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Exhibit B <br />BILLING STA'T'EMENT AND PAYMENT <br />BB&K's fees are charged on a monthly basis for and are generally billed monthly with <br />payment due within thirty (30) days after the date of the bill. The current monthly rate for the <br />City Attorneys will be set forth in the billing statement as well as the hourly rate and staff' <br />working on matters as provided by City Council will be set forth in the billing statement. <br />Services under this Agreement shall not be billed in more than one-tenth of an hour (i.e., <br />six minute) increments and shall represent the devotion of a full six minutes to a task before such <br />an increment is billed. Under no circumstances shall BB&K use "block billing" procedures, <br />wherein a list or a series of activities is done with only an aggregate amount of time specified. <br />All tasks set forth in BB&K's billing documentation shall be highly specific and highly detailed, <br />except as provided for in billing General Legal Services as set forth in Exhibit A. Overly <br />generalized listings of task descriptions such as "research," "pre-trial preparation," "review <br />contract," or "prepare for negotiations," will not be acceptable without an additional description <br />of the work performed, except as provided for in billing general legal services as set forth in <br />Exhibit A. BB&K shall provide a detailed description that will provide a meaningful record to <br />an independent auditor reviewing said task description. <br />The City reserves the right to require additional substantiation of any claimed expense or <br />item billed by BB&K. Any work product or memoranda or other written material described in <br />the invoices shall be produced to the City Council as requested. <br />BB&K will incur various costs and expenses in performing legal services. These costs <br />and expenses will be separately billed to the client and paid by client when BB&K is providing <br />Additional Special Legal Services, pursuant to section or (C) of the Agreement, and include fees <br />fixed by law or assessed by public agencies, litigation costs including deposition, reporter fees, <br />and transcript fees, long distance telephone calls, messenger and other delivery fees, postage, <br />photocopying and other reproduction costs when necessitated and authorized by the City, all <br />based on the actual and reasonable cost. BB&K shall provide backup documentation. <br />The monthly billing statements for fees and costs shall indicate the basis of the fees, <br />including a detailed and auditable breakdown of the hours worked, the billable rates charged and <br />description of the work performed. All bills are expected to be paid by the client within thirty <br />(30) days following the date of the billing statement. <br />Registration fees for attorneys attending conferences and seminars are paid by BB&K <br />and are never charged to the City (unless expressly requested by the City). <br />Exhibit B <br />55394.00000A9187497.1 <br />