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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution Amending the existing 5-Year Legal Services Agreement with Meyers Nave ("Meyers Nave") to Add an Additional $200,000 to the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Agreement for a Combined Total Amount Not to Exceed $1,140,000, and to Increase the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Agreement from $960,000 to a New Total Not to Exceed Amount of $1,125,000
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council modify its existing five-year legal services agreement, which commenced on January 1, 2020. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to increase by $200,000 the cost of the fiscal year 2020-2021 portion of the agreement, for a combined total not to exceed amount of $1,140,000 and to increase from $960,000 to $1,125,000 the total cost of the fiscal year 2021-2022 portion of the agreement.
BACKGROUND
The City of San Leandro entered into a Professional Services Agreement with Steven R. Meyers in 1986, to provide contract legal services to the City and its agencies, and to perform the functions, duties and responsibilities of the City Attorney, as set forth in the City's Charter. In 2000, Amendment No. 1 assigned the Professional Services Agreement to Meyers Nave, a professional corporation. Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3 were approved in 2005 and 2008, respectively. The above contracts were structured such that a fixed monthly retainer was provided to Meyers Nave in exchange for the firm's legal services.
In February 2013, the City of San Leandro contracted with Municipal Resources Group, LLC ("MRG") to analyze the City's legal services. As part of this analysis, MRG completed an extensive review of the costs associated with the agreement, as well as a benchmark survey of nine other jurisdictions in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties; Alameda, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton, Union City, Pittsburg, and Richmond.
Based upon this analysis, the City Council ultimately n...
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