BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP (SONIA R. CARVALHO)-2012

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Exhibit B BILLING STATEMENT AND PAYMENT The Firm's fees are charged on a monthly basis for and are generally billed monthly with payment due within thirty (30) days after the date of the bill. The current monthly rate for the City Attorneys will be set forth in the billing statement as well as the hourly rate and staff working on matters as provided by City Manager and /or City Council will be set forth in the billing statement. Travel time is billable, except commute time to and from City Hall. Services under this Contract shall not be billed in more than one -tenth of an hour (i.e., six minute) increments and shall represent the devotion of a full six minutes to a task before such an increment is billed. Under no circumstances shall BB &K use "block billing" procedures, wherein a list or a series of activities is done with only an aggregate amount of time specified. All tasks set forth in BB &K's billing documentation shall be highly specific and highly detailed, except as provided for in billing General legal services as set forth in Exhibit A . Overly generalized listings of task descriptions such as "research," "pre -trial preparation," "review contract," or "prepare for negotiations," will not be acceptable without an additional description of the work performed , except as provided for in billing General legal services as set forth in Exhibit A BB &K shall provide a detailed description that will provide a meaningful record to an independent auditor reviewing said task description. The City reserves the right to require additional substantiation of any claimed expense or item billed by BB &K. Any work product or memoranda or other written material described in the invoices shall be produced to the City Manager as requested. The Firm will incur various costs and expenses in performing legal services. These costs and expenses are separately billed to the client and include fees fixed by law or assessed by public agencies, litigation costs including deposition, reporter fees, and transcript fees, long distance telephone calls, messenger and other delivery fees, postage, photocopying and other reproduction costs when necessitated and authorized by the City, all based on the actual and reasonable cost. Firm shall provide backup documentation. It is understood that Firm will not charge for mileage between its office and City facilities, nor for local telephone calls or calls made to the City. In exchange, Firm shall not be charged for calls made or received at the City, whether local or long- distance, or for copying charges since copying on -site will reduce the charge to the client. The monthly billing statements for fees and costs shall indicate the basis of the fees, including a detailed and auditable breakdown of the hours worked, the billable rates charged and description of the work performed. All bills are expected to be paid within sixty (60) days of the date of the billing statement. Registration fees for attorneys attending conferences and seminars are paid by the Firm and are never charged to the City (unless expressly requested by the City).