Legislation Details

File #: 2024-01775    Version: 1
Type: Consent Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/1/2024 In control: City Council - 5PM
On agenda: 12/3/2024 Final action:
Title: Contracts: Independent Evaluators for the City of Sacramento Ethics Commission
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Title
Contracts: Independent Evaluators for the City of Sacramento Ethics Commission
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FileID
File ID: 2024-01775
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Pass a Motion: 1) authorizing the City Clerk or their designee to award and execute a City Agreement with Hanson Bridgett LLP for an amount not to exceed $250,000 to provide independent evaluation and investigation services for the City of Sacramento Ethics Commission; and 2) authorizing the City Clerk to award and execute City Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to PRC002160 with Devaney Pate Morris & Cameron LLP increasing the current contract by $50,000 for a new not to exceed of $70,000 to provide independent evaluation and investigation services for the City of Sacramento Ethics Commission when there is a potential conflict of interest preventing Hanson Bridgett LLP from serving as the independent evaluator for the City of Sacramento Ethics Commission.
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Contact
Contact: Kamie Southward, Council Clerk Operations Manager, (916) 808-7604, ksouthward@cityofsacramento.org; Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5441, mcuppy@cityofsacramento.org; Office of the City Clerk
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Proposed City Agreement with Hanson Bridgett LLP [KS1]
3-Proposed Supplemental Agreement with Devaney Pate Morris & Cameron LLP
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The City of Sacramento Ethics Commission (Ethics Commission) was established March 21, 2017, by Ordinance 2017-0026, which added Chapter 2.112 to the Sacramento City Code, for the purpose of reviewing and considering complaints against elected and appointed city officials to ensure those city officials are conforming their conduct to the City's laws and policies. Pursuant to Sacramento City Code Section 2.112.030, an independent and neutral evaluator shall be retained to review and investigate complaints and to make recommendations...

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