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Resolution: R-11-0536
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 11-01195 Final Action Date: 12/15/2011
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
RELATING TO RESOLUTION NO. 11-0449, ADOPTED OCTOBER 27, 2011,
AMENDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ("PSA"), FOR
CONSULTING SERVICES FOR CHIEF FIRE OFFICER, FIRE CAPTAIN, AND FIRE
LIEUTENANT EXAMINATION PROCESSES, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR A
MODIFIED INDEMNITY CLAUSE AS ATTACHED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PSA, IN SUBSTANTIALLY
THE ATTACHED FORM, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND THE
CONSULTING FIRM THAT CURRENTLY HAS A PSA WITH THE CITY, EB
JACOBS, LLC, TO PROVIDE AND ADMINISTER THE PROMOTIONAL
EXAMINATION PROCESSES FOR THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF CHIEF FIRE
OFFICER, FIRE CAPTAIN, AND FIRE LIEUTENANT, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES, FOR A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $380,972, AS STATED
HEREIN.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") Department of Human Resources is required by Collective
Bargaining and the Civil Service Rules to provide promotional examination processes for the Civil
Service promotional classifications in the Department of Fire -Rescue; and
WHEREAS, the City had delays in the execution of agreements due to the May 7, 2009 hiring
and promotional freeze, and collective bargaining negotiations; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to meet the timing requirements of the promotional examination needs for
development, implementation and administration, scoring and reporting, the Department of Human
Resources has determined that it is not practicable and advantageous to the City to adhere to
competitive bidding and therefore waive competitive bidding to provide consulting services for Chief
Fire Officer, Fire Captain, and Fire Lieutenant examination processes to the City and has presented
this determination to the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to execute a Professional Service Agreement ("PSA") between the
City and the consulting firm with existing contracts with the City, EB Jacobs, LLC, for said purpose;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized{1} to execute an amendment to the PSA, in
substantially the attached form, between the City and the consulting firm that currently has a PSA with
the City, EB Jacobs, LLC, to provide and administer, the development, implementation, scoring and
reporting of promotional examinations for the civil service classifications of Chief Fire Officer, Fire
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Captain, and Fire Lieutenant, for the Department of Human Resources, for a term of six (6) months
from the anticipated contract expiration, which extends the contract from February 26, 2012, through
August 26, 2012, with fees, costs and reimbursable expenses to EB Jacobs LLC, in the not to exceed
maximum amount of $380,972.18, for the extension period of the PSA. The extended time period of
the PSA will commence on February 27, 2012 through August 23, 2012. These funds will be paid
from moneys previously allocated to all firms for these professional services, in total not to exceed
amount of $380,972.18, as already approved by the City Commission pursuant to Resolution No. 06-
0031, adopted January 12, 2006, with no additional increase in funds from the previously approved
amount by Resolution No. 06-0031.
Section 3. All other terms and conditions of the PSA, including compensation and reimbursable
expenses, will remain in effect.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be
imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter
and Code provisions.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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