Laserfiche WebLink
Adopted 8/17/09 <br />Attachment B <br />CITY OF ROSEVILLE <br />Professional Services Policy <br />Sackground <br />The City of Roseville retains outside firms or individuals to provide professional services in <br />many areas, including: <br />Legal (Prosecution, Civil, Economic Development, and Sond Counsel) <br />Appraisal <br />Planning and Landscape Design <br />Audit <br />5. Engineering, Architectural, and Environmental <br />The City enters into professional services contracts for specific projects or services, for a specific <br />period of time. <br />Pur�ose <br />The City of Roseville has determined that it is good public policy to utilize a method of selecting <br />and retaining professional services in order to: <br />Ensure Citywide consistency in the process of selecting and retaining professional services. <br />Ensure public confidence in process integrity by providing maximum transparency and <br />avoiding long-term relationships that are insulated from the economic market forces of open <br />competition. <br />Ensure that the City obtains the best overall value for its investment when retaining <br />professional services. <br />Ensure a regular, consistent fiscal review of professional services. <br />Policv <br />Contracts for professional services shall be for terms of not more than three (3) years. Multi-year <br />contracts shall not be renewed at their expiration, except as a result of a competitive selection <br />process consistent with this policy, unless this requirement is waived by a vote of the City <br />Council. <br />Multi-year contracts shall include an annual performance review to ensure that the purposes of <br />the contract are being met with reporting of results to the City Council. All contracts shall, by <br />their terms, allow the City to terminate the contract prior to completion if the City determines <br />that the contract does not continue to serve the City's purposes. <br />Selection of firms shall be through a competitive process, using a"best overall value" approach <br />whenever applicable and appropriate. <br />All professional services contracts shall be approved by the City Council. <br />The City Council should be represented in the interviews and evaluation of candidate firms for <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />