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SIXTH AMENDMENT TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
Neighborhood Policing Program Services
THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT (“Sixth Amendment”) is entered into effective January 1, 2025 (“Renewal Effective Date”), by and among Dignity Health, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, d/b/a St. Bernardine Medical Center; Community Hospital of San Bernardino, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation; and City of San Bernardino, a charter city and municipal corporation, on behalf of the City of San Bernardino Police Department, amending that certain Independent Contractor Agreement entered into among the Parties effective January 1, 2019, as amended (collectively, the “Agreement”).
THE PARTIES agree as follows:
1. The Parties amend Section E of the Key Informational Terms of the Agreement to read as follows:
“Term. Notwithstanding the initial Effective Date and Expiration Date, this Agreement shall be renewed on the Renewal Effective Date set forth in the Sixth Amendment. This Agreement shall expire on December 31, 2027 (the “Expiration Date”).”
2. Part II (Services and Fees) is deleted and replaced with the attached amended Part II.
3. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain unchanged, and except as expressly modified by this Sixth Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Sixth Amendment may be executed by the Parties in any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Sixth Amendment has been executed by and on behalf of the Parties.
AFFILIATE
Dignity Health, a California nonprofit public benefit
corporation, d/b/a St. Bernardine Medical Center
Printed Name:
Title:
Date:
CONTRACTOR
City of San Bernardino , a charter city and municipal
corporation, on behalf of the City of San Bernardino
Police Department
Printed Name:
Title:
Date:
Community Hospital of San Bernardino , a California
nonprofit public benefit corporation
Printed Name:
Title:
Date:
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Part II
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
SERVICES AND FEES
a. Description of Services . Contractor shall cause the City of San Bernardino Police Department (“Police Department”) to provide the Services:
(1) Program Goals. The goal of the Neighborhood Policing Program (“Program”) is to implement a comprehensive facility policing program with Hospital.
(2) Program Objectives and Deliverables.
o Police Department shall provide two (2) full -time Officers such that one (1) full -time Officer will be stationed at each Hospital’s emergency department a minimum of four (4) days a week for a total of 40 hours weekly, Thursday through Sunday, at a timeframe to be mutually determined by the Parties.
Officers will dedicate all of their time on the Hospital campuses in the emergency department waiting rooms or as otherwise mutually agreed upon by Hospital and Police Department.
o Police Department shall provide additional coverage Monday through Wednesday at St. Bernardine Medical Center (“SBMC”) , based on Officer availability and Officer request for assignment . Such additional coverage is not guaranteed and will be scheduled during timeframes mutually agreed upon by SBMC and Police Department. Officers will ded icate all of their time during such additional coverage at the SBMC campus in the emergency department waiting room or as otherwise mutually agreed upon by SBMC and Police Department. Additional coverage shifts will be compensated at a special rate (overtime hourly rate plus 20% overhead) as set forth in Section b(3) below.
o Police Department will provide periodic training seminars to enhance pers onal safety and awareness as mutually agreed to by Police Department and each Hospital in writing.
o Police Department will assist Hospitals’ security staff in providing police services for the Hospitals’ campuses and immediate area.
b. Fees.
(1) Affiliate agrees to compensate Contractor in the amount not to exceed $22 0,000 annually per full -time Officer, which amount shall include any overtime expenditures. The compensation per full -time Officer will be based on the seniority level of the Officer who provides the Services and will be billed quarterly.
(2) Contractor shall invoice Affiliate on a fiscal year quarter basis (itemized by month). The compensation billed quarterly shall be prorated based on the number of days this Agreement is in effect in the case of any partial month or fiscal year quarter at the beginning or the end of the term of this Agreement. Contractor shall only invoice Affiliate for any applicable pro -rata period for a partial fiscal year quarter. Contractor shall submit an invoice to Affiliate at the end of each fiscal year quarter or applicable pro -rata period.
(3) Any overtime expenditures that are directly related to the Services must be approved in advance by Affiliate. Such overtime expenditures will be calculated at 1. 5 times the specific Officer’s hourly salary, will be paid by Affiliate, and will be no greater than:
Hourly Rate Overtime Hourly Rate Overtime Hourly Rate- for Additional Coverage
Effective January 1, 2025 $90.77 $95.03 $114.04
Effective July 1, 2026 $92.81 $97.44 $116.93
Effective July 1, 2027 $94.91 $99.92 $119.90
Reasonable Expenses. Affiliate shall reimburse Contractor for: (a) reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred in connection with the performance of the Services if: (i) Affiliate approves the expenses in writing, in advance; (ii) the expenses relate directly to Contractor’s performance of Services; (iii) the expenses meet the requirements for reimbursement under the Affiliate Rules; and (iv) Contractor submits receipts to Affiliate within 60 days of incurring the expenses.