AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
AGREEMENT FOR CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN
THE CITY OF PLACENTIA AND JONES MAYER
This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment"), dated December 5, 2023, is to the Retainer Agreement for City Attorney Services ("Agreement"), by and between the CITY OF PLACENTIA, a charter city ("City"), and Jones Mayer, a Professional Law Corporation (hereinafter "Jones Mayer"). City and Jones Mayer are sometimes individually referred to as "Party" and/or collectively referred to as the "Parties." A. RECITALS:
(i). City staff requested this Amendment in order to move the Agreement's annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to March 1St of each year, in order to better align it with the City's annual budgeting process; and
(ii). No other changes are requested or made at this time.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenenants and conditions set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows:
B. Amendment to Agreement.
1. Section 3F of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
Jones Mayer shall provide a monthly billing report indicating actual time spent under the retainer, litigation matters, and additional specialized projects. Billing rates shall be adjusted annually on March 1St of each year to reflect any increase in the cost of living (as measured in the month of February) based on the Consumer Price Index increase for the prior year, utilizing the standard as established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor for all urban consumers in the Los Angeles—Long Beach -Anaheim area, or another mutually agreed upon index based on comparable data should the Consumer Price Index established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics be unavailable, not to exceed 5% per year.
2. No adjustment to rates. As of this Amendment rates are confirmed to be as follows:
Retainer (first 50 hours general legal):
Additional Legal Services (above 50 hours).
Specialized Legal Services/ Special Projects
Litigation
Paralegal
$10,939.32 (Eff rate $218.79/hr)
$243.79/hr
$243.79/hr
$262.54/hr
$125.02/hr
3. Except as specifically stated herein, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the original Agreement are confirmed and remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be executed as of
the day and year first above written.
JONES MAYER CITY OF PLACENTIA
By: By:
Richard D. Jones, Ward L. Smith
President Mayor
ATTEST:
Robert Mckinnell
City Clerk