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Attachment A - Amendment No. 13 to the employment agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Molly Stump

Palo Alto City Council
December 1, 2025

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Attachment A - Amendment No. 13 to the employment agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Molly Stump
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December 1, 2025
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1 AMENDMENT NO. THIRTEEN TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AND
MOLLY S. STUMP
This AMENDMENT NO. THIRTEEN to the EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT(“Agreement”) is entered into on December 1, 2025, by and between the CITY OF PALO ALTO, a California chartered municipal corporation (“City”), and MOLLY S. STUMP (“Stump”), an individual, located at 250 Hamilton Avenue 8th Floor, Palo Alto, CA.

R E C I T A L S:

WHEREAS, the original EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT between the City of Palo Alto and Molly S. Stump, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit “A” was entered into between the parties for the services of City Attorney on or about April 18, 2011; and WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. ONE to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about March 24, 2014; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. TWO to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about December 8, 2014; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. THREE to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about February 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. FOUR to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about December 12, 2016; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. FIVE to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about November 6, 2017; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. SIX to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about December 17, 2018; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. SEVEN to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about December 17, 2019; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. EIGHT to the Agreement, attached hereto and 2 incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about June 22, 2020; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. NINE to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about December 13, 2021; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. TEN to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about November 28, 2022; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. ELEVEN to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about December 11, 2023; and
WHEREAS, AMENDMENT NO. TWELVE to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein in Exhibit “B” was entered into between the parties on or about December 2, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, terms, conditions, and provisions of this Amendment, the parties agree:

SECTION 1.

Section 5.2 of the Agreement, 401(a) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Effective the first full pay period of July 2025, the City shall contribute Forty Four Thousand and Forty Six dollars ($44,046) annually, prorated and contributed on the City’s normal paydays, to a 401(a) retirement plan account established for Stump.

SECTION 2. Except as herein modified, all other provisions of the Contract, including any exhibits and subsequent amendments thereto, shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have by their duly authorized representatives executed this Amendment on the first written date above written.

Attest: City of Palo Alto
Approved as to form: Molly S. Stump
3 Attachments:

EXHIBIT A: EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AND MOLLY S.

STUMP
EXHIBIT B: AMENDMENTS NO. ONE THROUGH NO. TWELVE.

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