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Gloria Harper
From:Phil Gonshak
Sent:Monday, August 10, 2020 4:01 PM
To:Gloria Harper
Cc:Mike Ezroj; Jill Ingram; Patrick Gallegos; csteele@rwglaw.com
Subject:LB Animal Control Contract, Item D
Attachments:1414_001.pdf
BCC: Seal Beach City Council
Hi Gloria,
Thank you for the help! Please see the attached correction on Item “D” that will need to be addressed before it goes to
consent tonight. In short, the highlighted area of the contract should read “February 2020 to February 2021”.
Thanks again!
‐Phil
Item D: LB Animal Contract Amendment
There appears to be an error on page 2 of the Amendment in Section 4.C “Compensation Schedule, “sub‐
section “ii. Year Two.” The subsection provides for a CPI increase in year two (July 2021‐ June 2022) based on
the change in local inflation for the period of February 2019 to February 2020. Based on prior inflation
adjustments, the determinative period should be the immediate preceding year, February 2020 to February
2021.
Local inflation from February 2019 to February 2020 was 3.4%. Therefore, if the error in the determinative
period is not corrected, then the City is, in effect, agreeing now to a 3.4% contract increase in July 2021. With
the current economic conditions, 3.4% is likely going to be considerably higher than the local inflation rate
from February 2020 to February 2021. To wit, the local inflation index has dropped (deflated) by 0.2% from
February 2020 through June.
Recommendation: Do not approve the contract amendment until this error has been corrected.
Philip L. Gonshak
Chief of Police
City of Seal Beach Police Department
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