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Recommendation to Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Agreement with Susan Mayer, to Extend the Term by Nine Months and Increase Compensation in an Amount Not to Exceed $50,000, for a Total Agreement Compensation Not to Exceed $124,998, for Financial Services in Connection with Completing the Implementation of the Cost Allocation Plan and Indirect Cost Rate Proposal (ICRP). (Finance 2410)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Agreement with Susan Mayer, to Extend the Term by Nine Months and Increase Compensation in an Amount Not to Exceed $50,000, for a Total Agreement Compensation Not to Exceed $124,998, for Financial Services in Connection with Completing the Implementation of the Cost Allocation Plan and Indirect Cost Rate Proposal (ICRP)
BACKGROUND
In December 2017, the City of Alameda hired Ms. Susan Mayer, a Municipal Finance Consultant to provide management consulting services to the City during the extended leave of absence of the Finance Director. Ms. Mayer was tasked to provide a project management support for several City Finance department initiatives as listed below:
1. Assist the Finance Department in the development of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18 Mid-Year and FY 2018-19 Mid-Cycle Budget Update;
2. Assist in the procurement and selection of a Cost Allocation Plan (CAP) and ICRP consultant; and
3. Facilitate the development and implementation of the CAP to be incorporated into the FY 2018-19 Mid-Cycle Budget Update.
The total compensation for the work under this Agreement was not to exceed $74,998 and, to date, the contract is fully expended.
DISCUSSION
The primary task assigned to Ms. Mayer was to assist with development of the FY 2017-18 Mid-Year Budget Update and FY 2018-19 Mid-Cycle Budget Update. This task, although completed, was a significant...
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