Staff Report.Second Amendment to an Agreement with Teri Black & Company
PREPARED BY: Salina Flores
Human Resources Director
Reviewed by: Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Finance Director
110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ● (408) 354-6832
www.losgatosca.gov
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: 05/17/2022 ITEM NO: 4
DATE: May 11, 2022
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Laurel Prevetti, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to a
Consultant Agreement for Executive Recruitment Services with Teri Black &
Company, LLC. in an Amount Not to Exceed $139,500 and Authorize an
Expenditure Budget Adjustment in the Amount of $40,000 from Available
General Fund Capital/Special Project Reserve.
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the Town Manager to execute a Second Amendment (Attachment 1) to a Consultant
Agreement for executive recruitment services with Teri Black & Company, LLC. (TB&Co.) in an
amount not to exceed $139,500 and authorize an expenditure budget adjustment in the
amount of $40,000 from available General Fund Capital/Special Project Reserve.
BACKGROUND:
In anticipation of executive retirements, the Town Council authorized the Town Manager to
execute an agreement with TB&Co. on October 19, 2021 (Attachment 3). During the November
16, 2021, Council meeting, the Town Manager received additional authorization to execute a
first amendment with TB&Co. for the purpose of facilitating up to three Director level
recruitments (Attachment 2). Since then, the Parks and Public Works Director and Town Clerk
have also submitted their resignations. Based on TB&Co.’s recent successful recruitment
processes for the Town, the company was selected to conduct the Parks and Public Works
Director and Town Clerk recruitments.
DISCUSSION:
The candidate pool for executive level positions is typically smaller, so it is not unusual for
public sector agencies to outsource these recruitment processes to executive recruitment
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DISCUSSION (continued):
search firms. Because executive search firms focus solely on recruitments, they have a vast
number of contacts. They also have the resources and relationships to proactively contact
candidates directly that may not be actively searching for a new opportunity and encourage
those candidates to compete in a specific recruitment.
CONCLUSION:
Based on TB&Co.’s expertise related to successfully completing director level recruitments, staff
is requesting authorization for the Town Manager to execute an amendment to the current
agreement for services to increase the not to exceed amount to $139,500. A budget
adjustment is also needed as described under the Fiscal Impact section below.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The additional cost of $56,000 brings the total not to exceed amount to $139,500. The Human
Resources Department can absorb $16,000 of the $56,000 based on the Adopted FY 2021/22
Operating Budget and remaining $40,000 is needed from the available balance in the Town’s
Capital/Special Projects Reserve.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:
This is not a project defined under CEQA, and no further action is required.
Attachments:
1. Second Amendment - TB&Co.
2. First Amendment – TB&Co.
3. Agreement for Consultant Services – TB&Co.
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT is entered into this 17th day of May, 2022, by and
between the Town of Los Gatos, State of California, herein called the “Town,” and Teri Black &
Company, LLC (“Consultant”), herein called the “Consultant.”
RECITALS
Town and Consultant entered into a Consultant Services Agreement on October 20, 2021,
(“Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference as Attachment 3
to this Amendment.
AMENDMENT
1. Scope of Services of the Agreement is hereby amended to provide executive recruitment
services for two additional recruitments: Parks and Public Works Director and Town Clerk.
2. Compensation by the Town for the Consultant’s services shall increase by an additional
$56,000. The new not-to-exceed total amount for the agreement is $139,500. The Agreement
is here by amended from $83,500 to $139,500.
3. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement dated October 20, 2021, remain in full force
and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town and Consultant have executed the Second Amendment to Agreement
as of the date indicated on page one (1).
Town of Los Gatos: Consultant:
By: ______________________________ By: ______________________________
Laurel Prevetti Teri Black, President
Town Manager Teri Black & Company, LLC
Department Approval:
__________________________
Salina Flores
Human Resources Director
Approved as to Form: Approved as to Form:
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
Robert Schultz Shelley Neis, MMC, CPMC
Town Attorney Town Clerk
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