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Rosenberg council approves modest fee adjustment for city law firm and removes CPI clause
Summary
Council approved Resolution R-4049 authorizing a cost-of-living pay adjustment for the Randall Law Firm contract and removed the CPI indexing provision from the agreement as requested by council.
The council approved Resolution R-4049 authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute a fee agreement with the Randall Law Firm, LLP that implements a modest pay adjustment largely described as cost-of-living. The council specifically removed the consumer-price-index (CPI) provision from the proposed agreement.
The chair framed the change as balancing fairness to contractors with sensitivity about inflation. "We don't wanna add to inflation around here either," the chair said when explaining the council’s decision to remove the CPI clause while still approving a cost-of-living adjustment. Jessica moved to approve the item as amended to remove the CPI provision; the motion passed on a voice vote.
Staff indicated the adjustment reflects a five-year contract period and is intended as a routine contractual pay update rather than a material policy change.
