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21 AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE - PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this 23rd day of July , 1996, and effective immediately by and between David M. Griffith and Associç.tes, Ltd. (hereinafter called the "Consultant"), and The City of San Marcos, Texas (hereinafter [ called the "City"), \VITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, the City has a need to review and establish the current cost of fees and charges made by various departments throughout the City, and WHEREAS, the City desires to engage the Consultant to assist in developing a study to acco~p'lish the above objective, and WHEREAS, outside users will pay a fair share of these costs if supported by a detailed cost analysis, and \VHEREAS, the Consultant is staffed with personnel knowledgeable and experienced in the requirements of developing such a revenue producing study for 'the ~ City, NO\V THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: 1. Employment of Consultant. The City agrees to engage the Consultant and the Consultant hereby agrees to perform the following services. 2. Scope of Services. The Consultant shall do, perform, and carry out in a f - good professional manner the following services: \ I I , \ Prepare a comprehensive study detailing. the current costs of services provided to users through fees, rates and service charges. The total cost of providing services will be determined for the different fees and user charges throughout the general fund departments of the City. This costing formula will include City-wide, as well as, departmental expenses casted down to the specific units of measure. The work program to provide the User Fee Study for the General Fund departments is divided into two phases and a total of eight (8) tasks. The flIst phase is concerned with the development of the Cost of Services Analysis itself. The second phase is concerned with the presentation of the results to the Department staff, City officials, and interested third parties. Following are descriptions of the eight tasks required for the completion of this study.