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Home My WebLink AboutCity of Tamarac Resolution R-2019-011Temp. Reso #13228 January 2,2019 Page 1 CIry OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA RESOLUTION NO. R-2019- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE C!ry OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA; APPROVING AMENDMENT #16 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RONALD L. BOOK, P.A., FOR LOBBYING SERVICES, EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR THROUGH JANUARY 26, 2020, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED F!FTY-NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($59,400.00) PER YEAR; AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR LOBBYING SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac Commission has expressed its interest in retaining the services of a qualified professional lobbyist to represent the City of Tamarac's legislative, administrative and funding interests at the Federal, State and Local levels; and WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac entered into an Agreement with Ronald L. Book, P.A. on September 11,2002. (a copy of said agreement is on file in the office of the City Clerk), providing for said lobbying services for a one (1) year period; and WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac has amended the Agreement annually providing for continuation of lobbying services; and WHEREAS, the existing agreement is in effect through January 25, 2019 and provides that the parties may terminate, renew and/or renegotiate the agreement; and "T;ft'ff t:r313 Page 2 WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, deems it to be in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to approve and execute Amendment #16 to the Agreement between the City of Tamarac and Ronald L. Book, P.A. providing for Lobbying Services at a cost not to exceed $59,400 extending the agreement through January 26,2020, attached hereto as Exhibit "A". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, THAT: SECTION 1: The foregoing 'WHEREAS' clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution. All exhibits attached hereto are incorporated herein and made a specific part of this Resolution. SECTION 2: The appropriate City Officials hereby approve Amendment #16 to the Agreement between the City of Tamarac and Ronald L. Book, P.A., providing for lobbying services at a cost not to exceed $59,400, extending the agreement through January 26,2020. SECTION 3. The appropriate City Officials are hereby authorized to execute the Amendment to the Agreement for Lobbying Services between the City of Tamarac and Ronald L. Book P.A., attached hereto as Exhibit "A". SECTION 4: All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 5: lf any clause, section, other part or application of this Resolution is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, in part or I T T I *T;ft""il r:i313 Page 3 application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or applications of this Resolution. SECTION 6: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. J3 2019PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED thiS day of MICHE J. GOMEZ,R ATTEST ICIA TE CITY CLERKT RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE MAYOR GOMEZ DIST 1: COMM. BOLTON DIST 2: COMM. GELIN DIST 3: COMM. FISHMAN DIST 4: YIM PLACKO :ahz-n-t @Ua t4lz<tP I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION AS TO FORM m{&, EL S. GORE I CIry ATTORNEY *u/tt, IililI TAMABAG The City For Your tileCity of Tamarcc Purchasing & Contnc:ts Division Temp Reso. #13228 AMENDMENT #16 TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RONALD L. BOOK, P.A. The CITY OF TAMARAC ("City") and RONALD L. BOOK, P.A., a Florida corporation, with principal offices located at 2999 N.E. 191 Street, PH6, Aventura, Florida, 33180 ("Consultant") agree to execute Amendment #16 to the original Agreement dated September 11,2002 providing for Lobbying Services as follows: Per the terms of Section 3 of the original Agreement dated September 11, 2002, as amended by the City Commission on August 27, 2003, August 25, 2004, September 11, 2005, September 13, 2006, September 27, 2007, September 10, 2008 January 27,2010, January 26,2011, January 11,2012, January 26,2013, January 26,2014, January 26,2015, January 26,2016, January 11, 2017 and January 26, 2018 the City and Consultant agree to exercise the renewal option for a term effective January 25,2019. 1 2.Section 3 of the agreement shall be amended as follows: 3) Time of Commencement and Performance Evaluation *** *** The term of this Agreement shall be Januarv 25.019 throuoh Januarv 26. 2020. Upon expiration of this term, the parties may choose to terminate, renew and/or re-negotiate the Agreement by written agreement signed by the parties hereto for a term to be set in the renewal agreement. All other provisions of the original Agreement, as amended, remain in effect as written Exhibit "A" TAMARAG The City For Your Lile City of Tamarac Purchasing & Cont,,a,ds Division Temp Reso#13228 lN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have made and executed this Amendment to Agreement on the respective dates under each signature. CITY OF TAMARAC, signing by and through its Mayor and City Manager, and CONSULTANT, Ronald L. Book, P.A., duly authorized to execute same. CITY OF TAMARAC 7 M J. Gomez, Date ATTEST !C ech, city er \ f t City Clerk Teufel, C I t Date Date uel S Date as to form and legal sufficiency: City Attorney 2 TAMARAG The City For Your Lite City of Tamarac Purchasing & Contracts Division Temp Reso#13228 ATTEST: sig nt C Signature rint Name of Consultant avl ,4btntur N,&rnre+\\ Type/Print Name Date (coRPoRATE SEAL) STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF Aea.J I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day, before me, an Officer duly authorized in the State aforesaid and in the County aforesaid to take acknowledgments, personally appeared RONALD L. BOOK, an individual, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged before me that he executed the same. \ WITNESS my hand and official sealthis 20lq Signature of Public State of Florida at Large Type or Stamp me of Notary Public Personally known to me or Produced ldentifi cation ao,,, llotry ftlllc'tIldlffir Commilrion , 03 0t82[8 tY Gomrn Exoires Bonded