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duly adopted policies to help facilitate the plan review and building permit process. Such enforcement will include the duties related to the Chief Building and Safety Official as set forth in the Pleasanton Municipal Code and as described in the attached sample Contract for Consultant Services. The compensation for the consultants is shown on Exhibit B of the attached sample Contract for Consultant Services. The contract is for one year with the option to extent the contract for four additional years. The prior consultant contracts were written for a one-year term (FY 2002-03) with a renewal provision for two additional years (FY 2003-04 and FY 2004-05). The contracts were further extended for one year by the City Council and the contracts expired at the end of FY 2005-06. The proposed contract lengths are consistent with the consultant contract lengths of the previously approved contracts. The City of Pleasant on anticipates that most of the consultants' compensation will be based on a percentage of the plan review fee (55%) versus an hourly plan review rate. However, the contracts also establish an hourly rate ($87.50 per hour and increasing 3% per hour per year of the contract) for plan review projects, such as review of plan revisions, where a set plan review fee is not charged. The prior consultant contracts included an increase in the hourly charges of $2.50 per hour per year. When the contracts were written in FY 2002-03, this amount represented a 3.3% increase in the hourly compensation rate at the time, of $75.00 per hour, which is consistent with the new contracts. All contracts for consultant services now require the consultants to name the City of Pleasanton as insured and to carry a minimum of $1 million in General Liability and Bodily Injury Insurance, $1 million per person/per occurrence in Automobile Liability Insurance and $500,000 in Errors and Omissions/Professional Liability Insurance. The insurance coverage amounts are consistent with other current City of Pleasanton contracts for professional services. Previously, the amount of insurance coverage carried by our plan review service consultants varied. Proof of insurance coverage is also required as part of the new proposed plan review consultant contracts. BUDGET The approved Fiscal Year 2006/2007 budget for these services is $420,000 for consultant building, fire plan review and inspection services. Since the majority of the plan review fees the City pays are based on a percentage of the plan review fees we collect (55%), the revenue generated more than covers the cost to the City for the consultant services. SR 06:121 Page 3 of 4