one corporate office, please so indicate. OR -- The corporate officer named in a corporate resolution as authorized to enter into this Agreement. A copy of the corporate resolution, certified by the Secretary close in time to the execution of the Agreement, must be provided to the City.
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Joshua Bordin-Wosk
Partner

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