Resolution No. 4579
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RESOLUTION NO. 4579
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON EXTENDING THE CONSULTING AGREEMENT
FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES WITH THE FINANCIAL
CONSULTANT THROUGH SULY 31, 1978
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WHEREAS, EUGENE HELSLEY by Agreement approved on May 2,
1978 agreed to provide financial consulting services to the City
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of Vernon; and
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WHEREAS 7 said Agreemen't expires on June 30, 1978; and
WHEREP.S, th(~ City is desirous of extending said A.gree-
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ment to July 31, 1978~
~NbJ, J';lIE~~b~E, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY Of VERNON', AS FOLL,OWS:
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SECTIONl: '!'hatthe~. City Council o'f the City Of Vernon
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does hereby extend theFinan9.p~,l' 'Cons,ul tant,EUGENE HELSLEY's
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existing Agreement, attached heretb"as Exhibit "A" and incorpora-
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tedherein as thougf ~ul~y s~.t ,f,or,t'...fll:length, through July 31,
1978.
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SECT10N 2: That the Mayor is authorized to execute
19 said extension for and on behalf of the City Council.
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SECTION 3: That the City Clerk of the City of Vernon
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22 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 29th day of June, 1978.
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ATTEST:
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BRUCE V. :HALKENHORST, CITY CLERK
1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
2 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
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5 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
6 Resolution No. 4579 , was duly adopted by the City Council
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of the City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of said
City at a regular meeting of the City Council held on T~h' d'
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June 29, 1978
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CONSULTloNG AGREEMENT FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
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THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT is made, entered into and
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5 considered and used as the original hereof for all purposes, as
6 of the Id- day .of May, 1978, in the city of Vernon, County of
7 Los Angeles, California.
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9 BY AND BETWEEN
CITY OF VERNON, A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION (hereinafter
referred to as "City")
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AND
EUGENE HELSLEY, A FINANCIAL
CONSULTANT (hereinafter referre
to as "Consultant II)
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RECITALS
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16 WHEREAS, the City is in need of additional financial
17 services to assist in the preparation of the City's annual
18 budget for the fiscal year 1918-1979 because of the need to pre-
19 pare alternative budgets relating to Proposition 8 [BEHR] and
20 Proposition 13 [JARVIS-GANN].
21 NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS
22 AND AGREEMENTS HEREIN CONTAINED THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS
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1. The City hereby retains the Consultant to serve as
25 the City's Financial Consultant for the preparation of the budget
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27 financial studies and/or reports on the terms and conditions
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2. This Agreement shall be effective as of May 3, 1978
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and shall expire on June 30, ,197tL
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3. The City shall pay the Consultant for the performance
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of the services herein requited a fe~ equal to $14.00 per hour for
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all hours expended upon said services wherein said services have
6 been specifically requested by the Finance Director. Further,
7 Consultant shall submit to the Finance Director a detailed itemiza-
8 tion of all hours worked for all projects to the Finance Director
9 on the close of business every Friday wherein said Director must
10 approve said work sheet report before payment is made.
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4. Consultant represents that he is an independent
12 contractor and is not an employee of the City. Consultant further
13 represents and agrees that he will not make any claim for any
14 empl.oyeebenefi ts including but not limited to vacation" sick leave,
15 retirementibut that his compensation will be based solely on the
16 services he performed for an hourly service fee.
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5. It is the intent of this contract to secure the
18 personal services of the Consultant and failure of the Consultant
19 for any reason to make the personal service available to the City
20 to the extent necessary to perform the services required skillfully
21 and promptly shall be cause for termination of said contract.
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6. The City shall provide the Consultant with an office
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7. The Consultant shall not assign, transfer, convey,
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pledge, sublet, or .otherwise assign this contract without the
prior written consent of the City Council.
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8. In the event of the death or disability of the
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services provided for hs:rein, shpJ.a. J;le cause for .termination of
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Nothing,. .;i,.n thiscontr'ctct shall be construed to give
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any person other than the City and the Consultant any legal or
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equitable right, remedy or claim under this contracti but it
shall be held to be for the sole and exclusive benefi~ of the
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City and the Consultant.
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10. The Consultant shall be'liable to and hereby agrees
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to indemnify and hold harmless the City of Vernon, each officer,
agent andemplovee of saidCitv against all claims arisinq out of
the neqligentperformance of professional services caused by any
error, omission or negligent act of the Consultant.
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11. The Consultant covenants that he does not have any
interest, nor shall he acquire any interest, directly or indirectly,
which conflicts in any manner or degree with the performance of the
consultant services hereunder.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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bAVID B. BREARLEY, City Attorney
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