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15 <br />o Consultant will provide a compensation/pay classification system that will be easy to <br />administer and understand, and that will be equitable and consistent. across all <br />County departments. <br />• Consultant will provide annual adjustment recommendations for the annual <br />movement of the County's pay ranges in order to keep its pay structure current and <br />up-to-date. <br />• Consultant will provide the County with an adva~zced job evaluation software <br />package, a~zd trairzi~zg related to its use, wherein the County will have the capacity to <br />maintain its pay structure and pay plan internally. <br />• Consultant will recognize and respect the diversity that exists among the <br />departments, the divisions and the employees of the County and will welcome <br />constructive and participatory contributions and inputs to all aspects of the shady. <br />3. Time of Performance. The services to be performed hereunder by the Consultant <br />shall be undertaken and completed in such sequence so as to ensure their expeditious <br />completion and best carry out the purposes of the agreement. A final report shall be <br />delivered within 14 weeks after the date first written above. <br />4. Coma ensation. The County agrees to pay the Consultant a total sum of Eighty- <br />Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five dollars ($84,925.00) for professional fees <br />and expenses associated with the performance of items referred to in "Scope of Services" <br />above. <br />5. ]Viethod of Payment. The Consultant shall be entitled to payment in accordance <br />with the provisions of this paragraph. The Consultant's fee for services cited in "Scope of <br />Services" above is due and payable as follows: one-third ($28,308.33) shall be due and <br />payable upon execution of this contract, and the remaining portion of the total fee shall be <br />payable upon delivery of the final report. <br />6. Ch~PS. The County may, from time to time, require changes in the scope of the <br />services of the Consultant to be performed hereunder. Such changes, which are mutually <br />agreed upon by and between the County and the Consultant, shall be incorporated in written <br />amendment to this agreement. <br />~, services and Materials t~ he Furnished by C=one'. The County shall furnish <br />the Consultant with all available necessary information pertinent to the execution of this <br />agreement. The County shall cooperate with the Consultant in scheduling and carrying out <br />the work herein. <br />8. Rights to Terminate Contract. The County shall have the right to terminate this <br />agreement, with or without cause, by giving written notice to the Consultant of such <br />termination at least five (5) days before the effective date of such termination. <br />3 <br />