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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

1655 W. Jackson Street, MD 100P

Phoenix, AZ 85007 602.712.7211

Contract Amendment Summary CONTRACTOR: High Street Consulting Group LLC AMENDMENT NO.: 3 DESCRIPTION: Grant Writing On-Call

Rev. 01/2020

Procurement

Pursuant to the Uniform Terms and Conditions, Section 5, Contract Changes, the above referenced contract is amended. Summary of changes is as follows:

1. Refer to Special Terms and Conditions, Paragraph 9 - Price Increase: Replace “Not Applicable” with the following language:

“The Department will review fully documented requests for price increases for any contract which will or has been in effect for twelve (12) months. The request shall be submitted no less than 60 days prior to the contract renewal date. The Contractor shall provide fully documented information which supports the price increase request. Fully documented means that the request shall present detailed information and calculations that make it clear how the claimed increase has an impact on the contract unit prices. All assumptions regarding cost factors that have an impact on the requested increase shall also be clearly identified and justified. The requested price increase must be based upon a cost increase that was clearly unpredictable at the time of the offer and can be shown to directly affect the price of the item concerned.

Any price increase adjustment request prior to the time of contract extension will be a factor in the extension review process. The Department will determine whether the requested price increase or an alternate option, is in the best interest of the State.”

2. New pricing effective November 5, 2023 is hereby approved as follows:

Item Line Item Description Unit Price

1 Admin/Financial Support 116.60 2 Analyst 137.80 3 Consultant 132.50 4 Economist 169.60 5 Engineer 174.90 6 Graphic Designer, Specialist, Support 153.70 7 Planner 143.10 8 Principal 302.10 9 Project Manager 254.40

10 Quality Control 275.60 11 Technical Writer 171.72 12 Technical Expert 286.20

3. This contract is hereby mutually extended from November 5, 2023 through November 4, 2024 unless terminated, canceled or extended as otherwise provided in the contract.

4. All other terms, conditions and provisions of this contract remain unchanged.

PROCUREMENT DETERMINATION

PRICE INCREASE

Cc: File Rev. 04/2020

Procurement

Sections 1 through 3 MUST be completed Use Attachments as Necessary

1) Name: Bambi Brenden Title: Procurement Officer

Date: October 2, 2023

Contract Number: CTR057886 Contract Description: Grant Writing On Call

Contractor Name: High Street Consulting Group LLC

2) Line Item Pricing:

Line Item No.

Line Item Description Original Rate ($)

Year 1 Allowable Increase (3%)

Year 2 Allowable Increase (6%)

1 Admin/Financial Support 110.00 Not Requested 116.60

2 Analyst 130.00 Not Requested 137.80

3 Consultant 125.00 Not Requested 132.50

4 Economist 160.00 Not Requested 169.60

5 Engineer 165.00 Not Requested 174.90

6 Graphic Designer, Specialist, Support 145.00 Not Requested 153.70

7 Planner 135.00 Not Requested 143.10

8 Principal 285.00 Not Requested 302.10

9 Project Manager 240.00 Not Requested 254.40

10 Quality Control 260.00 Not Requested 275.60

11 Technical Writer 162.00 Not Requested 171.72

12 Technical Expert 270.00 Not Requested 286.20

3) Provide justification:

High Street Consulting Group LLC requested a 6% increase on all hourly rate classifications for the contracts second renewal period.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that compensation for private industry workers in the Phoenix Metropolitan area increased 3.9% during the 12 months prior to this renewal period and 5.5% for the year prior. Additionally, the Consumer Price Index went up 3.7% and 13.0% respectively for this same period.

Price increase was reviewed and determined fair and reasonable based on the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Per the contract, a 6% increase is allowed during the renewal of the contract and is computed against the original contract price. It is in the State’s best interest to approve the 6% maximum increase allowed by the contracts second renewal period. The price increase granted for each hourly rate item does not exceed the 6% allowed in the contract.

To Be Completed by Procurement Authority:

APPROVAL

Request Authorized Pursuant to A.A.C. R2-7-604A Request Denied Request Returned for Additional Information See Comments

Comments:

Approved by:

Signature:

Title:

Procurement Manager

Date:

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Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area – June

Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.9 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ metropolitan area for the year ended June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that one year ago, Phoenix experienced an annual gain of 5.5 percent in compensation costs. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Locally, wages and salaries, the largest component of compensation costs, advanced at a 4.3-percent pace for the 12-month period ended June 2023. (See chart 2.) Nationwide, compensation costs increased 4.5 percent and wages and salaries rose

4.6 percent over the same period.

