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02-01-1993 / / u Vc, "'\lq Order Ma~~ Hayman Councilman Jones Councilwoman Martin Councilman Hays Councilman Mitchum AGENDA CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER FEBRUARY 1, 1993 7:00 p.m. COMMUNITY CENTER 1. Call to Order, Roll Call, Allegiance Invocation, Pledge of 2. Approval of Minutes None 3. Citizen Comments 4. Consent Agenda Items on the consent agenda are defined as routine nature that do not warrant detailed discussion or individual action by the Council; therefore, all items remaining on the consent agenda shall be approved and adopted by a sing Ie motion, second and vote by the City . Co 11 n c i 1 . Items on the consent agenda are not subject to discussion. One of the most basic rules of a consent agenda is that any member of the City Council may remove any item from the consent agenda simply by verbal request at the City Council meeting. Removing an item from the consent agenda does not require a motion, second or a vote; it would simply be a unilateral request of an individual Councilmember. None 5. New Business None 6. Ordinances, Public Hearings, and Resolutions First Reading: A. Res. 93-R-03 Application for Department of Transportation Beautification Grant B. Res. 93-R-04 Tentative award of Phase IV, Florida Shores Capital Improvements Program, to S & E Contractors, Inc. in amount of $4,666,470 for base bid on wastewater improvements with additive alternate "A", water improvements, of $36~300 Second Reading: (Public Hearing) None 7. Unfinished Business 8. Council/Officers Reports A. City Attorney B. City Manager C. City Council 9. Questions from Press 10. Citizen Comments 11. Adjourn. All items for inclusion on the February 22, 1993, City Council agenda must be received by the City Manager's office no later than 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, 1993. Pursuant to Chapter 286, F.S., if an individual decides to appeal any decision made with respect to any matter considered at a meeting or hearing, that individual will need a record of the proceedings and will need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made. 6. AGENDA REQUEST Date: January 26, 1993 ''fir NEW UNFINISHED CONSENT BUSINESS BUSINESS PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION X ORDINANCE ITEM DESCRIPTION /SUBJECT: Request to apply for D.O.T. Beautification Grant - Resolution No. 93 -R -03. BACKGROUND: Presently, the City of Edgewater has received a Beautification Grant to landscape 3 median strips on U. S. 1 for this fiscal year. We are applying for additional funding to landscape 2 medians on the north end of the City limits for the next year. The City will Nor, match its half of the grant with in -house labor. RECOMMENDATION /CONCLUSION: The Parks and Recreation Department recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 93 -R -03 authorizing submittal of the Beautification Grant application and subsequent execution of the Highway Beautification Grant Memorandum of Agreement by the Mayor subject to approval as to form and correctness by the City Attorney. FUNDS AVAILABLE: ACCOUNT NUMBER: N/A (SPECIFY IF BUDGET AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED) PRESENTED BY: Jack Corder PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM: YES NO X DATE: AGENDA ITEM NO. `fir Respectfully Submitted, (Z4) vwr • • • Corder _rector of Parks and Recreation Concurrence: George pr. McMahon City Manager Nwr RESOLUTION NO. 93 -R -03 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION GRANT r APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; AUTHORIZING SUBSEQUENT EXECUTION OF THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION GRANT MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BY THE MAYOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY; REPEALING RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, many roadside areas and median strips abutting Department of Transportation rights -of -way areas must be maintained and attractively landscaped; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the City of Edgewater beautify and improve various rights -of -way areas within the City of %r Edgewater by landscaping. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida: Section 1. The submittal of the Highway Beautification Grant application to the Florida Department of Transportation for fiscal year 1993 -1994 is hereby authorized. Section 2. Upon approval of the application, the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the Highway Beautification Grant Memorandum of Agreement, subject to approval as to form and correctness by the City Attorney. Section 3. All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith be and same are hereby repealed. Section 4. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption. After Motion by and XXX Second by XXX, the vote on this resolution was as follows: Mayor Jack H. Hayman, Sr. XXX Councilman Kirk Jones XXX Councilwoman Louise A. Martin XXX Councilman Mike Hays XXX Councilman David L. Mitchum XXX N PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this XIX day of XXXXXXXX, 1993. 