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Docusign Envelope ID: E5129791-97F6-4CD4-81B8-F62E36737CAB ATTACHMENT EXHIBIT B FEE SCHDULE Consultant shall provide the sales tax and economic analysis services described in Exhibit "A" during the Term of this Agreement for as set forth in Section 5.1 of the Agreement. The annual fee shall be divided in four payments invoiced quarterly. Undisputed amounts shall be paid by City no later than 30 days after the invoice date. The fee shall increase annually starting January 1, 2023 by the percentage increase in the "CPI" for the preceding twelve-month period. In no event shall the fee be reduced by this calculation. For purposes of this Agreement, the "CPI"shall mean the Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers for the surrounding statistical metropolitan area nearest CityY, All Items (1982-84 = 100), as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or, if such index should cease to be published, any reasonably comparable index selected by Consultant. B. Consultant shall be compensated fifteen percent (15%) of all new and recovered sales, use and transactions tax revenue received by the City as a result, in whole or in part, of the allocation audit and recovery services described in the above (hereafter referred to as "audit fee"), including without limitation, any reimbursement or other payment from any state fund and any point -of -sale misallocation. 1. The audit fee shall be paid even if City assists, works in parallel with, and/or incurs attorneys' fees or other costs or expenses in connection with any of the relevant Services. Among other things, the audit fee applies to state fund transfers received for back quarter reallocations and monies received in the first eight consecutive reporting quarters following completion of the allocation audit by Consultant and confirmation of corrections by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. City shall pay audit fees upon Consultant's submittal of evidence of Consultant's work in support of recovery of subject revenue, including, without limitation, copies of CDTFA 549-S petition forms of any other correspondence between Consultant and the Department of Tax and Fee Administration or the taxpayer. 2. For any increase in the tax reported by businesses already properly making tax payments to City, it shall be Consultant's responsibility to support in its invoices the audit fee attributable, in whole or in part, to Consultant's Services. C. Consultant shall invoice City for any optional consulting and other Services requested in writing and rendered to City based on the following hourly rates on a monthly or a quarterly basis at Consultant's option. All such undisputed invoices shall be payable by City no later than 30 days following the invoice date. City shall not be invoiced for any consulting services totaling less than an hour in any month. The hourly rates in effect as of the Effective Date are as follows: Principal $325 per hour Programmer $295 per hour Senior Analyst $245 per hour Analyst $195 per hour I:\cmo\Agreements\First Amendment Hinderliter de Llamas & Associates FY25-0031-AE.docx