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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 62449CSC No. 62449 ADDENDUM TO 2025-2026 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND FISH, FISH AND LONG D/B/A TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SERVICE This Addendum to the 2025-2026 Subscription Agreement ("Addendum") is entered into by and between Fish, Fish and Long d/b/a Texas Legislative Service ("Telicon") and the City of Fort Worth ("City" or "Subscriber"), collectively the "parties," for access to Telicon's legislative information system. The Contract documents shall include the following: 1. The 2025-2026 Subscription Agreement; 2. This Addendum. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary in the attached 2025-2026 Subscription Agreement (the "Agreement"), the Parties hereby stipulate by evidence of execution of this Addendum below by a representative of each party duly authorized to bind the parties hereto, that the parties hereby agree that the provisions in this Addendum below shall be applicable to the Agreement as follows: 1. Indemnity. To the extent the Agreement, in any way, requires City to indemnify or hold Telicon or any third parry harmless from damages of any kind or character, City objects to these terms and any such terms are hereby deleted from the Agreement and shall have no force or effect. 2. Compensation. Total compensation under the Agreement will not exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($30,000.00). 3. Taxes. City is a tax-exempt governmental entity and is not required to pay taxes. City shall provide evidence of its tax-exempt status to Telicon upon request. 4. Insurance. The City is a governmental entity under the laws of the state of Texas and pursuant to Chapter 2259 of the Texas Government Code, entitled "Self -Insurance by Governmental Units," is self -insured and therefore is not required to purchase insurance. To the extent the Agreement requires City to purchase insurance, City objects to any such provision, the parties agree that any such requirement shall be null and void and is hereby deleted from the Agreement and shall have no force or effect. City will provide a letter of self -insured status as requested by Telicon. 5. Law and Venue. The Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and state of Texas, exclusive of conflicts of laws provisions. Venue for any suit brought under the Agreement shall be in a court of competent jurisdiction in Tarrant County, Texas. To the extent the Agreement is required to be governed by any state law other than Texas or venue in Tarrant County, City objects to such terms and any such terms are hereby deleted from the Agreement and shall have no force or effect. 6. Riaht to Audit. Telicon agrees that City shall, until the expiration of three (3) years after final payment under the Agreement, have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, Addendum to 2025-2026 Subscription Agreement OFFICIAL RECORD Fish, Fish and Long d/b/a Texas Legislative Service CITY SECRETARY Page 2 of 3 FT. WORTH, TX documents, papers and records of Telicon involving transactions relating to the Agreement. Telicon agrees to provide all such records to the City upon request. 7. Confidential Information. City is a government entity under the laws of the State of Texas and all documents held or maintained by City are subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act. To the extent the Agreement requires that City maintain records in violation of the Act, City hereby objects to such provisions and such provisions are hereby deleted from the Agreement and shall have no force or effect. 8. Addendum Controlling. If any provisions of the attached Agreement conflict with the terms herein, are prohibited by applicable law, or conflict with any applicable rule, regulation or ordinance of City, the terms in this Addendum shall control. [signature page follows] Addendum to 2025-2026 Subscription Agreement Fish, Fish and Long d/b/a Texas Legislative Service Page 2 of 3 ACCEPTED AND AGREED: CITY OF FORT WORTH: By: Valerie Washington (Dec 16, 202409:10 CST) Name: Valerie Washington Title: Assistant City Manager Date: 12/16/24 099Z11Y—Y 0 a 00]uIu101►17313 re By: Theresa James (D 1, 202412:44 CST) Name: Theresa James Title: Deputy City Attorney ATTEST: By: Name: Jannette S. Goodall Title: City Secretary CONTRACTCOMPLIANCE MANAGER: By signing I acknowledge that I am the person responsible for the monitoring and administration of this contract, including ensuring all performance and reporting requirements. By: Name: T.J. Patterson, Jr., Esq. Title: Director of Legislative Affairs City Attorney's Office APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: By: ✓4-7 Name: Matthew A. Murray Title: Assistant City Attorney CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION: M&C: Not required Form 1295: Not required FISH, FISH AND LONG D/B/A TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Courfnev Deaf By: Courtney Dent (Dec 11, 202411:17 CST) Name: Courtney Dent Title: Office Manager Date: 12/11/24 Addendum to 2025-2026 Subscription Agreement Fish, Fish and Long d/b/a Texas Legislative Service Page 2 of 3 OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TX uurrtz'-, TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SERVICE Est. 1924 September 9, 2024 Dear TLS Subscriber, Hard to imagine that the 891h Legislature is just around the corner with prefiling beginning on November 11th. After all, we were in session last year until December 5. This year is also a very special year for Texas Legislative Service as we celebrate the vision our founder and grandfather, Walter Long, had 100 years ago to provide access to the legislation and proceedings of the legislature with the creation of Texas Legislative Service. Every session we look forward to introducing ne.