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RESOLUTION NO.
g A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM
ATTACHED HERETO, WITH VALLE"AXELBERD AND ASSOCIATES,
INC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING JOB STRESS SERVICES
FOR THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED
THEREFOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,140 FROM THE STRESS
CONTROL TRAINING COURSES FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN
REGION 14 TRUST AND AGENCY FUND.
WHEREAS, the City is desirous of entering into an agreement for
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job stress services with Valle-Axelberd and Associates, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has offered the City of Miami the
sum of $21,140 from the State of Florida Law Enforcement Training
Trust Fund for the purpose of obtaining job stress services; and
WHEREAS, an agreement, substantially in the form attached
hereto, has been reached between the City and Valle-Axelberd and
Associates, Inc. for the purpose of providing job stress services
to the Miami Police Department;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute
an agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto, with
Valle-Axelberd and Associates, Inc. for the purpose of providing
Job stress services to the Miami Police Department, with funds
therefor hereby allocated in the amount of $21,140 from the
Stress Control Training Courses for Police Officers in Region 14
Trust and Agency Fund.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10 day of DECEMBER
MAURICE A. FERRE
M A Y 0 R
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RALP9 G. ONGIE, CITY CLERI
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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ROBERT F. CLARK
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
AP:7 AS 0 F AN CORRECTNESS:
GROR E F. KNOX, JR., ITY ATTORNEY
. 1981.
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
DEC 1 01901
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
THIS AOMMENT, made and entered into as of this
daft of , 1581, by and between the CITY OF MIAMI ,
a municipal corporation of the State of Florida, hereinafter
referred to as the "CITY", and VAhF,Ey11XELBERD AND ASSOCIATES,
INC., a corporation, hereinafter referi:ccl to as the "CORPORA-
TION":
W I T N E S S E I: It
WIiEREAS, the CITY has been awarded.tnonies from the State
of Florida Law Enforcement Training Trust Fund to conduct
Stress Control Training courses for police officers in Dade
and Monroe Counties; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, by ("rclinance No.
passed and adopted on day of —_ 1981,
has accepted these monies and authorized and directed the
City Manager to implement this trainingi program; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the training pi-ogram, the CORPORA-
TION has agreed to render and provide tho professional
service described in this Agreement:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
and agreements hereinafter set forth, and in further consi-
deration of the sum of Twenty Thousand, Seven Hundred and
Twenty Dollars ($20,720.00) to be paid by the CITY to the
CORPORATION, the parties agree as follows:
1. The CORPORATION agrees that during the period
beginning October 12, 1981 and ending :tune 30, 1982, the
CORPORATION shall provide and be fully responsible for the
professional service and work product specifically outlined
in the training program. In this connection, the CORPORATION
shall:
A. Maintain a forty hour training program that will
help police officers to recognize and cope with job
stress and that will address their individual needs
in the areas of psychology, physiology, and nutrition
h� Update the complete lesson plan prepared during the
1980-1981 contract identifying program objectives,
teaching methods, -instructional aids; lecturers,
and deliver same to the Miami police Department
Training Unit prior to Jant..i;try 10 1982. it shall
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be the responsibility of th- CORPORATION to compen-
sate any and all other persons whom they wish to
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utilize toward achieving the pcogram's objectives, {
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forwarding copies of all vouchers to the Miami Police
Department Training Unit monthly.
C. Update the instructor's outl_ne covering the specific
information that will be presented during the training
program, and deliver the same- t:o the Miami Police
Department Training Unit by �Innuary 1, 1982.
D. Update and maintain tests for measuring the degrees
of attainment of program objectives and for evaluating
the overall program achievement., and each student's
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progress so that a final grade for each student
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can be determined.
E. Conduct seven training sessions of forty hours each
in duration and make program modifications, after
each session, where necessary to maintain a high
level of program quality:
F. Provide initial counselling and referral services
for program participants during each of the forty
hour training sessions when the need dictates.
G. Develop an individualized program for each of the
program participants that will help them to success-
fully deal with their own particular stress in a
manner that will be beneficial to their jobs and
personal health.
H. Prepare an evaluation report upon the conclusion of
the training program that will accurately reflect
the degree to which objectives were met and the
overall achievement, which shall be delivered to
the Miami Police Training Unit prior to July 31
1982.
The compensation to be paiA to the CORPORATION shall
be the aggregate sum of Twenty Thousand :'even Hundred and
Twenty Dollars ($20,720.00). Said sum shall be payable as
follows: Nine Thousand Dollars ($9,000.00) shall be due and
payable on January 11, 1982 and therer-iL-t-cr the balance of
Eleven Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($11,720.00)
shall be due and payable upon completion of all elements of
this Agreement. Each such payment shall. be made to VALLE-
AXELBERD AND ASSOCIATES, INC., and shall. be delivered through
the Training Unit (Room 327) at the Miami_ Police Department,
400 Northwest 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida.
The CORPORATION shall then be respo!isible for compensating
other instructional personnel who are >>ti_lized to achieve the
goals of the program. These other ins,.i-lictional personnel
shall be paid by the CORPORATION at the Following rate per
hour:
Psychologist (2) $50.00 per hour
Nutritionist (1) $40.00�per hour
Physician M.D. (1) $50.00 per hour
Physical Fitness Instructor $30.00 per hour
Bio-Feedback Technician $30.00 per hour
The CORPORATION understands that these funds are for the
remuneration of instructional personnel only, and that any
unpaid monies which remain at the conclusion of the program
shall be reimbursed to the CITY. A copy of all disbursement
receipts shall be delivered to the Miami Police Training Unit
on the first Friday of each month.
3. The professional services and work product to be
rendered and performed by the CORPORATION shall be rendered
and performed to the reasonable satisfaction of the Chief of
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Police of the CITY and to the police Standards and Training
Commission of the State of Florida and the duty of the CITY
to pay the compensation to the CORPORATION provided in para-
graph 2 of this Agreement shall be subject to such satisfac-
tory performance. The CORPORATION recognizes that the source
of the funds is the above identified Training Trust fund
administered by the CITY. The CORPOPIVVION therefore agrees
that the duty of the CITY to pay all or any part of the com-
pensation to which the CORPORATION will or may be entitled
pursuant to this Agreement, shall be crmif-.ingent on the receipt
by the CITY of trust funds in an amount or amounts at least
equal to the amount or amounts of compensation due hereunder.
4. The CORPORATION shall be deeineTl to be an independent
contractor. No agent or employee of th(-i CORPORATION who may
render, directly or indirectly, any ser-.-Ice pursuant to or
in connection with the performance of the CORPORATION obli-
gations pursuant to this Agreement, shall in any event or
circumstance be deemed to be an agent or employee of the CITY,
and no such person shall be entitled to nny right or benefit
to which CITY employees, whether classified or unclassified,
are or may be entitled by reason of their employment by the
CITY.
5. The City Manager shall have the right, upon ten (10)
days written notice to the CORPORATION, to terminate this
Agreement if the CORPORATION shall fail to perform its
obligations hereunder to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Chief of Police of the CITY, or if it shall otherwise fail
to perform an obligation or fail to render any performance
expressly or impliedly required by this Agreement. In the
event that the City Manager terminates this Agreement, as
above provided, all documents, data, studies, reports or
other written material prepared by the CORPORATION in connec-
tion with this Agreement, shall at the option of the CITY
become the property of the CITY: and the CORPORATION shall,
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in such event, be entitled to receive just and equitable
compensation for the services it shall theretofore have
rendered such compensation not to exceed 'rwenty Thousand
Seven Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($20,77.0.00).
6. This Agreement may be termdmaLed by mutual agreement
of the parties upon such terms as ma}- h^ agreed upon, provided
that if this Agreement is terminated hii«r to the completion
of the CORPORATION'S services as contt-ml.Oated by this Agree-
ment, the aggregate compensation to whip-h it may be entitled
shall not exceed an amount which bears 1:11e same ratio to
the total compensation provided by this 1+.greement to be paid,
as the services actually performed by thy? CORPORATION bear
to the aggregate of the services comtemplated to be rendered
by the CORPORATION by this Agreement.
7. The CORPORATION covenants th:-F it presently has
no interest and shall not acquire any interest, direct or
indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with
performance of the services required to he performed under
this Agreement. The CORPORATION furth:�r covenants that in
the performance of this Agreement, no person having any such
conflicting interest shall be employed by it.
B. No report, information, data, etc., given or prepared
or assembled by the CORPORATION under this Agreement, including
both raw or source data, as well as evaluations thereof,
shall be made available to any individual or organization by
the CORPORATION without prior written approval of the City
Manager.
9. No material produced in whole or in part under this
Agreement shall be subject to copyright in the United States,
or in any other country. The CITY shall have unrestricted
authority to publish, disclose, distribute and otherwise use,
in whole or in part, any reports, data or other materials pre-
pared under this Agreement. All of the said material shall
become the property of the CITY and the CORPORATION shall
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have no claim of any nature whatsoever tipon the work productf
and other work material so surrendered to the CITY; provided
that the CORPORATION may publish, diacl.ose, distribute or
otherwise use, in whole or in part, any reports, data or
other materials prepared under this j*greement upon written
approval of the City Manager and such npi>ro'val shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
10. The CORPORATION shall be ohlig1!ted to assist,
insofar as practicable and necessary .in order to accomplish
the purposes of the above mentioned training program, all
CITY personnel and all other persons participating in the
project. In carrying out its duties and responsibilities,
the CORPORATION will render the Police Training Personnel
such assistance as may be desirable and necessary in assuring
the accomplishment of the purposes and goals of the training
program.
11. This Agreement shall not be i!Lered or amended
except by written instrument executed 1)�- both parties.
12. The CITY reserves the right to audit the records
of the CORPORATION at any time during the-z performance of this
Agreement and for a period of one year after final payment
is made under this Agreement.
13. CORPORATION shall indemnify and save the CITY
harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities,
losses, and causes of action which may arise out of CORPORATION'S
activities under this contract, including all other acts or
omissions to act on the part of the CORPORATION or any of
them, including any person acting for or on his or their
behalf.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
these presents to be executed by the respective officials
thereunto duly authorized, this the day and year first above
written.
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Attest.,
Secretary
Attest:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
KENNETH I. HARMS
CHIEF OF POLICE
VALL1--•AX1 LBER0 AND
ASSOCIATS5, INC.
By,
�President '
(SEAL)
C11.1' OF MIAMI, a municipal
Curpotation of the State of
Fl-orida
By:
City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
GEORGE F. KNOX, JR.
CITY ATTORNEY
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Howard tary
j City Manager
FROM: Kenneth S. Harms
I' Chief of Police
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r tjtY of MIAMI. PWRIoA
MtM614ANDUM
OAte: Nod ember fib, 1081
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SuBjEct• Resolution z Ordinance
Valle-Axelberd and Associates,Inc.'
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
I recommend that the proposed Ordince
be enacted providing for an Agreement
between the City of Miami and Valle-
Axelberd and Associates, Inc. to pro-
vide job stress services to Miami
Police Department personnel.
It is recommended that an Agreement between the City of
Miami and Valle-Axelberd and Associates, Inc. be executed
for the purposes of providing job stress services from
funds allocated for same in the amount of $21,140.00 from
the State of Florida Law Enforcement Training Trust Fund.