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12-0201_ACCOUNTEMPS_Personal Services AgreementTHIS AGREEMENT is made, entered into, and shall become effective this 1st day of February, 2012 (the 'Effective Date"), by and between the City of San Juan Capistrano (hereinafter referred to as the "City") and Robert Half International Inc., through its division Accountemps, (hereinafter referred to as the "Consultant"). RECITALS., WHEREAS, the City currently desires to retain the services of the Consultant regarding the City's proposal for professional staffing services; and WHEREAS, the Consultant is qualified by virtue of experience, training, education and expertise to accomplish such services, NOW, THEREFORE, City and Consultant mutually agree as follows: Section 1. j2g of work, . The scope of work to be performed by the Consultant shall consist of professional staffing services as set forth in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated herein by reference. City agrees that it is responsible for supervising Consultant's temporary employees ("Assigned Individual"). City shall hot permit or require an Assigned Individual (i) to perform services outside. of the scope of his or her assignment, (ii) to sign contracts or statements (including SEC documents), (iii) to make any management decisions, (iv) to sign, endorse, wire, transport. or otherwise convey cash, securities, checks, or any negotiable instruments or valuables, (v) to perform services r emotely. (e.g., on premises other than City's or City's customer's premises), or to use computers, software or network equipment owned or licensed by the Assigned Individual Or (vi) to operate machinery (other than office machines) or automotive equipment. Since Consultant is not a professional accounting firm, City agrees that it will not permit or require Consultant's Assigned Individual (a) to render an opinion on behalf of Consultant or on City's behalf regarding financial statements, (b) to sign the name of Consultant on any document or (c) to sign their own names on financial statements or tax returns. To the extent that there are any conflicts between the provisions described. in Exhibit "A" and those provisions contained within this Agreement, the provisions in this Agreement shall control, Consultant's Assigned Individual will assist Financial Services develop and complete the 2012-- 2014 budget development project. §gcfion 2. Term, This Agreernent shall commence on the effective date and shall terminate, no later than June 30, 2012, subject to Section 13 (Termination). Section 3. Comnensation. Total compensation for the services hereunder shall not exceed $25, . 000 at the rate set forth in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated herein by reference. Consultant shall have no obligation to continue performance once the not to exceed dollar amount limitation of $25,000 has been attained, Furthermore, City shall have the responsibility to monitor fees charged in relation to the not to exceed amount. City will either terminate the assignment or increase the not -to -exceed amount prior to attainment of the not -to -exceed dollar amount limitation. City shall be responsible for all charges for services in the event. City fails to notify Consultant of termination of the assignment or fails to increase of the not -to -exceed amount. Subject to Section 3. 1, Consultant's Assigned Individual will submit a time sheet for City's verification and approval at the end of each week. City's approval thereby will indicate its acceptance of the terms provided in Consultant's job arrangement letter confirming the engagement of that Assigned Individual. Consultant shall submit monthly invoices based on total services which have been completed for such preceding monthly period and Consultant's invoices are due within they (30) days of receipt, Legally required overtime (federal law requires in excess of 40 hours a week, state law varies) will be billed at one and one-half (I '/z) times the normal billing rate. Conversion fees, if any, will be owed and invoiced upon the hiring of Consultant's Assigned Individual, and payment is due within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice. The City will pay monthly invoices in accordance with this Section. Consultant shall keep complete and accurate records of all costs and expenses incidental to services covered by this Agreement. These records will be made available at reasonable times.during normal business hours to the City. Invoicesshallbe addressed as provided. for in Section 14 below. It is agreed that Consultant shall act and be an independent contractor and not ars agent or employee of the City, and shall obtain no rights to any benefits which accrue to City's employees. OA Section 55. Limitations `ori Subcontractina and Asst rent. The experience, knowledge, capability and reputation of Consultant, its principals and employees were a substantial inducement for the City to enter into this Agreement. Consultant shall not contract with any other entity to perforin theservices required without written approval of the City, with the exception of Consultant's third party background check vendor. This. Agreement may not be assigned, voluntarily or by operation of law, without the prior written approval of the City. If Consultant is permitted to subcontract any part of this Agreement by City, Consultant shall be responsible to the City for the negligent acts and omissions of its subcontractor as it is for persons directly employed. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create any contractual relationships between any subcontractor and City. All persons engaged in the work will be considered employees of Consultant. City will deaf directly with and will make all payments to Consultant- Section onsultant.. Section . Changes to Scope of Work, For extra work not part of this Agreement, a written authorization from City is required prior to Consultant undertaking any extra work. In the event of a change in the Scope of Worts provided for iii the contract documents as requested by the City, the Parties hereto shall execute an addendum to this Agreement setting forth with particularity all terms of the new agreement, including but.not limited to any ad€ ifional.Consultant`s fees. Section 7. Familiarity with Work and/or Construction Site. Reserved. Section ti. Time of Essence. Reserved. Consultant shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, codes and regulations of federal, state and local government directly related to the provision of services under this Agreement. Consultant covenants, to the best of its ability, that it presently has no interest and shall not acquire any interest., direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the services contemplated by this Agreement, 3 Section 11, ingAmwity. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Consultant agrees to hold harmless the City and its elective and appointive boards, officers, and employees from any and all third party liabilities, expenses, or damages of any nature, including reasonableattorneys'. fees, for p personal injury or death of any person, or damages of any nature, oril . y to the extent directly arising out of, the negligence, and/or intentional wrongful conduct of Consultant, Consultant's agents, officers, employees, subcontractors, or . independent contractors hired by Consultant: in the performance of the Agreement and to the extent not causedby or resulting from the negligence, recklessness: and/or wrongful conduct of the City, or any of its elective or appointive boards, officers, agents, employees, subcontractors, or independent contractors. The Consultant shall have no responsibility for negligence, recklessness and/or wrongful conduct of the City, or any of its elective or appointive boards, officers, agents, employees, subcontractors, or independent contractors. Section 12, Insurance. On or before beginning any of . the services or work called for by any term of this Agreement, Consultant, at its own cost and expense, shall carry, maintain for the duration of the agreement, and provide proof thereof that is acceptable to the City, the insurance specified below with Insurers and under forms of insurance satisfactory in all respects to the City. Consultant shall not allow any subcontractor to commence work on any subcontract until all insurance required of the Consultant has also been obtained for the subcontractor. Insurance required herein shall be provided by Insurers in good standing with the State: of California and having a minimum Best's Guide Rating of A- Class VI or better. 12.1 Comprehensive General Liability. Consultant shall maintain in full force and effect. Comprehensive General Liability coverage In an amount not less than one million dollars per occurrence ($1,000,000), combined single limit coverage for risks associated with the work contemplated by this agreement. 12.2 Comprehensive Automobile Liability, Consultant shall maintain in full force and effect Comprehensive Automobile Liability coverage,. including owned, hired and non -owned vehicles in an amount not less than one million dollars, per, occurrence ($1,000,obo). 12.3 Workers' Compensation. Consultant Will maintain workers, compensation insurance in accordance with the Labor Code of California and covering all employees of the Contractor providing any service in the performance of this agreement. Such insurance shall be endorsed to: (1) Waive the insurer's right of Subrogation against the City and City Personnel. A statement on an insurance certificate wall not be accepted in liou of the actual endorsement M 12.4 Proof of Insurance RequirementsfEndorsement. Prior to beginning any work under this Agreement, Consultant shall submit the insurance certificates, including the deductible or self -retention amount, and an additional insured endorsement naming City, its officers, employees, agents, and volunteers as additional insureds as respects each of the following'. Liability arising out of activities performed by or on behalf of Consultant., including the premises owned, occupied or used by Consultant, or automobiles owned, [eased, hired, or borrowed by Consultant. 