City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Lisa Roos, City Clerk & Finance Director
Date: 06/11/2024
Subject: Agreement Amendment Law Office of Thomas H. Terpstra RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign the First Amendment to the Agreement with the Law Office of Thomas H. Terpstra to provide legal services for the City of Ripon.
BACKGROUND:
Tom Terpstra has served as City Attorney since 1993. After working as a partner at Neumiller and Beardslee and Herum Crabtree, in 2007, he relocated his office from Stockton to Ripon.
Since that time, the City Attorney’s base hourly rate has remained at $295 per hour and the Deputy City Attorney’s rate at $195 per hour.
DISCUSSION:
The Law Office of Thomas H. Terpstra is requesting that we amend their agreement for legal services to increase the billing rate for the City Attorney from $295/hour to $325/hour and increase the Deputy City Attorney rate from $195/hour to $250/hour.
Below is a summary of the contracted City Attorney hourly rates from surrounding cities:
City Hourly Rate
Escalon $327
Modesto $325
Oakdale $239
FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated fiscal impact of this increase would be $18,000 per year.
Attachments:
1. 06 03 24 First Amendment to Agreement for Legal Services