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T ENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, a home rule municipal corporation of the State of Texas ("City"), acting by
and through its duly authorized Assistant City Manager, and GARY HERNBROTH, an
individual d/b/a Training for Winners("Consultant").
RECITALS
WHEREAS,City desires to obtain training for the City Attorney's Office for professional
development of staff;
WHEREAS, City desires to hire a professional knowledgeable and experienced in
training services related to professional development;
WHEREAS,Consultant has represented that it is knowledgeable and experienced in providing
services of training on professional development; and
WHEREAS, City and Consultant mutually desire to enter into a contract to have
Consultant perform training services for the City Attorney's Office.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein expressed, the
parties agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Services. Consultant agrees to provide training to attorneys within the City Attorney's
Office on communication for approximately 2.5 hours on October 13, 2017 (the "Event"), as
detailed in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes ("Services"). City
employees will be participating in this training as a required part of their duties. City will be
responsible for providing appropriate space and any necessary equipment required by Consultant.
Consultant shall advise City of any needs regarding equipment within five days of the first day
Services will be provided.
2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall be for a term beginning on July 1, 2017 (the
"Effective Date") and ending on October 15, 2017, unless this Agreement is terminated earlier as
provided herein.
3. Fee. In consideration of the Services to be performed hereunder by Consultant, City
promises and agrees to pay Consultant an amount not to exceed$2,500.00("Fee")as full and complete
compensation for the Services to be performed hereunder, including any and all expenses incurred in
connection with performance of the Services, except that City shall reimburse the Consultant for
reasonable travel related expenses (such as home mileage using prevailing Federal rate, airfare to fly
coach, bag fees, mutually agreed upon hotel property, parking, shuttle or om
airport, bridge or road tolls, and a reasonable meal allowance) at Consult �A�JS ion
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of this Agreement, City shall pay Consultant $2,500.00. Covered travel items will be invoiced by
TFW immediately following each installment, with the full payment due 30 days following.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, it is the intent of the parties for Consultant's travel-
related expenses incurred for the performance of the Services to be paid pursuant to City Secretary
Contract Number 48430 for services being performed by Consultant at a date and time adjacent to the
Services provided hereunder.
4. Termination. Either party may cancel this Agreement at any time and for any reason by
providing the other party with ten days written notice of termination. Upon Consultant's receipt of
such notice by City,Consultant shall immediately discontinue all Services and the placing of all orders
or the entering into of contracts for all supplies, assistance, facilities and materials in connection with
the performance of this Agreement,and shall proceed to cancel promptly all existing contracts insofar
as they are chargeable to this Agreement. In the event this Agreement is terminated on or before
September 13, 2017, Consultant shall reimburse City 15% of the Fee, and if terminated after
September 13, 2017, Consultant shall retain the entirety of the Fee as consideration for the
performance of Services in anticipation of the Event.
5. Independent Contractor. Consultant shall operate hereunder as an independent contractor
and not as an officer, agent, servant, or employee of City. Consultant shall have exclusive control of
and the exclusive right to control the details of the Services performed hereunder, and all persons
performing same, and shall be solely responsible for the acts and omissions of its officers, agents,
servants, employees, and subcontractors. The doctrine of respondeat superior shall not apply as
between the City and Consultant, its officers, agents, servants, employees, or subcontractors, and
nothing herein shall be construed as creating a partnership or joint enterprise between City and
Consultant. It is expressly understood and agreed that no officer, agent, employee, or subcontractor of
Consultant is in the paid service of City.
