1997-0218_WOODRUFF, SPRADLIN & SMART_Item Minutes_I1 The motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Campbell, Greiner, Hart, Jones, and
Mayor Swerdlin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
COUNCU,MANJC IXEMS
-- 1. CONTRACT WITH WOODRUFF. SPRADLTN& SMART FQR CITY ATTORNEY
SERVICES (600.30)
Written Communication:
Report dated February 18, 1997, from the City Manager, recommending that the proposed
Retainer Agreement with Woodruff, Spradlin& Smart be approved for interim City Attorney
services. The term of the Agreement was indefinite but allowed for termination of the contract
upon 60 days' written notice.
Mr. Scarborough noted that the hourly rate initially proposed had been revised from $150 per
hour to $145 per hour.
Approval of Retainer Agreement for Interim Legal Services:
It was moved by Council Member Campbell, seconded by Council Member Jones, and
unanimously carried that the Retainer Agreement with Woodruff, Spradlin& Smart be approved
for interim City Attorney services at a rate of$145 per hour. The Mayor was authorized to
execute the Agreement on behalf of the City.
2. ORAL .REPORTS OF OUTUDE AGENCY
a. San Joaquin-Hills-Transportation Corridor (,800.501
Council Member Campbell reported that at the last meeting of the Corridor Agency, the
members voted not to agendize the issue of installing call boxes and cellular service along
the Corridor. She indicated she would pursue the matter again in the future.
b. LegWje of Ca forma Cities (140.20)
Council Member Greiner noted his attendance at the meeting on February 13, which
included the presentation and approval of the Federal and State 1997 legislative platform
and the decision not to support the Orange County Transit Authority's request to serve
as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Orange County.
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