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COUNTY ATTORNEY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT This Agreement is made and entered into as of this 20' day of August 2024, by and between the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, (hereafter "BOARD") and Jennifer W. Shuler (hereafter "ATTORNEY"). SECTION 1. EMPLOYMENT BOARD hereby employs ATTORNEY as an employee of Indian River County, Florida ("County") as County Attorney for a period of three (3) years, beginning September 16, 2024. It is recognized that ATTORNEY will be absent from work from September 27 through October 13, 2024, for a trip scheduled prior to appointment as ATTORNEY, and such absence will be taken without pay. SECTION 2. COUNTY ATTORNEY'S DUTIES ATTORNEY shall devote full time and attention to the practice of law on behalf of County. ATTORNEY shall not engage in the compensated practice of law except as an employee of County, unless authorized by the BOARD to do so. SECTION 3. ETHICS OF ATTORNEY ATTORNEY shall abide by and perform all assigned duties in accordance with the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, as established and amended from time to time by the Supreme Court of Florida (including, without limitation, the Rules of Professional Conduct) and all other ethical standards set forth in applicable laws, regulations, county ordinances and rules of court. SECTION 4. ANNUAL COMPENSATION Beginning September 16, 2024, for all services rendered by ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY shall be paid an annual salary of Two Hundred and Five Thousand Dollars ($205,000.00) ("Salary"), payable in twenty-six (26) bi-weekly installments of $7,884.62, as adjusted for required deductions. ATTORNEY's Salary shall be increased by any general or cost -of -living increases granted to other full-time, non- contract employees of the County commencing in October 2025. ATTORNEY shall be deemed to be an exempt employee for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In addition to Salary, ATTORNEY shall be entitled to a car allowance in the standard amount for senior County employees receiving a car allowance. SECTION 5. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL Except as set forth herein, ATTORNEY shall be subject to and entitled to the same rights, responsibilities and benefits as other exempt County employees, as set forth in the Indian River County Administrative Manual, as applied from time to time ("Manual"); provided, however, that ATTORNEY shall not be subject to Policy AM -807.1 (Disciplinary Procedure) and Policy AM -807.2 (Offenses/ Disciplinary Pattern). In exchange for giving up the rights set forth in Policy AM -807.1 and Policy AM - 807.2, ATTORNEY shall be entitled to severance rights as set forth in Section 11 below.