6. Indemnification. CONSULTANT COVENANTS AND AGREES TO INDEMNIFY,HOLD
HARMLESS AND DEFEND, AT ITS OWN EXPENSE, CITY AND ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS,
SERVANTS, AND EMPLOYEES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR SUITS
FOR PROPERTY LOSS OR DAMAGE AND/OR PERSONAL INJURY,INCLUDING DEATH,TO
ANY AND ALL PERSONS, OF WHATSOEVER KIND OR CHARACTER, WHETHER REAL
OR ASSERTED, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXECUTION,
PERFORMANCE, ATTEMPTED PERFORMANCE OR NONPERFORMANCE OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND/OR THE OPERATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES DESCRIBED
HEREIN, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ALLEGED
NEGLIGENCE OF OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS,
OR SUBCONTRACTORS OF CITY; AND CONSULTANT HEREBY ASSUMES ALL
LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF CITY AND ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS,
AND EMPLOYEES FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR SUITS FOR PROPERTY LOSS OR
DAMAGE AND/OR PERSONAL INJURY,INCLUDING DEATH,TO ANY AND ALL PERSONS,
OF WHATSOEVER KINDS OR CHARACTER, WHETHER REAL OR ASSERTED, ARISING
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXECUTION, PERFORMANCE, ATTEMPTED
PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR THE
OPERATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN, WHETHER OR NOT
CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE OF OFFICERS,
AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS OF
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CITY. CONSULTANT LIKEWISE COVENANTS AND AGREES TO AND DOES HEREBY
INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS CITY FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL INJURY,
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY OF CITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH ALL ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF CONSULTANT, ITS OFFICERS,
MEMBERS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUBCONTRACTORS, INVITEES, LICENSEES, OR
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED,IN WHOLE OR IN PART,BY
ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE OF OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES,
CONTRACTORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS OF CITY.
CONSULTANT AGREES TO AND SHALL RELEASE CITY, ITS AGENTS,
EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL LIABILITY FOR
INJURY, DEATH, DAMAGE OR LOSS TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY SUSTAINED IN
CONNECTION WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT,
EVEN IF THE INJURY, DEATH, DAMAGE OR LOSS IS CAUSED BY CITY'S SOLE OR
CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE.
Consultant shall require all of its subcontractors to include in their subcontracts a release and
indemnity in favor of City in substantially the same form as above.
This Section 6 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
7. Assignment. Consultant shall not assign or subcontract all or any part of its rights,privileges
or duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of City, and any attempted
assignment of subcontract of same without such prior written approval shall be void and constitute a
breach of this agreement.
8. Compliance with Law. Consultant, its officers, agents, employees and subcontractors,
shall abide by and comply with all laws,federal,state and local,including all ordinances,rules and
regulations of City. It is agreed and understood that, if City calls to the attention of Consultant
any such violation on the part of Consultant or any of its officers, agents, employees or
subcontractors,then Consultant shall immediately desist from and correct such violation.
9. Non-Discrimination. Consultant, in the execution, performance or attempted performance
of this contract and Agreement, will not discriminate against any person or persons because of
disability, age, familial status, sex, race, religion, color or national origin, nor will Consultant permit
its officers, agents, employees, or subcontractors to engage in such discrimination.
This Agreement is made and entered into with reference specifically to Chapter 17,Article III,
Division 3, of the City Code of the City of Fort Worth ("Discrimination in Employment Practices"),
and Consultant hereby covenants and agrees that Consultant,its agents,employees and subcontractors
have fully complied with all provisions of same and that no employee or employee-applicant has been
discriminated against by either Consultant, its agents, employees or subcontractors.
10. Right to Audit. Consultant agrees that the City shall, until the expiration of three (3)
years after final payment under this Agreement, have access to and the right to examine any
directly pertinent books, documents, papers and records of the Consultant involving transactions
relating to this Agreement. Consultant agrees that the City shall have access during normal working
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hours to all necessary Consultant facilities and shall be provided adequate and appropriate workspace
in order to conduct audits in compliance with the provisions of this section. The City shall give
Consultant reasonable advance notice of intended audits.
Consultant further agrees to include in all of its subcontractor agreements hereunder a
provision to the effect that the subcontractor agrees that the City shall,until the expiration of three(3)
years after final payment under the subcontract, have access to and the right to examine any directly
pertinent books, documents, papers and records of such subcontractor involving transactions to the
subcontract, and further that City shall have access during normal working hours to all subcontractor
facilities and shall be provided adequate and appropriate workspace in order to conduct audits in
compliance with the provisions of this paragraph. City shall give subcontractor reasonable advance
notice of intended audits.
This Section 10 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
11. Fiscal Funding Out. In the event no funds or insufficient funds are appropriated by the City
in any fiscal period for any payments hereunder. City will notify Consultant of such occurrence and
this Agreement shall terminate on the last day of the fiscal period for which appropriations were
received without penalty or expense to City of any kind whatsoever, except as to the portions of the
payments herein agreed upon for which funds shall have been appropriated.
12. Entire Agreement. This written instrument constitutes the entire agreement by the parties
hereto concerning the work and services to be performed hereunder, and any prior or
contemporaneous, oral or written agreement, which purports to vary from the terms hereof shall be
void.
