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CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Item # Department: Requested Council Meeting Date: <br />August 14, 2024 <br />Legal/IT <br />IX.2 <br />TITLE OF ISSUE: <br />Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work - Arete/McDonnald Hopkins LLC <br />BACKGROUND AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: <br />Several weeks ago, a city employee clicked on a link which turned out to be a spoofed invoice, purporting to be <br />one of our vendors. The cyber-criminal was able to gain access to the employee's email and Microsoft 365 <br />account. They began sending emails out from our employee's email address. City staff worked with our IT <br />providers to identify the problem and lock the account. We also called our insurance carrier, the League of MN <br />Cities Insurance Trust. The LMCIT acted quickly to add resources to our IT provider's response. The <br />combination of law firm McDonnald Hopkins and IT forensic experts Arete were recommended to assist us in <br />determining what information may have been accessed and/or shared. All expenses for these two consultants <br />are reimbursable, less a small deductible, up to our coverage limit. Work under this contract has already begun, <br />due to the time-sensitive nature of the task. This confirms our commitment to the contract. <br />COST AND SOURCE(S) OF FUNDING: <br />Estimated fees of $10,750 (reimbursible from insurer, less $500 deductible) <br />REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: <br />Motion to approve the Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work presented by Arete and McDonnald <br />Hopkins, LLC, authorizing the City Administrator to execute the same. <br />For ClerkÓs Use: <br />SUPPORTED DOCUMENTS ATTACHED <br />Motion By: ____________________________________ <br /> Resolution Ordinance Contract Minutes Plan Map <br />Second By: ____________________________________ <br />X <br />Vote Record: Aye Nay <br />_____ <br />Other (specify) ____________ <br />__________ <br />___ <br />_______________________________________________________________ <br />_____ <br />_____ <br />_________________________________________________________________________ <br />Administration Department Use: <br />Refer to: _________________________________ <br />Consent <br /> Tabled Until: ______________________________ <br /> Regular <br /> Other: ___________________________________ <br /> <br />