1996-267AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FIRST
AMENDMENT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
DENTON AND LLOYD, GOSSELINK, FOWLER, BLEVINS AND MATHEWS,
AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AS PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT,
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That the City Manager is authorized to execute the
First Amendment to a Professional Servmces Agreement between the
City of Denton and Lloyd, Gossel~nk, Fowler, Blev~ns and Mathews,
substantially ~n the form of the attached agreement which is made
a part of this ordlnance for all purposes
SECTION II That the Czty Manager is hereby authorized to make
expendItures as may be required under the Agreement
SECTION III That th~s ordinance shall become effective ~mmed-
lately upon its passage and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /re'day of
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CIT~ SECRETARY
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN
THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AND LLOYD, OOSSELINK,
FOWLER, BLEVINS AND MATHEWS
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF DENTON §
Thss First Amendment to_~,.,~_~aln Agreement made and
entered into the /~ day of ~"w~996 by and between Lloyd,
Gossellnk, Fowler, Blevlns and Mathews, P C , a Texas professional
corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Consultant"), with Lambeth
Townsend having full authorIty to execute th~s Agreement on behalf
of Consultant, 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 1800, Austmn, Texas 78701
and the Cmty of Denton, Texas, a Texas munIcipal corporatmon
(hereinafter referred to as "City"), 215 East McKlnney, Denton,
Texas 76201, and sa~d Agreement heremnafter bemng referred to as
"Base Agreement"
WITNESSETH~
WHEREAS, the City and Consultant need to amend the Base Agree-
ment to provide for additional compensation for services performed
and to place conditions on the payment of add~tmonal compensatIon,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual
obligations herein, the parties hereto do mutually agree as
follows
I
That Section III A of the Ease Agreement is hereby amended to
read as follows
A The Consultant shall charge the following fees for its profes-
sional services hereunder, based on the following hourly rates
for the attorneys and support staff involved ~n th~s matter
Hourly Est~mated
Staff Rate Hours
Lambeth Townsend 180 00
Law Clerk 75 00
Paralegal 75 00
Consultant agrees that all charges for the services hereunder,
including expenses, w~ll not exceed $75,000 Consultant
understands that the $75,000 not to exceed limit ~s an agreed
upon absolute lzmztatlon on the maximum compensation for
services herein Consultant agrees to provide and manage the
delivery of its services to assure that its billings will not
exceed this maximum compensatIon lzmlt lncludzng, without
limitation, utilizing members of the professIonal staff of the
City's utilities Department and the City Attorney's office to
attend hearlngs before the Public Utllzty Commission and other
agencIes, to draft documents, and to perform other tasks
requmred hereunder when approprzate to reduce the overall
charges of Consultant and to assure that Consultant's total
charges hereunder w~ll fall w~thln the not to exceed limit
II
That save and except as amended hereby, the remaining
sections, subsections, sentences, paragraphs, and phrases of the
Base Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Czty of Denton, Texas has caused this
Agreement to be executed by zts duly authorzzed C~ty Manager and
Consultant has execute_d~th~s Agreeme~.throu~h its duly authorized
officer, dated the /~'~FT day of ~, 1996
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
TED BENAVIDES, CITY MANAGER
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
LLOYD, GOSSELINK, FOWLER,
BLEVINS AND MATHEWS
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