93 -R -03 ATTEST: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA `, By: Susan J. Wadsworth Jack H. Hayman, Sr. City Clerk Mayor APPROVED FOR FORM & CORRECTNESS: Rrista A. Storey City Attorney err Now yew 93 -R -03 2 6. k1. AGENDA REQUEST Date: January 26, 1993 NEW UNFINISHED Iry CONSENT BUSINESS BUSINESS PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION XXX ORDINANCE ITEM DESCRIPTION /SUBJECT: Resolution No. 93 -R -04 - Tentative award of Phase IV, Florida Shores Capital Improvement Program, to S & E Contractors, Inc. BACKGROUND: On January 12, 1993, bids were opened for Phase IV of the Florida Shores Capital Improvement Program. The low bidder is S & E Contractors, Inc. at an amount of $4,666,470.00 for wastewater improvements. Additive Alternate "A ", water improvements, which are not part of the assessment, is $36,300. RECOMMENDATION: I recommend the Edgewater City Council approve Resolution 93 -R -04 giving the tentative award of bid for Phase IV to S & E Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $4,666,470.00, for the base bid on wastewater improvements, and the additive alternate "A ", water improvements, for $36,300.00. FINANCIAL IMPACT: As indicated FUNDS AVAILABLE; ACCOUNT NUMBER: SRF Loan /Water Bonds (SPECIFY IF BUDGET AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED) N/A PRESENTED BY: Terry A. Wadsworth, Director of Utilities PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM: YES NO XXX "err Date: Agenda Item No. Respectfully submitted, Concurrence: I .SOU V�`� -rt G 51 - / Terry A. �Jadsworth George E. McMahon Director of Utilities City Manager • RESOLUTION NO. 93 -R -04 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE TENTATIVE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COLLECTION AND INFLUENT TRANSMISSION FACILITIES - PHASE IV TO S & E CONTRACTORS, INC. PURSUANT TO THE FLORIDA REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO REGULATORY APPROVAL; AUTHORIZING SUBSEQUENT EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS BY THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER; REPEALING RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Edgewater wishes to utilize funds from the Florida Revolving Loan Fund Program to construct certain Collection and Influent Transmission Facilities (Phase IV); and WHEREAS, on January 12, 1993, bids were received for the 10 Is. Collection and Influent Transmission Facilities (Phase IV); and WHEREAS, Dyer, Riddle, Mills & Precourt Engineering, the City's engineer for the project, has recommended tentative award of the contract to S & E Contractors, Inc., in the amount of four million seven hundred two thousand seven hundred seventy and 00 /100 dollars ($4,702,770.00). NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida: Section 1. The contract for the construction of the Collection and Influent Transmission Facilities (Phase IV) is conditionally awarded to S & E Contractors, Inc., 14561 58th Street Noir N., Clearwater, Florida 34620, for a total contract amount of $4,702,770.00, (consisting of a base bid of $4,666,470.00 plus Alternate A in the amount of $36,300.00), subject to approval by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation. The proposed contract is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as Exhibit "A ". Section 2. Subject to the approval of the contract by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, the Mayor and City Manager are authorized to subsequently execute this contract. Section 3. All resolutions or parts of resolutions in Now conflict herewith be and same are hereby repealed. 93 -R -04 Section 4. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption. After Motion by XXX and Second by XXX, the vote on this resolution was as follows: Mayor Jack H. Hayman, Sr. XXX Councilman Kirk Jones XXX Councilwoman Louise A. Martin XXX Councilman Mike Hays XXX Councilman David L. Mitchum XXX PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this XXX day of XXXXXXXX, 1993. ATTEST: CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA By: Susan J. Wadsworth Jack H. Hayman, Sr. City Clerk Mayor APPROVED FOR FORM & CORRECTNESS: Krista A. Storey City Attorney tow 93 -R -04 2 SECTION 00500 AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this day of 19 , by and between THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida, hereinafter called the OWNER, and hereinafter called CONTRACTOR; WITNESSETH: OWNER and CONTRACTOR, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, agree as follows: ARTICLE I - SCOPE OF WORK CONTRACTOR shall complete all work as specified or indicated in the Contract Documents. The Work is generally described as follows: CITY OF EDGEWATER FLORIDA SHORES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PHASE 4 - The Work consists of furnishing all labor; equipment, and materials for the construction of utility, paving and drainage improvements for the Florida Shores Service Area. ARTICLE II - ENGINEER The Project has been designed by Dyer, Riddle, Mills and Precourt, Inc., whose address is 1505 East Colonial Drive, Florida 32803, hereinafter referred to as ENGINEER and who will assume all duties and responsibilities and will have the rights and authority assigned to the Engineer in the Contract Documents in connection with completion of the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents. ARTICLE III - CONTRACT TIME 3.1 The Work will be substantially completed within 255 days after the date when the Contract Time commences to run as provided in paragraph 2.3 of the General Conditions, and completed and ready for final payment in accordance with paragraph 14.13 of the General Conditions within 285 days after the date when the Contract Time commences to run. 3.2 Damages for Delay. OWNER and CONTRACTOR recognize that TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE in this Agreement and that the OWNER will suffer financial loss if the Work is not finally completed within the time specified in Paragraph 3.1 above, plus any extensions 87- 400.15/P4 00500 -1 thereof allowed in accordance with Article 12 of the General Conditions. 