lhrou,J' 'i .l,f i' rloterl, Asso. Jt- a'- Type of l.D. Produced DID take an oath, or DID NOT take an oath. 3 fi1rH,lrrtrJ lofif*q i ii,":E .:;. f,: it, i![1ai '!,i, ] . .l:i 4., :.rr- i '*'' ' a\' ,.j'1. ( a City of Tamarac Purchasing and Contracts Division AGREEMENT EXHIBIT CERTIFICATION The CITY OF TAMARAC (City), a municipal corporation with principal offlces located at7525 NW 88th Avenue, Tamarac FL 33321, and RONALD L. BOOK, P.A. a Florida corporation with offices located at 2999 N.E. 191 Street, PH6, Aventura, Florida 33180 ("Consultant") hereby add this document as an Exhibit to the Agreement between the City and Consultant dated September 11,2OO2. The following terms are hereby added to the originalAgreement: 1. Public Records 1.1 The CITY is a public agency subject to Chapter 1 19, Florida Statutes. The CONTRACTOR shall comply with Florida's Public Records Law. Specifically, CONTRACTOR shall: 1.1.1 Keep and maintain public records required by the CITY in order to perform the service; 1.1.2 Upon request from the CITY, provide the public agency with a copy ot the requested records or allow the records to be inspected or copied within a reasonable time at no cost to the CITY. 1 .1 .3 Ensure that public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public records disclosure requirements are not disclosed except as authorized by law for the duration of the contract term and following completion of the Agreement and any renewals thereof if CONTRACTOR does not transfer the records to the CITY. 1.1.4 Upon completion of the Agreement, transfer, at no cost to the CITY, all public records in possession of CONTRACTOR, or keep and maintain public records required by the CITY to perform the service. lf CONTRACTOR transfers all public records to the CITY upon completion of the Agreement, CONTRACTOR shall destroy any duplicate public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from public records disclosure requirements. lf CONTRACTOR keeps and maintains public records upon completion of the Agreement, CONTRACTOR shall meet all applicable requirements for retaining public records. All records stored electronically must be provided to the CITY, upon request from the CITY's custodian of public records in a format that is compatible with the information technology systems of the CITY. 1 U:VileICONTRACfSHg/eement Exhibit - Lobbyid Agreements Scrutinized Companies.doc City of Tamarac Purchasing and Contracts Division 1.2 During the term of this Agreement and any renewals, CONTRACTOR shall maintain all books, reports and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices and standards for records directly related to this contract. 2. Public Records Gustodian IF CONTRACTOR HAS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 1 19, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO CONTRACTOR'S DUTY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC REGORDS RELATING TO THIS CONTRACT, CONTACT THE CUSTODIAN OF PUBLIC RECORDS AT: CITY CLERK 7525 NW 88TH AVENUE ROOM 101 TAMARAC, FL 33321 (954) 5e7-3505 GTwGLERK@TAMARAG.ORG 3. Scrutinized Companies By execution of this Agreement, in accordance with the requirements of F.S. 287.135 and F.S. 215.473, CONTRACTOR certifies that CONTRACTOR is not participating in a boycott of lsrael. CONTRACTOR further certifies that CONTRACTOR is not on the Scrutinized Companies that Boycott lsrael list, not on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List, and not on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the lran Petroleum Energy Sector List, nor has CONTRACTOR been engaged in business operations in Syria. Subject to limited exceptions provided in state law, the CITY will not contract for the provision of goods or services with any scrutinized company referred to above. Submitting a false certification shall be deemed a material breach of contract. The CITY shall provide notice, in writing, to CONTRACTOR of the CITY's determination concerning the false certification. CONTRACTOR shall have five (5) days from receipt of notice to refute the false certification allegation. lf such false certification is discovered during the active contract term, CONTRACTOR shall have ninety (90) days following receipt of the notice to respond in writing and demonstrate that the determination of false certification was made in error. lf CONTRACTOR does not demonstrate that the CITY's determination of false certification was made in error then the Clry shall have the right to terminate the contract and seek civil remedies pursuant to Section 287.135, Florida Statutes, as amended from time to time. 2 U :VilelCONTRACTSlAgreement Exhibit - Lobbyist Agreements *rutinized Companies.doc City of Tamanc Purchasing and Co,ntrads Division lN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have made and executed this Agreement on the respective dates under each signature. CITY OF TAMARAC, signing by and through its Mayor and City Manager, and CONTRACTOR, signing by and through its Manager duly authorized to execute same. CITY OF TAMARAC J M elle J. Gomez, A Michael C. Cernech, City Manager cia A. Teufel, City Clerk Date Date \ - LT.( as to fo and legalsufficiency: rney th4tq Date 3 U:VilelCONTRACISlAgreement Exhibit - Lobbyig Agreements Sctutinized Companies.doc City of Tamarac ATTEST: Signature and Contracts Division RONALD P.A. Com ignature of Consultant Ronald L. Book rint Name Type/Print Name of Consultant t "\,.Date STATE OF FLORIDA Leon)SS COUNTY OF I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day, before me, an Officer duly authorized in the State aforesaid and in the County aforesaid to take acknowledgments, personally appeared RONALD L.BOOK, an individual known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged before me that he/she executed the same. WITNESS my hand and official sealtnis I O ,20-fr ature of Notary Public State of Florida at Large Type or Stamp of Nota Public Personally known to me or Produced !dentification Type of l.D. Produced DID take an oath, or DID NOTtake an oath. TAMABAC Thc Crlt lor Yddr t,te Comm.ry JxErlhr t02rrt. 8ofircd rlroueh REIIEE TTRICTictr, PuDt!. bt Commisttil rl Ca 4 U:Vile\CONTRACTSlAgrcement Exhibit - Lobbyist Agreements Scrutinized Companies.doc t n ,{Etl$l..l i i,. ' '1;r ' i 'i I iJholt tO flf.!? fr,: ':i'i|d [{1i00 }L r P"' 'i.,)t l: ,rri, tr'!r4! . .''q ! 1, i'*l il rl'!trt {h. JF 'i{ix irt* *,