IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain lawyers and law firms at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $275,000.00 for services to be performed in 2026.
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RESOLUTION NO. 22205, March 9, 2026
INTRODUCED BY Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain lawyers and law firms to provide legal services to the County in certain new and ongoing matters; and,
WHEREAS, the Lawyers and law firm for which Agreements and Addendums are recommended, the services to be provided, and not to exceed amounts for services to be performed in 2026, are as follows:
Lawyer/Law Firm Matter Amount
Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP Class Action Lawsuit
Independence, MO $100,000.00
Dysart Taylor McMonigle Brumitt
& Wilcox, P.C. Appeals $75,000.00
Kansas City(Jackson County), MO
Armstrong Teasdale, LLP Employment Litigation
Lee’s Summit, MO $100,000.00
Total $275,000.00
now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Counselor be and hereby is authorized to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to the existing Legal Services Agreements with the lawyers and/or law firms identified in this Resolution, for a term ending December 31, 2026, at an aggregate cost to the County not exceed $275,000.00; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payments, on the Agreement and Addendums.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22205 of March 9, 2026, was duly passed on ______________________________, 2026 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays _____________
Abstaining ___________ Absent ____________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 001 1101 56020
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
County Counselors
Legal Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $275,000.00
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Date County Administration