12.5 Notice of Ctncellation/Termination:cif Insurance. The above policy/policies shall not terminate, nor shall they be cancelled, nor the coverages reduced, until after thirty.(30) days' written notice is given to City, except. that ten (10) days' notice shall begiven if there is a cancellation due to failure to pay a premium 12.6 Terms of Compensation, Consultant shall receive compensation as set forth in Section 3,2. Consultant shall comply with City's request to provide certificate of insurance demonstrating Consultant's compliance with all of City's insurance provisions. requirements prior to the assignment of Consultant's Assigned Individual. 12.E Notice to Proceed. Consultant shall not proceed with any work under this Agreement until the City has issued a written "Notice to Proceed" verifying that Consultant has complied with all insurance requirements of this Agreement. Section 13. Termination, Either party shall have the right to terminate tfiis Agreement without cause by giving thirty (30) days' advance written notice of termination to the other party. In addition, this Agreement may be terminated by any party for cause by providing ten (10) days' notice to the other party of a material breach of contract. If the other party does not cure the breach of contract, then the agreement may be terminated subsequent to the ten (10) day cure period. Any respective obligations of Consultant or City hereunder which by their nature would continue beyond the termination, cancellation or expiration of this Agreement shall survive such termination, cancellation or expiration. 9 Section 14. ftfidg. All notices shall be personally delivered or mailed to the below listed addresses, or to such other addresses as may be designated by written notice. These addresses shall be used for delivery of service of process: To City: City of San Juan Capistrano 32400 Paseo Adelanto San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Attn: Human Resources Department To Consultant: Accountemps 28202 Cabot Rd., Suite 416 Laguna Miguel, CA 92677 Attn: Regional Manager With a copy to: Robert Half International Inc. 2613 Camino Ramon San Ramon, CA 94583-9128 Atte; Client. Contracts Department (415) 402=6970 (facsimile) Section 15, Attorneys' Fees. If any action at lave or in. equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees, and costs. 5ectiOn 16. DIS.Rute Resolution_ Ire the event of a dispute arising between the parties regarding performance or irate -pretation of this Agreement, the dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration under the auspices of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service ("JAMS"). Section 17. Entire Actreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreerraent between the parties and supersedes all previous negotiations between therm pertaining to the subject matter thereof. This Agreement is only applicable to, and the only Consultant branch and division obligated under this Agreement are, the Accountemps and OfficeTeam divisions of the branch located at 28202 Cabot Road, Suite 416, Laguna Miguel, California 92677, Notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in this Agreement or attachment hereto with regard to fixed-price, deliverables, acceptance cif deliverables; or milestones, Consultant shall be compensated on an hourly basis only. Consultant is in the business of providing temporary staffaugmentation and does not provide project -based services or €el�ver�ljles. 1. t ............................... Consultant ma increase its rate . y rates for the services provided under this Agreement to reflect increases in Consultant's own costs of doing business, including costs associated with higher wages for workers and/or related tax., benefit and other costs. Consultant will provide written notice of any increase in its rates for the services, and such increase will be prospective, starting as of the effective date Consultant specifies. Section 19, Reference Checks. Consultant checks references only by asking specific questions to select past employers with regard to skills and work history before placing an individual on his or her first assignment. Section 70. Con -version. In the event that City wishes to convert any of Consultant's Assigned Individual within twelve (12) months after the last day of the assignment, City agrees to pay a conversion fee. The conversion fee calculation is one percent (1 %) for each thousand dollars of the annual compensation of Consultant's Assigned individual (e.g. 30% for a $30,000 compensation package) multiplied by the aggregate annual compensation, to a maximurn of thirty percent (3011/o) for OfficeTearn and thirty-five percent (35%) Accountemps.. City agrees to Pay 8 conversion fee if Consultant's Assigned individual to City is hired by an affiliate or business