FIN 2020-10-26 Item 1A - Contract - 2021-2022 City Attorney Services

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Mayor Allan Ekberg October 15, 2020 Page 5 Legal services would be billed monthly, and each invoice would include a billing narrative for every time entry sensitive to protecting the attorney/client privilege. Payment; Interest You agree to make payment within thirty (30) days of receipt of our monthly statement. Outstanding balances that are not paid when due will accrue interest at the rate of one percent compounded monthly from the date of invoice until paid. TPrminntinn You may terminate our representation at any time, with or without cause, by notifying us. Upon such action, all fees and expenses incurred before the termination are due to the firm. If such termination occurs, your original papers will be returned to you promptly upon receipt of payment for outstanding fees and costs. If you wish to have a paper or electronic copy of your file at the conclusion of our representation, we will provide it to you at the current copy rate per page then in effect. Confidentiality and Electronic Communications We owe a duty of confidentiality to all of our clients. Accordingly, you acknowledge that we will not be required to disclose to you, or to use on your behalf, any information in our possession with respect to which we owe a duty of confidentiality to another current or former client. In addition, unless you advise us to use some other form of communication, we intend to use various communications devices in the normal course (which may include wired or wireless e-mail, cellular telephones, voice over Internet and electronic data/document web sites) to communicate with and send or make available documents to you and others. Absent special arrangements or circumstances, we do not employ encryption technologies in our electronic communications. Although there is some security risk with the current technology, we believe the benefits from using this technology outweigh the risk of accidental disclosure. By agreeing to engage us as your attorneys, you consent to the use of these communication methods without encryption. Dispute Resolution If you disagree with the amount of our fee, please take up the question with your principal attorney contact or with the firm's Managing Member. Typically, such disagreements are resolved to the satisfaction of both sides with little inconvenience or formality. Any disputes relating to these Terms of Engagement or the accompanying engagement letter (collectively this "agreement") or the amount of legal fees related thereto, will be submitted to arbitration through the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA") in Seattle, Washington, according to its then -effective rules, and Ogden Murphy Wallace, P.L.L.C., and you agree to be bound by the results of such arbitration. Please be aware that by agreeing to arbitration, you are waiving the right to a trial by jury and your right to appeal, that the arbitrator will be bound by the AAA rules and not by state or federal law, and that discovery will be limited to what is allowed under the AAA rules. Arbitration fees and expenses shall rA