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Phoenix is 1 of 15 metropolitan areas in the United States and 1 of 4 areas in the West region of the country for which locality compensation cost data are available. Among these 15 largest areas, over-the-year percentage changes in the compensation costs ranged from 5.8 percent in Philadelphia and Miami to 1.9 percent in Seattle in June 2023; for wages and salaries, Philadelphia registered the largest increase (6.6 percent) and Houston registered the smallest (2.6 percent). (See chart 3.)

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View Chart Data The annual increase in compensation costs in Phoenix was 3.9 percent in June 2023, compared to changes that ranged from 5.0 to 1.9 percent in the three other metropolitan areas in the West (Los Angeles, San Jose, and Seattle). Phoenix’s 4.3-percent gain in wages and salaries over this 12-month period compared to rates ranging from 5.4 percent to 4.4 percent in the three other western localities. (See table 2.)

Locality compensation costs are part of the national Employment Cost Index (ECI), which measures quarterly changes in compensation costs, which include wages and salaries and employer costs for employee benefits. In addition to the 15 locality estimates provided in this release, ECI data for the nation, 4 geographical regions, and 9 geographical divisions are available. (Geographical definitions for the metropolitan areas mentioned in this release are included in the Technical Note.)

In addition to the data presented here, national data by industry, occupational group, and union status, as well as data for civilian, private, and state and local government employees, are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/home.htm. The national news release summary is available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm. Additional information for regions, states, and local areas may be accessed via our regional homepage at www.bls.gov/regions/west/.

The Employment Cost Index for September 2023 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Technical Note The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the cost of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. For information on survey concepts, coverage, methods, nonresponse adjustment, and imputation see National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/home.htm.

Wages and salaries are defined as straight-time average hourly earnings or, for workers not paid on an hourly basis, straight-time earnings divided by the corresponding hours.

Straight-time wage and salary rates are total earnings before payroll deductions, excluding premium pay for overtime, work on weekends and holidays, and shift differentials.

Production bonuses, incentive earnings, commission payments, and cost-of-living adjustments are included in straight-time earnings, whereas nonproduction bonuses or those not directly tied to production (such as end-of-year and profit-sharing bonuses) are excluded. Also excluded are such items as payments-in-kind, free room and board, and tips.

The metropolitan area definitions of the 15 published localities are listed below.

Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lamar, Madison, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup, Upson, and Walton Counties in Georgia.

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT CSA includes Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester Counties in Massachusetts;

Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties in Rhode Island; Belknap, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire; and Windham County in Connecticut.

Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA includes Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, La Salle, McHenry, Putnam, and Will Counties in Illinois;

Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, and Porter Counties in Indiana; and Kenosha County in Wisconsin.

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK CSA includes Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Grayson, Henderson, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas and Bryan County in Oklahoma.

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI CSA includes Genesee, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.

Houston-The Woodlands, TX CSA includes Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington, and Wharton Counties in Texas.

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties in California.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie, FL CSA includes Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties in Florida.

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI CSA includes Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Le Sueur, McLeod, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Washington, and Wright Counties in Minnesota and Pierce and St. Croix Counties in Wisconsin.

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Ulster, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties in New Jersey;

Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties in Connecticut; and Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Pike Counties in Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA includes Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; Kent and New Castle Counties in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Maricopa and Pinal Counties in Arizona.

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma Counties in California.

Seattle-Tacoma, WA CSA includes Island, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, and Thurston Counties in Washington.

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA includes the District of Columbia; Baltimore city and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Talbot, and Washington Counties in Maryland; Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Winchester cities and Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties in Virginia; Berkeley, Hampshire, and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia; and Franklin County in Pennsylvania.

Definitions of the four Census regions of the country are noted below.

Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 1. Employment Cost Index for total compensation and for wages and salaries, private industry workers, United States, West Census region, and the Phoenix area, not seasonally adjusted

Area

Total compensation Wages and salaries

12-month percent changes for period ended- 12-month percent changes for period ended-

Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec. Mar. Jun. Sep. Dec.

United States

2019 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

2020 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.6 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.8

2021 2.8 3.1 4.1 4.4 3.0 3.5 4.6 5.0

2022 4.8 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.7 5.2 5.1

2023 4.8 4.5 5.1 4.6

West

2019 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.0

2020 3.2 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.2

2021 2.7 3.6 3.9 4.3 2.8 4.1 4.3 4.8

2022 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.7

2023 5.1 4.5 5.6 4.9

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale

2019 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.8 4.0 3.7

2020 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.8 4.4 4.4 3.8 4.2

2021 3.6 3.7 4.6 4.9 3.4 3.5 4.4 5.3

2022 5.5 5.5 5.5 4.4 6.4 6.5 6.6 5.0

2023 4.6 3.9 5.2 4.3

Table 2. Employment Cost Index for total compensation and for wages and salaries, private industry workers, United States, Census regions, and localities, not seasonally adjusted

Area

Total compensation Wages and salaries

12-month percent changes for period ended- 12-month percent changes for period ended-

Jun. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023 Jun. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023

United States 5.5 4.8 4.5 5.7 5.1 4.6

Northeast 5.1 4.5 4.4 5.1 4.4 4.5

Boston-Worcester-Providence 5.8 3.9 3.8 5.8 4.0 4.2

New York-Newark 5.2 4.6 4.6 5.3 4.3 4.6

Philadelphia-Reading-Camden 4.0 5.7 5.8 3.9 6.5 6.6

South 5.8 5.2 4.4 5.9 5.4 4.6

Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs 4.3 5.1 4.3 4.4 5.6 4.6

Dallas-Fort Worth 5.4 5.2 4.1 5.9 5.1 4.3

Houston-The Woodlands 5.5 3.5 3.3 6.1 3.4 2.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Port St. Lucie 6.3 6.1 5.8 6.8 6.0 5.5

Washington-Baltimore-Arlington 4.2 5.5 5.2 3.8 5.7 5.7

Midwest 5.7 4.5 4.3 6.0 4.6 4.4

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Area

Total compensation Wages and salaries

12-month percent changes for period ended- 12-month percent changes for period ended-

Jun. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023 Jun. 2022 Mar. 2023 Jun. 2023

Chicago-Naperville 5.3 3.8 4.1 5.1 3.5 4.2

Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor 4.8 4.1 4.3 4.9 3.8 4.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul 5.6 4.0 4.0 5.8 4.3 4.1

West 5.5 5.1 4.5 5.6 5.6 4.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach 5.6 4.7 5.0 5.7 4.9 5.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale 5.5 4.6 3.9 6.5 5.2 4.3

San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.4

Seattle-Tacoma 8.7 2.6 1.9 5.4 5.9 5.4

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Consumer Price Index, Phoenix area — August 2023 Area prices were up 0.1 percent over the past two months, up 3.7 percent from a year ago

Prices in the Phoenix area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.1 percent for the two months ending in August 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the August increase was influenced by higher prices for food and apparel. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U advanced 3.7 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices increased 4.9 percent. Energy prices increased 4.5 percent, largely the result of an increase in the price of electricity. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.5 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Food Food prices increased 1.7 percent for the two months ending in August. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home rose 1.9 percent, influenced by higher prices for other food at home (3.0 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (1.9 percent). Overall, prices rose in all six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home increased 1.4 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices increased 4.9 percent. Prices for food at home rose 2.5 percent since a year ago, led by higher prices for cereals and bakery products (10.9 percent).

Overall, prices rose in five of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home advanced 8.6 percent.

Energy The energy index fell 0.2 percent for the two months ending in August. The decrease was mainly due to lower prices for gasoline (-2.6 percent). Prices for natural gas service rose 5.9 percent, and prices for electricity increased 2.4 percent for the same period.

Energy prices increased 4.5 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for electricity (5.2 percent). Prices paid for natural gas service increased 16.2 percent, and prices for gasoline increased 3.2 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy The index for all items less food and energy fell 0.2 percent in the latest two-month period. Lower prices for medical care (-2.3 percent) and shelter (-0.7 percent) were partially offset by higher prices for apparel (4.9 percent) and recreation (2.6 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 3.5 percent. Components contributing to the increase included shelter (7.5 percent) and household furnishings and operations (3.3 percent). Partly offsetting the increases were price decreases in used cars and trucks (-7.7 percent) and medical care (-0.2 percent).