•, features and powerful new tools to navigate the legislative process, but this year we have added some of our most impressive features as part of your service. For example... • The powerful TELICON Al search function goes beyond simple words to find legislation that can affect you or your clients. For example, you can ask to see any legislation about "drugs" and it will find bills with language such as "prescription", "narcotic", "opioid", "fentanyl", "medication",... • The TELICON Al has the ability to analyze a piece of legislation and give you a section -by -section analysis of the impact, draft proposed testimony in support of the legislation, draft proposed testimony opposed to the legislation, locate any ambiguous language, as well as allow you to ask questions about the bill such as how the bill would affect your client. • In addition to our bill text comparison, TELICON AI can detail for you the impact of the changes between different versions. • Did you know that Walmart was mentioned by name in 50 committee meetings last session? Now you can not only search through all committee testimony but jump in the video to the exact location where it is mentioned, isolate specific portions of the meeting, "clip" the video, add commentary, and email the video and the transcript to your client. • There is a new NIGHTLite report that is designed to remove the hassle of the "Friday Report" that many TELICON subscribers prepare each week and send to their clients. NIGHTLite lets you decide what bills and what comments as well as what day and how often you want to send your client a tracking report, matrix report, and committee hearings. Because it runs automatically, you don't have to spend hours preparing the report or worrying about forgetting to send it. • We offered projected votes for specific bills last session, but this year, you can create a projected vote on an issue. For example, you can create a projected vote on "gun control" and compare that projected vote to any vote on any bill in the same chamber. And these are just a few of the new features! Celebrating 100 Years of Service P.O. BOX 100, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78767 919 CONGRESS SUITE 1425. AUSTIN, TX 78701 512.476.7596 Granted, with all of these new tools, we will be discussing them in detail at the upcoming 2024-2025 Legislative Seminar which is scheduled for November 19 and 20th with an additional session on January 10th, at the ATT Center on the LIT Campus. We will be posting the registration link online shortly. As with previous sessions, there are a number of options that might be suitable for your office. The most popular are immediate Alert notifications directly to your phone or email, additional users or NIGHTWriter reports, and the ATLAS bill analysis system. The most important thing is to make sure you have the tools you need to succeed at the capitol. Enclosed is a copy of your subscription agreement for next session with the same options that you subscribed to for last session. And again, the service for this session includes all of the new features mentioned above including TELICON Al. We always welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss your needs for next session. Of course, you can call Courtney at 512-476-7596 or email her at cdent(c@telicon.com if you have any questions. For your convenience, if you feel that your subscription addresses your needs as it is, simply make any corrections to phone numbers and contact information, sign it, and fax it back to us at 512-476-9588, email it to us at cdent(a)telicon.com, or mail it to PO Box 100, Austin, TX 78767. Agreements received by November 11th will begin receiving access to the prefiled bills at that time. And as a reminder, you won't receive an invoice until January, 2025. As always, we not only appreciate your business but your friendship and hope that if you have any suggestions or special needs that you will contact our experienced staff to assist you. Sincerely, Andy Fish Managing Partner John Fish Operations Partner Printed: 09-06-24 - 13:15:29 2025 - 2026 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT 87 Case: T- Mr. TJ Patterson City of Fort Worth, Budget Office 200 Texas Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 thomas.j.pattersonCfortworthtexas.gov Contact: Phone: 817/392-7504 Fax: 817/392-6134 Computer: FWORTH / 147 Interim NWriter REGULAR SESSION - HARDCOPY - Basic Service (BB ) 10 Blue Book Roster (BENI) 20 Extra Blue Books ($3.45) - NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE $ 75.00 TELICON - REGULAR SESSION (TELX) 1 TELICON - 2-Year Package $ 5,270.00 (APS ) 3 TxALERT Paging Service $ 750.00 (MXS) 3 Multiple Simultaneous Access $ 1,800.00 (LRLE) 1 Legislative Reference Library Clips - (Email) $ 480.00 (ATL) 1 ATLAS Legislative Analysis Tracking Service (ABA) 59 ATLAS Bill Analysts $ 5,015.00 (MNT) 1 E-Clips News Service $ 1,560.00 (TML) 1 Texas Municipal League Affiliate BILLING INSTRUCTIONS ( 113) Single Payment (1 Invoice) $ 14,875.00/inv + Tax (998) Tax District: Municipality SPECIAL PROVISIONS Special Session invoices are mailed at the conclusion of the session. In the event that a special session lasts less than 30 days, the above payment will be prorated evenly for the number of calendar days since the special session was convened. In no event will a single special session last more than 30 calendar days. The equal payment plans are designed to spread over the two year period the total cost of the Regular Session, Sustaining and TELICON. If the need for cancellation occurs prior to December of 2026, the amount of service provided minus the payments made is calculated and a final invoice will be sent based on the cost of the subscription materials delivered but for which payment has not yet been received under the proration. Authorization: