HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso 2022-66 - Approving Rate Increase for City Attorney RESOLUTION NO. 2022-66
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH APPROVING A RATE INCREASE
FOR CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES TO $275 PER HOUR.
WHEREAS:
1. The City of Ukiah (City) originally retained David J. Rapport to provide legal services as the Ukiah
City Attorney on July 7, 1983; and
2. The contract for said legal services allows for fee increases by City Council resolution;
3. The City last approved a rate increase for Mr. Rapport and assistant City Attorney Darcy Vaughn
on June 17, 2015, at an hourly rate of$200; and
4. Mr. Rapport's experience and knowledge of municipal law, acquired over 39 years, allow for the
efficient and timely provision of legal services to the City; and
5. Mr. Rapport's long tenure provides a level of continuity and institutional knowledge of value to the
City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby approves
an hourly rate under the Contract for Legal Services between David J. Rapport and the City of Ukiah,
of $275 for the services provided directly by David J. Rapport, as City Attorney, and Darcy Vaughn,
as Assistant City Attorney, from the Law Offices of Rapport and Marston. Said rate to begin on
October 1, 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that commencing on October 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, this
billing rate shall be adjusted by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index over the prior
12-month period, not to exceed 5% or be less than 0%. As used herein, the term "Consumer Price
Index" shall mean the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer
Price Index, All Urban Consumers, All-Items, for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area (1982-
84=100), or the successor of such index, or, if no successor index is designated, then such other
index to which the parties agree.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 511 day of October, 2022, by the following vote on roll call
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Orozco, Crane, Rodin, and Mayor Brown
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Duenas
Ji Brown, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kristine Lawler, City Clerk