3.2.1 Uniqueness of the Work. The OWNER and the CONTRACTOR expressly acknowledge the unique characteristics of the Work, which cause time to be of the essence in this contract. 3.2.2 The OWNER is doing the Project under multiple construction contracts, and the Work hereunder will interface with the work of other Contractors, for the OWNER. 3.2.3. Liquidated Damages. OWNER and CONTRACTOR recognize that TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE in this Agreement and that Owner will suffer financial loss if the work is not substantially complete in the time specified in Paragraph 3.1 above. The parties also recognize the delays, expense and difficulties involved in proving in a legal proceeding the actual loss suffered by the OWNER if the Work is not substantially complete on time. Accordingly, instead of requiring any such proof, OWNER and CONTRACTOR agree that as liquidated damages for delay (but not as a penalty) CONTRACTOR shall pay OWNER $1,000.00 (One Thousand Dollars) for each day that expires after the time specified in paragraph 3.1 for Substantial Completion until the Work is' substantially complete, and that the liquidated damages set ',„► forth herein bear a reasonable relationship to the estimated actual damages that the OWNER would suffer. ARTICLE IV - CONTRACT PRICE 4.1 OWNER shall pay CONTRACTOR for performance of the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents in current funds at the lump sum or unit price as presented in the Bid Form, which is incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference. 4.2 The parties expressly agree that the Contract Price is a stipulated sum, except with regard to those items in the Bid which are subject to unit prices. ARTICLE V - PAYMENT PROCEDURES 5.1 CONTRACTOR shall submit Applications for Payment in accordance with the Contract Documents. Application for Payment will be processed by ENGINEER as provided in the General Conditions. ,,, 5.2 OWNER shall .make progress payments on account of the Contract Price on the basis of CONTRACTOR'S monthly Applications for Payment, as approved by the ENGINEER, which shall be submitted by the CONTRACTOR on or before the 10th day after the end of each calendar month for which payment is requested. 87- 400.15/P4 00500 -2 5.3 Prior to Substantial Completion, progress payments will be made in an amount equal to: 5.3.1 Ninety percent (90 %) of the value of Work completed and ninety -five percent (95 %) of the value of materials and equipment not incorporated into the Work, but delivered and suitably stored, less in each case the aggregate of payments previously made. At the sole discretion of the OWNER, monthly progress payments may be increased after fifty percent (50 %) of the Work is completed to ninety -five percent (95 %) of the value of Work completed and ninety -eight percent (98 %) of the value of materials and equipment not incorporated but delivered and stored (less the aggregate of previous payments) provided that: a) CONTRACTOR is making satisfactory progress; b) CONTRACTOR is in full compliance with the currently accepted progress schedule; and c) there is no specific cause for greater withholding. However, the OWNER may subsequently resume retaining ten percent (10 %) of the value of Work completed and five percent (5 %) of the value of materials delivered if, in the sole determination of the OWNER, the CONTRACTOR is not performing according to the Contract Documents or not complying with the current progress schedule. 5.3.2 Upon Substantial Completion of the Work, OWNER shall pay an amount sufficient to increase total payments to the CONTRACTOR to ninety -five percent (95 %) of the Contract Price, less such amounts as ENGINEER shall determine in accordance *'"' with paragraph 14.7 of the General Conditions. 5.4 Final Payment. Upon final completion of the Work in accordance with the Contract Documents, OWNER shall pay -CONTRACTOR an amount sufficient to increase total payments to ninety -eight percent (98 %) of the Contract Price. However, not less than two percent (2 %) of the Contract Price shall be retained until Record Drawings, specifications, addenda, modifications and shop drawings, including all manufacturers instructional and parts manuals are delivered to and accepted by the ENGINEER. ARTICLE VI - CONTRACTOR'S REPRESENTATIONS In order to induce OWNER to enter into this Agreement, CONTRACTOR makes the following representations: 6.1 CONTRACTOR has visited the work site and familiarized himself with the nature and extent of the Contract Documents, Work, locality, and all local conditions and federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations that in any manner '` may affect cost, progress or performance of the Work. 6.2 CONTRACTOR has studied carefully all reports of investigations and tests of subsurface and latent physical conditions at the site or otherwise affecting cost, progress or performance of the Work which were relied upon by the ENGINEER in 87- 400.15/P4 00500 -3 the preparation of the Drawings and Specifications, and which have been identified in the General and Supplementary Conditions of the Contract Documents. 6.3 CONTRACTOR has made or caused to be made examinations, New investigations, tests and studies of such reports and related data in addition to those referred to in Paragraph 6.2 above as he deems necessary for the performance of the Work at the Contract Price, within the Contract Time and in accordance with the other terms and conditions of the Contract Documents; and no additional examinations, investigations, tests, reports or similar data are, or will be, required by CONTRACTOR for such purposes. 