1. EMPLOYMENT. City hereby employs Politzer as its Interim City Manager, and Politzer hereby accepts such employment.

2. TERM. Politzer shall commence serving as Interim City Manager effective December 5, 2025 at 5:01p.m. Politzer will serve in this position until the Termination Date. The "Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of: (a) The effective date of a permanent City Manager taking office; or (b) This Agreement is terminated by either party as set forth in Section 8 below.

3. DUTIES. As Interim City Manager, Politzer shall serve as the City Manager for the City of Alameda and shall be vested with the authority granted to the City Manager in the

4. COMPENSATION. The salary for the position of Interim City Manager shall be $175.06 hourly which shall be paid every two weeks on the same schedule as pay is provided to regular full-time employees.

5. EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. Politzer shall receive no employment benefits (including, but not limited to, retirement, annual leave, sick leave (except as required by law), holiday/floating holiday pay, health, dental, or any other benefits given to regular, full-time employees) except that the City shall provide workers' compensation benefits as required by State law, and shall pay the employer's share of the Medicare tax. Politzer shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable work-related expenses to the same extent and in the same manner as other full-time employees. Politzer shall not receive a car allowance but shall be entitled to standard mileage reimbursement for the use of his own private vehicle for City business.

6. HOURS OF WORK. Politzer is expected to work approximately 32-hours a week. In no circumstance shall Politzer work more than 40-hours a week. The parties recognize that, pursuant to Government Code Section 21221(h), Politzer is limited to working as an employee for no more than 960 hours for any and all CalPERS employers during any Fiscal Year. Politzer agrees that during the term of this Agreement he will not accept employment in any position offered by any other agency that contracts with the California Public Employees Retirement System ("CalPERS").

7. RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The parties agree that, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Politzer is not entitled to any post-employment benefit to be paid by the City of Alameda. The parties have entered into this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 21221(h) for purposes of determining Politzer's employment status under the Public Employees' Retirement Law. In the event that this Agreement is determined to be contrary to any provision of the Public Employees' Retirement Law, each party shall be solely responsible for paying to CalPERS any amounts respectively owed as the employer and employee contributions, including interest, in connection with Politzer's employment with the City of Alameda. The parties also agree that each party is solely responsible for any administrative fees that may be assessed to each of them under Government Code Section 21220 or by CalPERS.

8. TERMINATION OF POLIZER'S EMPLOYMENT AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

9. INDEMNIFICATION. City shall defend, hold harmless, and indemnify Politzer against any claims, demands, or legal actions, whether specious, frivolous, or otherwise, arising out of an alleged action or omission, direct or indirect, occurring within the scope and during the course of Politzer's employment as Interim City Manager. Politzer will cooperate in good faith with the City with respect to the defense of such claims, demands or legal actions.

10. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any term of this Agreement is finally held or determined to be illegal or void by a court having jurisdiction over the City and Politzer, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless the term or terms held to be illegal or void are wholly inseparable from the remaining portions of the Agreement.

11. INTEGRATION CLAUSE. City and Politzer acknowledge that this Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement of the parties in this matter and that any modifications may be made only in a writing signed by both the City and Politzer. There are no representations, agreements, arrangements or understandings, whether written or oral, between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement which are not fully set forth in this Agreement.