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AGREEMENT TO PERFORM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES <br />This agreement for Professional Hearing Officer services ("Agreement") is made and <br />entered in this 1st day of September, 2023 ("Effective Date"), by and between the City of <br />Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") and Elio Palacios doing business as Palacios Law <br />Firm, a sole proprietor ("Consultant"). City and Consultant are sometimes individually referred <br />to herein as a "Party" and, together, as the "Parties." In consideration of the mutual promises <br />contained herein, City and Consultant agree as follows: <br />ARTICLE 1 — ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANT <br />1.1 City hereby engages Consultant to provide Hearing Officer services for City (the <br />"Services"). <br />1.2 The Services shall be performed by Consultant in a professional manner, and Consultant <br />represents that it has the skill and the professional expertise necessary to provide the <br />Services to City at a level of competency presently maintained by other practicing <br />professional consultants in the industry providing like and similar types of Services. <br />ARTICLE 2 — SERVICES OF CONSULTANT <br />2.1 The Services that Consultant shall perform are more particularly described in Exhibit <br />"A," titled "Scope of Services," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this <br />reference. <br />2.2 Consultant shall comply with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations in <br />the performance of this Agreement including, but not limited to, any applicable State <br />prevailing wage laws. <br />ARTICLE 3 — RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITY <br />3.1 City designates Yvette M. Abich Garcia, City Attorney, as City's representative with <br />respect to performance of the Services, and such person shall have the authority to <br />transmit instructions, receive information, interpret and define City's policies and <br />decisions with respect to performance of the Services. <br />ARTICLE 4 — PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES <br />4.1 Pursuant to section 1.22.100 of the City of Redlands Municipal Code, Consultant shall <br />perform and complete the Services of Administrative Hearing Officer in a prompt and <br />diligent manner in accordance with the tasks set forth in Exhibit "A" titled, "Scope of <br />Services," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. In accordance <br />with Redlands Municipal Code Section 1.22.100(A), the term of the agreement shall be <br />for one (1) year commencing on the Effective Date of this Agreement and ending on <br />August 31, 2024. <br />1 <br />I:\cmo\AgreementsTalacios_Law_Office-FY M242.doc jm <br />