entity as a: result of City's subsequent referral of Consultant's Assigned Individual to that company. Section 21. Resume Confidential iqq9nimix: City agrees to hold in confidence the identity of Consultants candidates and their resume, social security number and other legally protected personal information. (SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS) 7 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, APPROVED AS TO FORK MOi6ar S-and�vl, City Aftorney \' CIT F SAN N CA RANO K en P. rust, City iV#anager ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL INC, 17 B y 4 .31, -� CYqOi Karapogosian, Sr, Regional VP February tis 2012 Dear Lori, �82A2 Cabef t7aad. Stlrfe � i 6. t aguna Pdig0t-C CA 92677 Phon,9 94,4) M -OM Fax: 9M 3&5,.9557 Please let this letter confirm the hourly bill rate for the selected Accountant of $32.24 per hour, Jennifer C~aiso Branch Manager Accountemps 2.8202 Caber Road, Suite 410, Laguna .N'igctcl,CA 92677 €mmp5 nQs."OrYtOwed 115 canuieclee We 050ORY mem cundidule refer noee by asking spedlic questions of se der! previous enVjo ers with regard icgtions arsd work history. Accesurslernip5 has no€ var,fiad'cP rapresentotibns made by IIie con&data in This resume. We recommend ohof Qur d4o per€qrm their own refeien.ce checking, CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRAN AcCOUNTANT S✓tass spocificatians .aid tniet�rleri.t�i:pres�rrt: a descriptive list of the range of duties performed lay employees in the class. peetiraatrons.a1V mi fnienrled to reflect adl duties performed within the jcA DEFINITION To perforin a variety of professional accounting functions including analyzing accounts, posting to the general ledger, preparing and monitoring budget activities and reconciling bankstatements; to prepare a variety of financial reports and records; and to assist with technical and clerical accounting functions. SUPERVISION REC IVED A 9 EXERCISED Receives direction from the Accounting Manager. ESSENTIAL FUNCTION STATEMENTS , Essential responsibilities and duties may include,, but are not lrrnited to, the following' Essential Functions: 1: Audits and analyzes accounting transactions; posts receipts to the general ledger including accounts payable and receivable, employee payroll, fringe benefits, fixed assets and special assessment districts; audits journal entries. 2. Prepares a variety of financial reports on transactions; reconciles bank accounts; prepare cash .control. 3. Assists<with the annual audit; coordinates with the auditor, provides financial statements and records, 4, Prepares' y a. rid financial reports analyzes revenue and expenditure reports; summarizes discrepancies, a. Assists in the. development,. implementation and modification of accounting systems .and programs- vurites:corrrputerorograms; recommends: modifications as appropriate. 0, Oversees the maintenance and updating of accounting systems; ensures compliance with mandates and guidelines. 7. Investigates City claims related to property damage, injuries, bad checks and delinquencies; estimate amounts; contacts claimant: may canter with legal counsel. S. Maintains and overseas administration of the fixed asset program. 9. Attends and participates in professional .group meetings, stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of accounting and finance. 10. Participates in a variety of clerical and technical accounting functions; provide assistance at the front counter. 11. Performs related duties and responsibilities as required. CITY OF.S.AN JUAN CAPISTRANO Accountant (ConVaiued) QU&A IFIC.A I0N-S l^Cnowledcie of: Professional accounting principles and practices. Principles and procedures of financial record keeping and reporting, Principal practices of budget preparation and monitoring. Accounting hardware and software systems. Modern office procedures, methods and equipment including computers Pertinent Federal., State and local codes, laws and regulations, Skill In: Perforrning:a variety of prrifessioi a! accounting duties:_ Understanding and interpreting accounting principles. and practices,. Preparing and.interpreting:a variety of fina aciel statements, reports and analyses. Operating a computer including ,a variety of accounting software programs, Overseeing administration of the fixed asset program, Working Independently in the absence of supervision, Communicating clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, Experfencq and Training Guidelines Any combination of experience and framing fl) at'would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilitias would be: ;w. erience: Three years of professional accounting experience. Tmining: Equivalent to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting, finance ora related field. WORKING CONDITION$ Envk2nmental CondRidns: Office environment; exposure to cornputer screens Phys! ,at Conditions: Essential functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting for prolonged periods of time, visual acuity for reading nurnerieal figures.