Table A. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted

Month

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month

February -0.3 2.1 0.6 4.4 1.0 1.0 2.1 10.9 1.2 8.5

April 1.4 2.3 -1.4 1.5 2.4 4.9 2.5 11.0 1.5 7.4

June 1.0 2.2 1.5 2.0 1.9 5.4 3.1 12.3 0.2 4.4

August 0.5 3.0 0.4 1.8 0.2 5.1 0.8 13.0 0.1 3.7

October 1.4 3.8 0.3 0.7 2.2 7.1 1.4 12.1

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2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month

December -0.6 3.4 -0.8 0.5 1.7 9.7 -0.7 9.5

The October 2023 Consumer Price Index for the Phoenix area is scheduled to be released on November 14, 2023.

Technical Note The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.

The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments—department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.

The index measures price changes from a designated reference date; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000. Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. For further details see the CPI home page on the internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area covered in this release consists of Maricopa and Pinal Counties in the State of Arizona.

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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale (December 2001=100 unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group

Indexes Percent change from-

Historical data

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Aug.

Jun.

Jul.

Expenditure category

All items 180.251 - 180.387 3.7 0.1 -

Food and beverages 184.116 - 187.180 4.9 1.7 -

Food 186.953 - 190.190 4.9 1.7 -

Food at home 180.963 182.430 184.490 2.5 1.9 1.1

Cereals and bakery products 245.941 247.016 247.761 10.9 0.7 0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 207.565 209.078 211.512 -6.8 1.9 1.2

Dairy and related products 142.073 148.661 147.304 1.3 3.7 -0.9

Fruits and vegetables 158.970 159.382 159.402 7.6 0.3 0.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials 138.533 136.681 141.981 2.6 2.5 3.9

Other food at home 180.897 182.957 186.245 3.4 3.0 1.8

Food away from home 198.414 - 201.187 8.6 1.4 -

Alcoholic beverages 153.294 - 154.395 5.1 0.7 -

Housing 204.550 - 203.849 6.8 -0.3 -

Shelter 220.868 219.160 219.216 7.5 -0.7 0.0

Rent of primary residence 232.429 232.397 233.587 9.5 0.5 0.5

Owners' equiv. rent of residences 215.820 214.738 216.038 8.3 0.1 0.6

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence 215.820 214.738 216.038 8.3 0.1 0.6

Fuels and utilities 200.469 - 205.466 6.0 2.5 -

Household energy 200.933 205.417 206.333 6.4 2.7 0.4

Energy services 200.835 205.281 206.244 6.7 2.7 0.5

Electricity 209.974 215.022 215.022 5.2 2.4 0.0

Utility (piped) gas service 152.886 153.087 161.839 16.2 5.9 5.7

Household furnishings and operations 117.488 - 118.314 3.3 0.7 -

Footnotes

(1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

- Data not available NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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10/3/23, 11:41 AM Consumer Price Index, Phoenix area — August 2023 : Western Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/2023/consumerpriceindex_phoenix_20230913.htm 3/3

Item and Group

Indexes Percent change from-

Historical data

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Aug.

Jun.

Jul.

Apparel 142.762 - 149.817 1.0 4.9 -

Transportation 158.932 - 156.841 -1.2 -1.3 -

Private transportation 164.335 - 162.873 -0.4 -0.9 -

New and used motor vehicles 114.580 - 113.920 -3.4 -0.6 -

New vehicles 113.433 - 113.256 0.5 -0.2 -

Used cars and trucks 120.271 - 119.670 -7.7 -0.5 -

Motor fuel 368.713 327.384 359.620 2.9 -2.5 9.8

Gasoline (all types) 368.027 326.303 358.380 3.2 -2.6 9.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular(1) 371.885 328.711 362.233 3.5 -2.6 10.2

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(1) 379.947 339.129 369.682 2.1 -2.7 9.0

