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AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES
THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into between THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, a horne rule municipal corporation of the State of Texas (hereinafter
referred to as "City"), acting by and through Karen L. Montgomery, its duly authorized
Assistant City Manager, and WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY, INC., a
nonprofit Texas organization (hereinafter referred to as "Contractor"), acting by and
through Laura Hilgart, its duly authorized President/CEO.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Contractor provides comprehensive rape crisis intervention and
prevention services for adults and children and collaborative case support and
professional training for local police and prosecutors; and
WHEREAS, City and Contractor desire to contract for Contractor to provide
services for 24-hour rape crisis intervention, clinical counseling for adults and child
victims of sexual assault and abuse, sexual abuse prevention education for school age
children, and training and case support for local criminal justice officials, such services
to be provided to benefit the Fort Worth community.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein expressed,
the parties agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1.
Contractor covenants and agrees to fully perform, or cause to be performed,
with good faith and due diligence, all objectives described in Exhibit "A", attached and
incorporated herein for all purposes incident to this Agreement ("Services' . �,$uch
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Services shall be provided by Contractor for a term beginning October 1, 2007 and
ending September 30, 2008.
2.
In consideration of the Services to be performed hereunder by Contractor, City
promises and agrees to pay Contractor in one installment the sum of Seventy-Five
Thousand Dollars ($75,000) ("Funds"). The Funds shall be expended to perform the
Services. Contractor shall deliver to City a quarterly statement of its receipts and
expenditures of Funds detailing how the Funds were expended to accomplish
performance of the Services, and such statement shall be signed by a duly authorized
officer of the Contractor. The quarterly reports shall be in the same format as the
attached Exhibit "B", attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes.
3.
At the end of each three-month quarter during the term hereof, Contractor shall
submit a report of Services rendered during each quarter. Contractor shall be subject to
a review by the City of its services and activities in performance of this Agreement. The
quarterly report shall be in the same format as the attached Exhibit "C", attached hereto
and incorporated herein for all purposes.
4.
Either party may cancel this Agreement upon thirty (30) days notice in writing to
the other party of such intent to terminate. In the event of such termination, Contractor
shall reimburse to City all Funds it has received, but not otherwise committed by
contract or encumbered by contract, under this Agreement.
5.
Contractor covenants and agrees to fully cooperate with City in monitoring the
effectiveness of the Services to be performed under this Agreement, and City shall have
access at all reasonable hours to offices and records of Contractor for the purpose of
such monitoring.
6.
Contractor shall operate hereunder as an independent contractor and not as an
officer, agent, servant„ or employee of City. Contractor 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, subcontractors and program participants.
The doctrine of respondeat superior shall not apply as between the City and Contractor,
its officers, agents, servants, employees, subcontractors, or program participants, and
nothing herein shall be construed as creating a partnership or joint enterprise between
City and Contractor. It is expressly understood and agreed that no officer, agent,
employee, or subcontractor of Contractor is in the paid service of City.
7.
City shall in no way or under any circumstance be responsible for any property
belonging to Contractor, its officers, agents, employees, or subcontractors or program
participants, which may be lost, stolen, destroyed or in any way damaged; and
Contractor hereby indemnifies and holds harmless the City, its officers, agents, and
employees, from and against any and all claims or suits concerning such property.
8.
CONTRACTOR 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 CONTRACTOR 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 CITY. CONTRACTOR 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 CONTRACTOR, 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.
CONTRACTOR 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.
Contractor 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.
In the event it is determined that Contractor has misused, misapplied or
misappropriated all or any part of the funds provided hereunder, Contractor agrees to
indemnify, hold harmless and defend the City of Fort Worth, its officers, agents,
servants, and employees, from and against any and all claims or suits resulting from
such misuse, misapplication or misappropriation.
9.
If Contractor, as a charitable or nonprofit organization, has or claims an immunity
or exemption (statutory or otherwise) from and against liability for damage or injury,
including death, to persons or property, Contractor hereby expressly waives its rights to
plead defensively such immunity or exemption as against the City.
10.
Contractor shalll 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.
11.
Contractor, 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
Contractor any such violation on the part of Contractor or any of its officers, agents,
employees or subcontractors, then Contractor shall immediately desist from and correct
such violation.
12.
Contractor, in the execution, performance or attempted performance of this
Agreement, will not discriminate against any person or persons because of disability,
age, familial status, sex, race, religion, color or national origin, nor will Contractor 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 Contractor hereby covenants and agrees that Contractor,
its agents, employees and subcontractors have fully complied with all provisions of
same and that no employees, or employee-applicant has been discriminated against by
either Contractor, its agents, employees or subcontractors.
13.
Contractor shall procure and shall maintain during the term of this Agreement the
following insurance coverage:
1. Commercial General Liability (CGL): $1,000,000 per occurrence, with a
$2,000,000.00 annual aggregate limit, in a form that is acceptable to the City's
Risk Manager.
2. Non-Profit Organization Liability or Directors & Officers Liability:
$1,000,000 per occurrence, with a $2,000,000 annual aggregate limit, in a form
that is acceptable to the City's Risk Manager.
Contractor's insurer(s) must be authorized to do business in the State of Texas
for the lines of insurance coverage provided and be currently rated in terms of financial
strength and solvency to the satisfaction of the City's Risk Manager.