6.4 CONTRACTOR has correlated the results of all such observations, examinations, investigations, tests, reports and data with the terms and conditions of the Contract Documents. 6.5 CONTRACTOR has given ENGINEER written notice of all conflicts, errors or discrepancies that he has discovered in the Contract Documents and the written resolution thereof by ENGINEER is acceptable to the CONTRACTOR. ARTICLE VII - CONTRACT DOCUMENTS The Contract Documents which comprise the entire Agreement ,,. between the OWNER and CONTRACTOR are attached to this Agreement, are made a part hereof and consist of the following: 7.1 This Agreement (Section 00500) (pages 1 to 6, inclusive). 7.2 Exhibits to this Agreement (sheets to inclusive). 7.3 Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Certificates of Insurance ( Sections 00610, 00620 and 00650, respectively). 7.4 Notice of Award and Notice to Proceed (Sections 00841 and 00842, respectively). 7.5 General Conditions (Section 00700) as amended by the Supplementary Conditions. 7.6 Supplementary Conditions (Section 00800). 7.7 Project Manual bearing the general title: "CITY OF EDGEWATER FLORIDA SHORES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 4 ", and consisting of Divisions 0 through 16 as listed in the table of contents. 7.8 Drawings bearing the following general title: "CITY OF EDGEWATER FLORIDA SHORES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 4 ", and consisting of the sheets as listed in the Drawings index. 87- 400.15/P4 00500 -4 7.9 Addenda numbers through , inclusive. 7.10 Bid Form (Section 00300) (Pages 1 to 16, inclusive). 7.11 All applicable provisions of State and Federal Law and any modification, including Change Orders or written amendments duly delivered after execution of Agreement. 7.12 Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to Bidders, Bid Bond, Noncollusion Affidavit, General Requirements, Field Orders and State of Florida Contract Provisions. There are no Contract Documents other than those listed above in this Article VII. The Contract Documents may only be altered, amended, or repealed in accordance with Article 3 of the General Conditions as modified in the Supplementary Conditions. ARTICLE VIII - MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 No assignment by the parties hereto of any rights under, or interest in, the Contract Documents will be binding on another party hereto without the written consent of the party sought to be bound; and specifically, but without limitation, monies that may become due and monies that are due may not be assigned without such consent (except to the extent that the effect of this restriction may be limited by law), and unless specifically stated to the contrary in any written consent of an assignment, no assignment will release or discharge the assignor from any duty or responsibility under the Contract Documents. 8.2 OWNER and CONTRACTOR each binds himself, his partners, successors, assigns and legal representatives to the other'tiarty hereto, his partners, successors, assigns or legal representatives in respect to all covenants, agreements and obligations contained in the Contract Documents. 8.3 Terms used in this Agreement, which are defined in Article 1 of the General Conditions, shall have the meanings indicated in the General Conditions, as modified in the Supplementary Conditions. ARTICLE IX - GOVERNING LAW This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida. Both parties agree that the courts of the State of Florida shall have jurisdiction of any claim arising in connection with this Agreement. In the event of litigation arising out of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to the award of attorney's fees and costs at both the trial and appellate level. • 87- 400.15/P4 00500 -5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Agreement in triplicate. One counterpart each has been delivered to OWNER, CONTRACTOR and ENGINEER. All portions of the Contract Documents have been signed or identified by OWNER and CONTRACTOR or by ENGINEER on their behalf. law This Agreement will be effective on , 19 OWNER: CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA By: MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: CITY ATTORNEY N or , CONTRACTOR: By: Its: • (CORPORATE SEAL) ATTEST: SECRETARY AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS: l Address END OF SECTION 87- 400.15/P4 00500 -6 AGENDA REQUEST C.A. NO.: 93 -20 Date: February 1, 1993 ITEM DESCRIPTION /SUBJECT: ICMA Retirement Corporation Administrative Services Agreement BACKGROUND: ICMA Retirement Corporation currently provides administration of the City's deferred compensation plan. Additional services are now provided necessitating a change to the Agreement. RECOMMENDATION /CONCLUSION: The Agreement has been approved as to form and correctness. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Agreement and authorize the Mayor to execute the document. FUNDS AVAILABLE: ACCOUNT NUMBER: (SPECIFY IF BUDGET AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED) PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM: YES NO XX DATE: AGENDA ITEM NO. Res ctfully submitted, Krista A. Storey City Attorney Concurrence: George . McMahon City Manager KAS • ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT Type: 457 Account Number: 3012 ICMA RETIREMENT • CORPORATION Plan # 3012 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT This Agreement, made as of the day of 1992, (herein referred to as the "Inception Date"), between The International City Management Association Retirement Corporation ( "RC "), a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and the City of Edgewater ( "Employer "), a(n) City organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida with an office at P.O. Box 100, Edgewater, Florida, 32132. Recitals Employer acts as a public plan sponsor for a retirement plan ( "Plan ") with responsibility to obtain the best possible investment alternatives and services for employees participating in that Plan; The ICMA Retirement Trust (the "Trust ") is a common law trust governed by an elected Board of Trustees for the commingled investment of retirement funds held by state and local governmental units for their employees; RC acts as investment adviser to the Trust; RC has designed, and the Trust offers, a series of separate funds (the "Funds ") for the investment of plan assets as referenced in the Trust principal disclosure document, "Making Sound Investment Decisions: A Retirement Investment Guide ". The Funds are available only to public employers and only through the Trust. In addition to serving as investment adviser to the Trust, RC provides a complete offering of services to public employers for the operation of employee retirement plans including, but not limited to, communications concerning investment alternatives, account maintenance, account record - keeping, investment and tax reporting, form processing, benefit disbursement and asset management. -2- • • ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION Plan # 3012 Agreements 1. Appointment of RC Employer hereby designates RC as Administrator of the Plan to perform all non - discretionary functions necessary for the administration of the Plan with respect to assets in the Plan deposited with the Trust. The functions to be performed by RC include: (a) allocation in accordance with participant direction of individual accounts to investment Funds offered by the Trust; (b) maintenance of individual accounts for participants reflecting amounts deferred, income, gain, or Toss credited, and amounts disbursed as benefits; (c) provision of periodic reports to the Employer and participants of the status of Plan investments and individual accounts; (d) communication to participants of information regarding their rights and elections under the Plan; and (e) disbursement of benefits as agent for the Employer in accordance with terms of the Plan. 2. Replacement of Employer Trust RC and Employer are parties to a Trust Agreement entitled "Trust Agreement with the ICMA Retirement Corporation" (the "Employer Trust ") for the administration of the Plan. The Employer hereby terminates the Employer Trust (not the Declaration of Trust of ICMA Retirement Trust) intending that this Administrative Services Agreement evidence the understandings between RC and the Employer with respect to the matters covered by it. Employer continues to be a party to the Declaration of Trust of the ICMA Retirement Trust and agrees that operation of the Plan and investment, management and disbursement of amounts deposited in the Trust shall be subject to the Declaration of Trust, as it may be amended from time to time and shall also be subject to terms and conditions set forth in disclosure documents (such as the Retirement Investment Guide or Employer Bulletins) as those terms and conditions may be adjusted from time to time. 3. Employer Duty to Furnish Information Employer agrees to furnish to RC on a timely basis such information as is necessary for RC to carry out its responsibilities as Administrator of the Plan, including information needed to allocate individual participant accounts to Funds in the Trust, and information as to the employment status of participants, and participant ages, addresses and other identifying information (including tax identification numbers). RC shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of any information that is furnished to it by a responsible official of the Employer or any information relating to an i individual participant or beneficiary that is furnished by such participant or -3- • • ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION Plan # 3012 beneficiary, and RC shall not be responsible for any error arising from its reliance on such information. If within ninety (90) days after the mailing of any report, statement or accounting to the Employer or a participant, the Employer or participant has not notified RC in writing of any error or objection, such report, statement, or accounting shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Employer and the participants. 4. Certain Representations, Warranties, and Covenants RC represents and warrants to Employer that: (a) RC is a non - profit corporation with full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The ability of RC to serve as investment adviser to the Trust is dependent upon the continued willingness of the Trust for RC to serve in that capacity. (b) RC is an investment adviser registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. ICMA- RC Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of RC) is registered as a broker - dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is a member in good standing of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. RC covenants with employer that: (c) RC shall maintain and administer the Plan in compliance with the requirements for eligible deferred compensation plans under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code; provided, however, RC shall not be responsible for the eligible status of the Plan in the event that the Employer directs RC to administer the Plan or disburse assets in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of Section 457 or otherwise causes the Plan not to be carried out in accordance with its terms; provided, further, that if the plan document used by the Employer contains terms that differ from the terms of RC's standardized plan document RC shall not be responsible for the eligible status of the Plan to the extent affected by the differing terms in the Employer's plan document. Employer represents and warrants to RC that: (d) Employer is organized in the form and manner recited in the opening paragraph of this Agreement with full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to act for the Plan and participants in the manner contemplated in this Agreement. Execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement will not conflict with any law, rule, regulation or contract by which the Employer is bound or to which it is a party. 5. Participation in Certain Proceedings The Employer hereby authorizes RC to act as agent, to appear on its behalf, and to join the Employer as a necessary party in all legal proceedings involving the garnishment of benefits or the transfer of benefits -4- ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION Plan # 3012 pursuant to the divorce or separation of participants in the Employer Plan. The Employer consents to the disbursement by RC of benefits that have been garnished or transferred to a former spouse, spouse or child pursuant to a domestic relations order. 6. Compensation and Payment (a) Plan Administration Fee. The amount to be paid for plan administration services under this Agreement shall be 0.9% per annum of the amount of Plan assets invested in the Trust. Such fee shall be computed and paid at the end of each month on plan assets in the Trust at that time. (b) Account Maintenance Fee. There shall be an annual account maintenance fee of 18.00. The account maintenance fee is payable in full on January 1 of each year on each account in existence on that date. For accounts established after January 1, the fee is ayable on the first day of the calendar quarter following establishment and is prorated by reference to the number of calendar quarters remaining on the day of payment. (c) Compensation for Advisory Services to the Trust. Employer acknowledges that in addition to amounts payable under this Agreement, RC receives fees from the Trust for investment advisory services furnished to the Trust. (d) Payment Procedures. All payments to RC pursuant to this Section 6 shall be paid out of the Plan Assets held by the Trust and shall be paid by the Trust. The amount of Plan Assets held in the Trust shall be adjusted by the Trust as required to reflect such payments. 7. Custody Employer understands that amounts invested in the Trust are to be remitted directly to the Trust in accordance with instructions provided to Employer by RC and are not to be remitted to RC. In the event that any check or wire transfer is incorrectly labelled or transferred to RC, RC is authorized, acting on behalf of the transferor, to transfer such check or wire transfer to the Trust. 8. Responsibility RC shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions of any person other than RC in connection with the administration or operation of the Plan. 9. Term This Agreement may be terminated without penalty by either party on sixty days advance notice in writing to the other. 10. Amendments and Adjustments (a) This Agreement may not be amended except by written instrument signed by the parties. - 5 - ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION • Plan # 3012 (b) The parties agree that administrative and operational arrangements may be adjusted as follows: RC may propose an adjustment by written notice to the Employer given at least 60 days before the effective date of the adjustment and the notice may appear in disclosure documents such as Employer Bulletins and the Retirement Investment Guide. Such adjustment shall become effective unless, within the 60 day period before the effective date the Employer notifies RC in writing that it does not accept such adjustment, in which event RC shall be under no obligation to provide services under this Agreement. (c) No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege. 11. Notices All notices required to be delivered under this Agreement shall be delivered personally or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to (i) RC at 777 North Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 600, Washington, D.C, 20002 -4240; (11) Employer at the office set forth in the first paragraph hereof, or to any other address designated by the party to receive the same by written notice similarly given. 12. Complete Agreement This Agreement shall constitute the sole agreement between RC and Employer relating to the object of this Agreement and correctly sets forth the complete rights, duties and obligations of each party to the other as of its date. Any prior agreements, promises, negotiations or representations, verbal or otherwise, not expressly set forth in this Agreement are of no force and effect. 13. Governing Law This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to contracts made in that jurisdiction without reference to its conflicts of laws provisions. -6- ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION Plan # 3012 In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the inception Date first above written. CITY OF EDGEWATER by: Signature /uate • Name and I itle (Please Print) INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION RETIREMENT CORPORATION by. en r " /01202_ Corporate Secretary / -7-