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SUNNY f5s F AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH F,a AND RONALD L. BOOK, P.A. •F100. os fU FNOt THIS CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") is made in duplicate, this �a0day of August, 2023, by and between the CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Florida, (hereinafter referred to as "City"), and RONALD L. BOOK, ESQUIRE, an attorney, and member of the Florida Bar doing business as RONALD L. BOOK, P.A. (hereinafter referred to as "Contractor"), whose address is 4000 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 677-S, Hollywood, Florida 33021. RECITALS WHEREAS, the City is in need of Contractor to provide professional services for coordination of the City's legislative relations and lobbying requirements ("Services"); and WHEREAS, Contractor has the necessary experience to provide the desired Services; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 62-13(B) the City's procurement code, contracts for professional services are exempt from the City's competitive bidding procedures; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to contract with Contractor to provide the desired professional Services and shall pay Contractor annual compensation of Sixty -Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($65,000.00), with reimbursable costs and expenses in an amount not to exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($7,500.00), for a total contract amount not to exceed Seventy -Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($72,500.00) for the period of August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants herein name, the parties agree as follows: TERMS 1. RECITALS. The Recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated into this Agreement and made a part hereof for reference. 2. SERVICES. Contractor shall provide all necessary legislative relations and lobbying services to the City, including advising the City Attorney and City Manager of any new legislation that may affect the City. Such services shall include work for the purposes of securing funds and grants for various purposes from State, Federal, and other sources promoting intergovernmental cooperation in achieving the City's objective of securing funds and grants for parks and recreation purposes, crime prevention, economic development, tourism, beautification, and traffic and streetscape environment, beach renourishment, and other purposes. Contractor shall regularly report the status of his efforts to the City Manager and the City Attorney. The Services shall be performed by Contractor to the full satisfaction of the City. If the Contractor fails to complete the Services pursuant to the terms of this contract and City must undertake the completion of performance of Services, Contractor agrees to indemnify the City for all costs incurred with respect to the completion of those Services and any damages the City may suffer as a result of the Contractor's failure to perform the Services. RONALD L. BOOK, P.A.