City Code Section
- A. In addition to the personal services and related professional services described in ORS 279C.100, the LCRB has designated the following classes of service contracts as personal service contracts:
- 1. Contracts for personal or professional services performed by an independent consultant, excluding City employees, for the provision of services that require specialized technical, creative, expert, professional or communication skills or talents, unique and specialized knowledge, or the exercise of discretionary judgment, and for which the quality of the service depends on attributes that are unique to the service provider. Personal services include, but are not limited to: attorney; legal services including outside counsel; expert witness and related consultants; accounting and auditing services; information technology services including modification of intellectual property licensed to the City; workers’ compensation claim processing; medical determination of employees’ ability to work; determination of reasonable accommodations to job classifications; veterinary medicine for City-owned service animals; golf course management; planning and development services; artists; designers; performers; property managers and consultants.