Resolution No. 2026-139
Resolution No. 2026-139
August 19, 2026
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-139
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
RATIFYING PAYMENT FOR ADDITIONAL
PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES PERFORMED BY
ROGERS, ANDERSON, MALODY & SCOTT, LLP IN
EXCESS OF THE AUTHORIZED NOT-TO-EXCEED
AMOUNT UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino ("City") entered into a professional services agreement ("PSA") with Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott, LLP ("RAMS") on July 1, 2025, to provide independent professional auditing services for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, for a total compensation not-to-exceed (“NTE”) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); and WHEREAS, the City determined that additional agreed-upon procedures were necessary to complete the audit of Measure S revenues, expenditures, and compliance activities beyond those originally contemplated under the PSA; and
WHEREAS, RAMS submitted an engagement letter dated January 29, 2026, as set forth in Exhibit A (attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference) proposing the additional Measure S and Air Quality Management District audit services for an additional amount of nine thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars ($9,125), increasing the total Measure S and Air Quality Management District audit services from six thousand, five hundred dollars ($6,500) to nine thousand, one hundred twenty-five dollars ($9,125); and WHEREAS, RAMS completed the additional Measure S and Air Quality Management District audit services requested by the City, and the City accepted and received the benefit of those services; however, the additional services exceeded the PSA's authorized NTE amount before an amendment increasing the authorized compensation could be approved; and WHEREAS, the PSA expired on June 30, 2026, before an amendment could be approved, requiring the City to separately address payment for the completed additional services; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council (“Council”) desires to ratify payment for the completed additional services; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that ratifying payment for the completed additional Measure S audit services is in the best interests of the City.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
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SECTION 2.The Council hereby adopts the Findings attached hereto as Exhibit A (attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference).
SECTION 3.The Council hereby ratifies the additional Measure S professional auditing services described in Exhibit A that were performed by RAMS in excess of the compensation authorized under the PSA.
SECTION 4.The Council authorizes payment to RAMS in an amount NTE nine thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars ($9,125) for the additional professional auditing services described in Exhibit A. The City Manager, Director of Finance and Management Services, and their respective designees are authorized to take all actions necessary to process and complete such payment.
SECTION 5.The Council hereby authorizes the City Manager or designee to take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement this Resolution and process payment authorized herein.
SECTION 6.CEQA. The Mayor and City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 7.Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 8.Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 19th day of August 2026.
Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Albert J. Maldonado, City Attorney
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Resolution No. 2026-139
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2026-139, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of August 2026 by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
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WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this 20th day of August 2026.
Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk