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Home My WebLink AboutCity of Tamarac Resolution (177)1 Temp. Reso. #9788 Page 1 June 11, 2002 Revision #1 June 25, 2002 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA RESOLUTION NO. 2002-177 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE AN ADDENDUM TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RACHLIN COHEN & HOLTZ LLP, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS, EXERCISING THE OPTION TO EXTEND AUDITING SERVICES FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Charter section, 7.09, states that the Commission shall provide for an independent annual audit of all City accounts made by a Certified Public Accountant and/or firm of such accountants; and WHEREAS, the City has contracted with Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, for the past three years to perform the City's independent annual audit; and WHEREAS, the agreement authorized per Resolution R-99-210 allows the City to renew the contract for an additional one year; and WHEREAS, Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP, has provided qualitative auditing services in accordance with the terms of the agreement; and Temp. Reso. #9788 Page 2 June 11, 2002 Revision #1 June 25, 2002 WHEREAS, The Assistant City Manager/Interim Director of Finance and the City Manager recommend that the agreement with Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP be extended for a period of one year to provide annual auditing services; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida deems it to be in the best interests of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to extend the contract between the City of Tamarac, Florida and Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP for a period of one year as the City's external Auditor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA: SECTION 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true and correct and is hereby made a specific part of this Resolution SECTION 2: The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to accept and execute the Addendum to the August 25, 1999 Agreement between the City of Tamarac, Florida and Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP, Providing for Auditing Services. (Attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1) SECTION 3: All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 4: If 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 application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or applications of this Resolution. 1-1 1 F] SECTION 5: passage and adoption Temp. Reso. #9788 Page 3 June 11, 2002 Revision #1 June 25, 2002 This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 26T" day of June, 2002. ATTEST: MARION SWENSON, CMC CITY CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that have approved this RESOLUTION as to form. CITY ATTORNEY AE SCHREIBER •� MAYOR RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE: MAYOR SCHREIBER AYE DIST 1: V/M. PORTNER AYE DIST 2: COMM. MISHKIN AYE DIST 3: COMM. SULTANOF AYE DIST 4: COMM. ROBERTS NAY I101]4►Ibill Ji. TO THE AUGUST 25, 1999 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA I_lkjlif RACHLIN COHEN & HOLTZ LLP PROVIDING FOR AUDITING SERVICES WHEREAS, this addendum to the agreement dated August 25, 1999, between the City of Tamarac, Florida and Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP, providing for auditing services is entered into on the 1Z day of , 2002 by and between the City of Tamarac, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Florida, hereinafter referred to as the CITY and Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP, a local public accounting firm authorized to do business in the State of Florida with its principal office located at 450 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 950, Ft, Lauderdale, Florida 33301, hereinafter referred to as the AUDITOR, who is licensed and registered under license number AD-0016097. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein, the CITY and the AUDITOR agree to the Scope of Work and the Terms and Conditions as stated for Auditing Services and to the following amendments as specified in Sections 1.0-4.0 below: 1.0 TERM AND AUDIT PERIOD As specified in the Agreement Between the City of Tamarac, Florida and Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP, Providing for Auditing Services, the City has opted to renew for an additional one year covering the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002. 2.0 SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY AUDITOR The AUDITOR shall perform the services in accordance with the provisions contained in the Agreement for Professional Services dated August 25, 1999 attached hereto as Attachment 1 and the Engagement Letter attached hereto as Attachment 2 incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement and as may be specifically designated and additionally authorized by the City. Such additional authorizations will be in the form of a Purchase Order. Each Purchase Order will set forth a specific Scope of Services, amount of compensation and completion date. 3.0 COMPENSATION The basic audit fee for the services shall be based on $74,000 for fiscal year 2002. These fees include the expanded services required as a result of the federal and state single audit requirements and assistance with the implementation of GASB34 new financial reporting entity model. Out of pocket costs, such as travel, per diem, telephone, etc. shall not be billable to the CITY unless incurred at the specific request of the CITY. 4.0 All other terms and conditions shall remain in effect as outlined in the August 25, 1999, Agreement for Professional Auditing Services between the City of Tamarac, Florida and Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP unless amended by this or a subsequent written amendment. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have made and executed this Agreement on the respective dates under each signature. ATTEST: Marion Swenson, CIVIC City Clerk Date: [Corporate Seal] ATTEST: Wi ess CITY OF TAMA AC o Schreiber, Mayor Date: 7! 3' _-;L-� Jeffrey L. Miller, City Manager as to form and legal Mitchell S. KraftOCA Atto Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP CORPORATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATE OF FLORIDA :SS COUNTY OF IPIJ� I� t7k p� HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day, before me, an Officer duly authorized in the Sate aforesaid and in the County aforesaid to take acknowledgments, personally appeared G. Jerry Chiocca, CPA, Director of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz, LLP, a Florida Corporation, to me known to be the person(s) described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged before me that he/she executed the same. WITNESS my hand and official seal this a- day of , 2002. OFFICIAL NOTARY SEAL TERESA COCHRAN NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA COMMISSION NO. CC891065 [My COMMISSION EXP. NOV. 28 3 gnature of Notary Public State of Florida at Large —C-e �D� SA Lv e "Ot� Print, Type or Stamp Name of Notary Public personally known to me or ❑ Produced Identification Type of I.D. Produced ❑ DID take an oath, or O-"-DID NOT take an oath.