Each insurance policy required herein shall be endorsed with a waiver of
subrogation in favor of the City. Each insurance policy required by this Agreement,
except for policies of worker's compensation or accident/medical insurance shall list the
City as an additional insured. City shall have the right to revise insurance coverage
requirements under this Agreement.
Contractor further agrees that it shall comply with the Worker's Compensation
Act of Texas and shall) provide sufficient compensation insurance to protect Contractor
and City from and against any and all Worker's Compensation claims arising from the
work and services provided under this Agreement.
14.
Contractor 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 Contractor involving
transactions relating to this Agreement. Contractor agrees that the City shall have
access during normal working hours to all necessary Contractor 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 Contractor reasonable advance
notice of intended audits.
Contractor 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 14 shall survive the expiration of the term of this Agreement.
15.
In the event no funds or insufficient funds are appropriated by the City in any
fiscal period for any payments hereunder, City will notify Contractor 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.
16.
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.
17.
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.
18.
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:
Bridgette Garrett Laura Hilgart
Budget/Mgmt Services Director President/CEO
City of Fort Worth The Women's Center of Tarrant
County, Inc.
1000 Throckmorton St. 1723 Hemphill
Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Fort Worth, Texas 76110
(817) 392-8518 (817) 927-4006
19.
The failure of City or Contractor to insist upon the performance of any term or
provision of this Agreement or to exercise any right herein conferred shall not be
construed 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.
[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON FOLLOWING PAGE.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement in
multiples in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, to be effective October 1, 2007.
ATTEST: CITY OF FORT WORTH
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Marty enanx Karen L. Montgom 11/
City ecretary Assistant City Manager <l O�
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: C: - +
Assistant City Attorney
Date:
ATTEST: WOMEN'S CENTER OF
TARRANT COUNTY, INC., a Texas
non-profit organization
By:
La6,6 Hilgart
President/CEO
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STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF TARRANT §
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State of
Texas, on this day personally appeared Laura Hilgart, known to me to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the
same was the act of the Women's Center of Tarrant County, Inc. and that she executed
the same as the act of said Women's Center of Tarrant County, Inc. for the purpose and
consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this day of
A.D. 2007.
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STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF TARRANT §
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State of
Texas, on this day personally appeared Karen L. Montgomery, known to me to be the
person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me
that the same was the act of the City of Fort Worth for the purpose and consideration
therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this day of
A.D. 2007.
M1 R.MAY* f MYCOMMIS_0NEXPIRES Not a Public in and for
May7,2tl11 the tate of Texas
EXHIBIT "A"
OBJECTIVES
PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES GOALS
• 24 Hour Rape Crisis Hotline Calls 550 Calls
• 24-Hour Crisis Intervention Counseling at 275 Survivors
Rape Exam Sites (children/women/men) 280 Family/Significant
Others
• Clinical Counseling 150 Survivors
• Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training 15,000 Children
• Adult Sexual Assault Prevention Training 750 Adults
• Sexual Assault Issues Training for Grand
Jurors 95 Grand Jurors
• Training and Technical Assistance for
Criminal Justice Professionals 500 Persons
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EXHIBIT "C"
QUARTERLY REPORT— FISCAL YEAR 2007108
Program Service Activities
24 Hour Rape Crisis I-iotline Calls
ANNUAL GOAL: 550 calls
Quarterly Total:
24-Hour Crisis Intervention Counseling at Rape Exam Sites (children/women/men)
ANNUAL GOAL: 275 Survivors, 280 Family/Significant Others
Quarter Total:
Clinical Counseling
ANNUAL GOAL: 150 Survivors
Quarter Total:
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training
ANNUAL GOAL: 15,000 Children
Quarterly Total:
Adult Sexual Assault Prevention Training
ANNUAL GOAL: 750 Adults
Quarterly Total:
Sexual Assault Issues Training for Grand Jurors
ANNUAL GOAL: 95 Grand Jurors
Quarterly Total:
Training and Technical Assistance for Criminal Justice Professionals
ANNUAL GOAL: 500 Persons
Quarterly Total:
City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 10/30/2007
DATE: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
LOG NAME: 03W0MENSCTR08 REFERENCE NO.: **C-22486
SUBJECT:
Authorize the Execution of a Contract with the Women's Center of Tarrant County for Assistance in
Funding Rape Crisis Services
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the execution of a contract with the Women's Center of
Tarrant County for assistance in funding rape crisis services.
DISCUSSION:
During the FY2007-08 budget process, the City Council approved financial support in the amount of
$75,000 for the Women's Center of Tarrant County to continue providing rape crisis services. Services to be
provided include counseling and assistance to rape victims, recruiting and training of volunteer counselors
and making public presentations concerning rape prevention. Other services provided are the coordination
of services to rape victims and a close cooperation between Police Department personnel and Women's
Center staff and volunteers.
It is proposed that a contract be executed in the amount of $75,000 between the City of Fort Worth and
Women's Center of Tarrant County for the period of October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008, to
provide the services outlined above.
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Finance Director certifies that funds have been included in the FY2007-2008 General Fund Adopted
Budget for this expenditure.
TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fun d/Account/C enters
GG01 539120 0906200 $75,000.00
Submitted for City Managers Office bv: Karen Montgomery (6222)
Originating Department Head: Bridgette Garrett(8518)
Additional Information Contact: Dena Cobb (8349)
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