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INVOICE
Lisa Roos
City Clerk/Finance Director
City of Ripon
259 North Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
(RI234-10000)
Invoice Number: 298097
San Joaquin Valley Employment Relations Consortium
Membership: July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026
ERC Membership $2,865.00
Please add an additional $100.00 to your payment over the amount specified above as a late fee if payment is sent after August 1, 2025.
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AGREEMENT FOR SPECIAL SERVICES
This Agreement is entered into between the City of Ripon, A Municipal Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Consortium Member," and the law firm of LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE, A Professional Corporation, hereinafter referred to as "LCW" for the below described special services (“Agreement”). Consortium Member and LCW may be referred to herein individually as “Party” or collectively as “Parties.” WHEREAS Consortium Member has the need to secure expert training and consulting services to assist Consortium Member in its workforce management and employee relations; and WHEREAS LCW is specially experienced and qualified to perform the special services desired by the Consortium Member and is willing to perform such services; NOW, THEREFORE, Consortium Member and LCW agree as follows:
1. Term & Termination:
This Agreement is effective beginning July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
2. LCW's Services:
During the Term of Contract, LCW will provide membership in a consortium, which includes the following Services to Consortium Member (and the other consortium members) in exchange for payment in full of the Fee defined below:
A. Four (4) days of group training workshops covering various trainings applicable to the Consortium.
B. Availability of LCW attorney for Consortium Member to consult by telephone. Consortium calls cover questions that the attorney can answer quickly with little research. They do not include the review of documents, in depth research, written responses (like an opinion letter) or advice on on-going legal matters.
The caller will be informed if the question exceeds the scope of consortium calls. Should the caller request, the attorney can assist on items that fall outside the service, but these matters will be billed at the attorney’s hourly rate. (See Additional Services section.)
C. Providing of a monthly newsletter covering employment relations developments.
3. Fee:
LCW will provide these special services to Consortium Member for a fee of Two Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Five Dollars($2,865.00) payable in one payment prior August 1, 2025. The fee, if paid after August 1, 2025 will be $2,965.00.The Fee will cover the above Services, including related development and distribution of written materials provided to attendees at the training programs (also “Materials”).
4. Additional Services:
LCW shall, as and when requested by Consortium Member, make itself available to Consortium Member to provide representational, litigation, and other services that are not included within the Services or Materials described herein (“Additional Services”). The Consortium Member will be billed for the actual time Additional Services are rendered, including reasonable travel time, plus any necessary and reasonable costs and expenses.
The range of hourly rates for attorney time is from Two Hundred Ninety Five to Four Hundred Eighty Five Dollars ($295.00 - $485.00) per hour for attorney staff, Three Hundred Fifteen Dollars ($315.00) per hour for Labor Relations/HR Consultant and from One Hundred Sixty Five to Two Hundred Thirty Dollars ($165.00 - $230.00) per hour for services provided by paraprofessional and litigation support staff. Attorneys, paraprofessional and litigation support staff bill their time in minimum units of one-tenth of an hour. LCW reviews its hourly rates on an RI234
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annual basis and if appropriate in its discretion, adjusts them effective July 1. LCW will provide the Consortium Member with written notification of any adjustments in the ranges of hourly rates.
5. Ownership & Use of Materials:
LCW shall have and retain ownership of all intellectual property rights. Consortium Member warrants they will not use LCW Material in other trainings without the expressed written permission of LCW. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Consortium Member hereby waives and release LCW, and each of their officers and employees (“Released Party(ies)”) from any and all claims, demands, damages, or liabilities, including, but not limited to, those for the ordinary negligence of a Released Party, claims for bodily injury, personal injury or illness, emotional distress, property damage, wrongful death, consequential damages, economic damages, infringement, and attorney’s fees and costs (“Claims” or “Claim”), which arise from or relate to Consortium Member’s unauthorized use of or modification of Material or breach of this Agreement. This release does not apply to a Released Party to the extent a Claim is caused by the willful misconduct or gross negligence of that Released Party.
6. No Representation or Warranty.
LCW does not make any specific promise, representation or warranty regarding the Materials. LCW is not responsible for updating the Materials and, as time passes, the Materials may become outdated or contrary to applicable laws. LCW does not guarantee that the Materials will meet the needs of the Consortium Member or achieve certain results. LCW provides the Materials “AS IS” and without any warranty of any kind and any use by Consortium Member is at their own risk. LCW expressly disclaims any and all warranties, including the implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement to the fullest extent permitted by law. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Consortium Member releases LCW from Claims arising from their use or modification of the Materials.
7. Miscellaneous.
This Agreement represents the entire and integrated contract between Consortium Member and LCW, and supersedes all prior representations, or agreements. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining valid provisions will nevertheless continue in full force and effect. The signators to this Agreement are authorized to execute this Agreement on behalf of and bind their respective Parties hereto. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (including by electronic means), which taken together will form one legal instrument.
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED on the date indicated below:
LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE
A Professional Corporation
Attn: Melanie Chaney
6033 W. Century Blvd., 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Email: [email protected]
CITY OF RIPON
A Municipal Corporation
By: By:
Melanie Chaney / Co-Managing Partner
Name:
Date: July 2, 2025 Title:
Date: