For City Council Meeting [January 26, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Acting City Manager
FROM: Angela McCray, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
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Request City Council to Approve Professional Service Agreements with Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, LLP and Gale, Sutow, & Associates in Order to Establish Centralized Attorney Services Related to Investigation Services and Worker's Compensation Matters within the Human Resources/Risk Management Department.
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BACKGROUND
The Human Resources/Risk Management Department was charged with the task to procure and establish a pooled environment of attorneys to assist the Human Resources/Risk Management Department with matters related to investigative services associated with Employee Relations as well as Worker's Compensation. The City's Human Resources/Risk Management Department conducted a Request for Information process cooperatively with the Purchasing Division (Finance Department) seeking pricing, terms, and nature of legal experience from legal firms willing to assist the city with legal representation and support relative to Worker's Compensation administration. The city currently contracts with Kuntz & Busi and will continue services here, but wishes to expand their reach of expertise, support, and services relative to this area of business and operations. Moving into a pooled environment, will allow the City to engage specific representation based upon background and experience relative to caseload and case specifics to best represent the city. As a result of the Request for Information, the city received four (4) proposal to evaluate. A selection committee consisting of Stephen Erlandson, Chief Mark Kling, Angela McCray, Brian Park, and Kenitra Warner, oversaw by Shanita Simmons of the Purchasing Division evaluated the proposals based on the qualifications and experience, project approach/methodology, and cost. The committee the...
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