Gasoline, unleaded premium(1) 358.645 321.785 348.896 2.2 -2.7 8.4

Medical care 222.466 - 217.245 -0.2 -2.3 -

Recreation 120.194 - 123.324 0.6 2.6 -

Education and communication 115.748 - 117.894 0.2 1.9 -

Tuition, other school fees, and child care 223.840 - 236.071 6.8 5.5 -

Other goods and services 169.811 - 171.515 2.2 1.0 -

Commodity and service group

All items 180.251 - 180.387 3.7 0.1 -

Commodities 149.474 - 150.189 1.1 0.5 -

Commodities less food & beverages 132.142 - 131.793 -1.0 -0.3 -

Nondurables less food & beverages 183.124 - 184.277 2.3 0.6 -

Durables 91.083 - 89.958 -4.6 -1.2 -

Services 201.842 - 201.521 5.2 -0.2 -

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care 178.011 - 178.483 4.0 0.3 -

All items less shelter 159.960 - 160.985 1.3 0.6 -

Commodities less food 133.053 - 132.755 -0.9 -0.2 -

Nondurables 184.228 - 186.428 3.7 1.2 -

Nondurables less food 180.809 - 181.960 2.4 0.6 -

Services less rent of shelter 176.319 - 177.812 1.5 0.8 -

Services less medical care services 200.243 - 200.206 6.0 0.0 -

Energy 279.333 264.848 278.896 4.5 -0.2 5.3

All items less energy 174.957 - 175.117 3.7 0.1 -

All items less food and energy 173.023 - 172.714 3.5 -0.2 -

Footnotes

(1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

- Data not available NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Western Information Office Attn: EA & I, 90 Seventh Street Suite 14-100 San Francisco, CA 94103-6715

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July 31, 2023

Kelly Greene Arizona Department of Transportation Procurement Officer kgreene@azdot.gov 602-712-4879

RE: Request for Renewal Year Labor Rate Increase CTR057886 Grant Writing On Call; effective November 5, 2021

Ms. Greene:

For the above reference on call contract, High Street respectfully requests to increase the maximum labor rates in the labor categories shown in the table below. High Street missed the deadline in 2022 to request a labor rate increase for the first renewal year of the contract (11/4/2022-11/3/2023). At this time, we are requesting the maximum contract labor rates be increased to the rates shown in the column labeled Renewal 2 in the table below. These maximum labor rates are requested for the second renewal year of the contract (11/4/2023-11/3/2024)

Base Year Renewal 1 Renewal 2

11/4/2021- 11/3/2022

11/4/2022- 11/3/2023

11/4/2023- 11/3/2024

Admin/Financial Support $110.00 $113.30 $116.60 Analyst $130.00 $133.90 $137.80 Consultant $125.00 $128.75 $132.50 Economist $160.00 $164.80 $169.60 Engineer $165.00 $169.95 $174.90

Graphic Designer, Specialist, Support $145.00 $149.35 $153.70 Planner $135.00 $139.05 $143.10 Principal $285.00 $293.55 $302.10 Project Manager $240.00 $247.20 $254.40 Quality Control $260.00 $267.80 $275.60 Technical Writer $162.00 $166.86 $171.72 Technical Expert $270.00 $278.10 $286.20

The price increase for each labor category is 3 percent per renewal year (6% from base year). This increase is lower than the salary and compensation increases for similarly skilled workers over the past several months as demonstrated by the following national data sources.

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Payscale Salary Budget Survey for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 (https://www.payscale.com/)

• 2022-2023 Average total pay increase for engineering and science personnel:

o 4.6% for staff and managers o 4.1% for officers and executives

• 2023-2024 Average total pay increase for engineering and science personnel:

o 4.4% for staff o 4.3% for managers o 4.4% for officers and executives

US Bureau of Labor statistics (https://www.bls.gov/eci/home.htm)

• BLS News Release; Employment Cost Index December 2022 o Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 5.1 percent for the 12-month period ending in December 2022 o Wages and salaries increased 5.1 percent for the 12-month period ending in December o Wages for the management, professional, and related occupational group increased

4.4% for the 12-month period ending in December 2022

• BLS News Release; Employment Cost Index June 2023 o Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 4.5 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2023 o Wages and salaries increased 4.6 percent for the 12-month period ending in June 2023 o Wages for the management, professional, and related occupational group increased

4.5% for the 12-month period ending in June 2023

Thank you in advance for your consideration of our request. If you need any additional information, please contact us.

Regards, Karin DeMoors Partner High Street Consulting Group LLC http://www.highstreetconsulting.com/ https://www.payscale.com/ https://www.bls.gov/eci/home.htm