AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN
ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATION, DBA MAZE AND ASSOCIATES AND THE CITY OF
SALINAS
T
his Amendment No. 5 to the Agreement for Professional Services (the “Amendment”) is made and entered into this 1st day of November 2025, by and between the City of Salinas, a California charter city and municipal corporation (hereinafter “City”) and Accountancy Corporation, dba.
Maze and Associates (hereinafter “Consultant”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the City and the Consultant first entered into an Agreement for Professional Services (“Original Agreement”) effective January 3, 2024, pursuant to which Consultant agreed to act as and provide specified services to the City (the “Agreement”); and WH
EREAS, the City and the Consultant amended the Agreement effective April 10, 2024, to update the Fee Schedule referenced in Exhibit B thereof and Consultant exercised the option to extend the term six (6) additional months through October 31, 2024; and WHEREAS, the City and the Consultant further amended the Agreement to increase the total amount of compensation to be paid by the City to the Consultant to an amount not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and to extend the term one (1) additional year through October 31, 2025; and
WH
EREAS, the City and the Consultant further amended the Agreement to increase the total amount of compensation to be paid by the City to the Consultant to an amount not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) and to further extend the term through October 31, 2025; and
WH
EREAS, the City and the Consultant further amended the Agreement to increase the total amount of compensation to be paid by the City to the Consultant by an additional four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to the total amount of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000); and WHEREAS, the City and the Consultant desire to further amend the Agreement to increase the total amount of compensation to be paid by the City to the Consultant by an additional six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to the total amount of one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000), add to further extend the term of the Agreement for two (2) additional years through October 31, 2027, and to update the Fee Schedule referenced in Exhibit B.
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W, THEREFORE, the City and the Consultant agree as follows:
TERMS
1. Section 3 of the Agreement, Compensation, is hereby amended to increase the total amount of compensation to be paid by the City to the Consultant by the additional amount of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to be paid on a time and materials b
asis according to the rates of compensation as set forth in Exhibit B. The total amount of compensation to be paid under this Agreement shall not exceed one million four hundred thousand ($1,400,000) dollars.
2. Exhibit B to the Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, i
s amended to include an updated Fee Schedule.
3. Section 2, of the Agreement, Term, is hereby amended to add an additional two (2) years thereby extending the term to October 31, 2027.
4. A
ll other covenants, terms, and conditions set forth in the Agreement and not amended b
y this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect as is fully set forth herein.
IN W
ITNESS, WHEREOF, the undersigned, as authorized representatives of the City and Consultant have entered into this Agreement as of the date first written above.
CITY OF SALINAS
Rene Mendez, City Manager
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PPROVED AS TO FORM:
Rhonda Combs, Assistant City Attorney
MAZE AND ASSOCIATES
David Alvey, Vice President & Shareholder