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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Anna Rosenberry, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Authorize City Manager to Sign Amendment to the Agreement for Services with Montana State University for SARS-CoV-2 testing at the City’s Water Reclamation Facility.
MEETING DATE: October 6, 2020
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize City Manager to Sign Amendment to the Agreement for Services with Montana State University for SARS-CoV-2 testing at the City’s Water Reclamation Facility.
BACKGROUND: On June 5, 2020, the City entered into an Agreement for Services with Montana State University (MSU) for SARS-CoV-2 testing at the City’s Water Reclamation Facility. That contract expired on August 30, 2020. Since that time, the University has provided, and the City has proceeded to pay for the services described under the contract. We need to amend this agreement with an extended term that will expire on December 31, 2020.
These services are important to our community’s understanding and response to the coronavirus pandemic. This contract allows public health officials a means to identify and quantify virus presence from both symptomatic an asymptomatic individuals.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: Continue to proceed without a contract, or terminate the services. Neither
of these alternatives are recommended.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The City will continue to pay MSU for the testing services, at the same rate ascribed in the terms of the original agreement. The City is reimbursed for these services under the CARES Act through the State of Montana.
Attachments: Amendment to the Agreement for Services
Report compiled on: September 21, 2020
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AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES
This Amendment to the Agreement for Services (“Amendment”) effective as of August 30th, 2020, is
entered into by and between City of Bozeman, Montana, (“City”) and Montana State University
(“Contractor”), each referred to individually as ‘Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.
The Parties entered into that certain Agreement for Services, dated June 5, 2020 (“Agreement”). The
Parties agree to further amend the Agreement for Services as follows:
1. Term has been extended from August 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
All other terms and conditions of the Agreement for Services remain the same. To express the Parties’
intent to be bound by this Amendment, they have executed this agreement on the dates set forth
below.
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY CITY OF BOZEMAN, MT
Signature: ______________________________ Signature: ______________________________
By: By:
Title: Associate VP for Research, Economic Development & Title:
Graduate Education
Date: _________________________________ Date: _________________________________
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