13. Venue and Jurisdiction. Should any action,whether real or asserted,at law or in equity,arise
out of the execution, performance, attempted performance of this Agreement, venue for said action
shall lie in Tarrant County, Texas.
14. Notices. Notices to be provided hereunder shall be sufficient if forwarded to the other party
by hand-delivery or via U.S. Postal Service certified mail,postage prepaid,to the address of the other
party shown below:
City ofFort Worth—City Attorney's Office
200 Texas Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(817) 392-8973
Gary Hembroth
1125 Sunshine Circle
Danville, CA 94506
(925)736-9392
15. Non-Waiver. The failure of City or Consultant to insist upon the performance of any
term or provision of this Agreement or to exercise any right herein conferred shall not be construed
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as a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of City's or District's right to assert or rely upon any such
term or right on any future occasion.
16. Disclosure of Conflicts. Consultant hereby warrants to the City that Consultant has made
full disclosure in writing of any existing or potential conflicts of interest related to Consultant's
services and proposed services with respect to the Project. In the event that any conflicts of interest
arise after the Effective Date of this Agreement, Consultant hereby agrees immediately to make full
disclosure to the City in writing.
The City acknowledges that Consultant may use products, materials or methodologies
proprietary to Consultant. The City agrees that Consultant's provision of services under this
Agreement shall not be grounds for the City to have or obtain any rights in such proprietary products,
materials or methodologies unless the parties have executed a separate written agreement with respect
thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consultant understands and agrees that the City is subject to
various public information laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Texas Open
Records Act. Consultant, for itself and its officers, agents and employees, further agrees that it shall
treat all information provided to it by the City as confidential and shall not disclose any such
information to any third party without the prior written approval of the City.
17. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any
way be affected or impaired.
18. Force Ma,Lure. The City and Consultant shall exercise their best efforts to meet their
respective duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement, but shall not be held liable for any
delay or omission in performance due to force majeure or other causes beyond their reasonable
control, including, but not limited to, compliance with any government law, ordinance or
regulation, acts of God, acts of omission, fires, strikes, lockouts, national disasters, wars, riots,
material or labor restrictions by any governmental authority,transportation problems and/or any other
similar causes.
19. Headings not Controlling Headings and titles used in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement in multiples to be
effective on the Effective Date.
CITY OF FORT WORTH GARY HERNBROTH
D/B/A TRAINING FOR
WINNERS
Jesus Chapa
Assistant City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
GL
eann Guzman
Sr. Assistant City Attorney
M&C: none required
Form 1295: none required
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MaryJ. K s r
City SecretaryXAS
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CITY SECRETARY
FT.WORTH,TX
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Exhibit A
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED
(2017 TRAINING PROGRAM DETAILS)
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Winners. 1125 Sunshine Circle■Danville,CA 94506
Phone/Fax 925-736-9392■gary@trainingfonvinners.com■www.trainingforwinners.com
2017 Retreat Speaker--Program Details
Training for Winners&
City of Fort Worth City Attorneys Retreat
May 5, 2017
Training for Winners (TFW)will develop and deliver a customized communication workshop
(approximately 2.5 hours)for the City of Fort Worth (FW)in October 2017,for its city attorneys retreat.
TFW will provide this training for$2,500.00, plus covered normal travel expenses(outlined below). FW
will reproduce the workshop handouts, if any,for participants.
Full payment will be made to TFW no later than 90 days prior to the delivery date. Covered travel items
will be invoiced by TFW immediately following the event,with the payment due 30 days following.
Covered normal travel includes: Airfare/bag fees(if any), home off-airport parking, bridge toll, home
mileage(x prevailing Federal rate), DFW airport transfers and cabs,accommodations (including room,
tax, fees),and reasonable meals during training trips.
FW is responsible for providing the training site,audio-visual, insurance, labor,theming elements, and
equipment associated with delivery. Reproduction or other use of TFW content requires permission
from TFW.
Should Acts of God make it impossible or not practical to deliver this program, a make-up date will be
selected (based on mutual availability), within 120 days of the original date, without penalty to either
party, at the above rates and terms.Once dates are set, if they are changed by FW for any reason other
than Act of God,there will be an additional 10%charge to the training rate. FW also agrees to cover any
additional travel expenses incurred by TFW resulting from weather or airline-imposed delays.
The parties warrant that they have the legal authority to bind their respective parties to this agreement.