1st Amendment 02/19/2014AMY NEAVILIN, CPA
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT & COMPTROLLER
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
DATE: March 11, 2014
TO: Bob Schillinger
County Attorney
ATTN.• Kathy Peters
FROM: Lindsey Ballard, D. C. \.;r
At the February 19` 2014, Board of County Commissioner's meeting the Board granted approval of Item
R3 First Amendment to contract with Erin L. Deady, P.A. as outside legal counsel for issues related to the
RESTORE ACT. This amendment increases the maximum cap on attorney fees to a ceiling of Thirty Thousand
and No Cents ($30,000); and adds required language from F. S. 119.0701(2) regarding public records.
Enclosed is a copy of the First Amendment for your handling. If you should have any questions
please contact our office. Thank you.
cc: County Attorney
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1st AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT
BETWEEN MONROE COUNTY AND ERIN L. DEADY, P.A.
This First Amendment (herein after "Amendment ") to the Agreement dated July 17, 2013,
between Monroe County ( "County ") and Erin L. Deady, P.A. ( "Attorney "), is made and entered
into this 19 day of February 2014 in order to amend the Agreement as follows:
In consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements stated herein, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which hereby acknowledged, the
County and Attorney agree to amend their Agreement as follows:
1. The parties agree to amend Paragraph 4, SCOPE OF THE WORK AND LIMITATION ON
ATTORNEY FEES to increase the maximum amount of the Agreement from Fifteen
Thousand Dollars and No /Cents ($15,000.00) to Thirty Thousand Dollars and
no /cents ($30,000.00) in attorney fees.
2. The Attorney agrees to the changes in Florida Statute 119.0701 (2) related to public
records requests which require the Attorney to:
(a) Keep and maintain public records that ordinarily and necessarily would be
required by the public agency in order to perform the service.
(b) Provide the public with access to public records on the same terms and
conditions that the public agency would provide the records and at a cost that
does not exceed the cost provided in this chapter or as otherwise provided by
law.
(c) Ensure that public records that are exempt or confidential and exempt from
public records disclosure requirements are not disclosed except as authorized by
law.
(d) Meet all requirements for retaining public records and transfer, at no cost,
to the public agency all public records in possession of the contractor upon
termination of the contract and destroy any duplicate public records that are
exempt or confidential and exempt from public records disclosure requirements.
All records stored electronically must be provided to the public agency in a
format that is compatible with the information technology systems of the public
agency.
3. In consideration for such consent, the Attorney agrees to be bound by all the terms
and conditions of the original agreement, as amended above.
4. In all other respects, the original Agreement between the parties remains
unchanged.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized
ntative on the day and year first written above.
HEAVILIN, CPA, CLERK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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By: By:
Deputy Clerk Ma or /Chairman
Attorney:
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MONROE COUNTY ATTORNE
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AATILEENE W. CASSEL
ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY
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