File #: 20480    Version: 0 Name: Legal Services agreement and addendums for 2020
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/20/2020 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 8/24/2020 Final action: 8/31/2020
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $8,224.00, for services to be performed in 2020.
Sponsors: Theresa Cass Galvin
Indexes: ADDENDUM, COUNTY COUNSELOR, LAW FIRMS, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 20480bu.pdf, 2. 20480adopt.pdf, 3. 20480 Evans & Dixon LLC Legal Svs.pdf, 4. 20480 Lathrop GPM 4th Addendum Legal Srvs.pdf, 5. 20480 HF Law Firm Legal Services.pdf

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $8,224.00, for services to be performed in 2020.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 20480, August 24, 2020

 

INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator

 

Body

 WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms to provide legal services to the County in ongoing and recurring matters; and,

 

WHEREAS, the law firms for which agreements are recommended, the services to be provided, and not to exceed amounts for services to be performed in 2020, are as follows:

 

Lawyer/Law Firm                                                               Matter                                                                                                                              Amount

HF Law Firm                                                                                    Human Resources                                                                                    $  7,000.00

Kansas City, MO                                                               Investigations

 

Evans & Dixon, LLC                                                               Worker’s Compensation                                                               $  1,000.00

Kansas City. MO                                                               Claims

 

Lathrop GPM                                                                                    Dissolution of Non-for-Profit                                          $     224.00

Kansas City, MO                                                               Corporation and Related Tax

                                                                                                         Matters

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       __________

                                                                                                                                                                                             Total                                           $ 8,224.00

 

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 Legal Services Agreements with the law firms identified in this Resolution, for a term ending December 31, 2020, at an aggregate to cost to the County not exceed $8,224.00; 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 Agreements 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:

 

 

_______________________________                      ______________________________

Chief Deputy County Counselor                     County Counselor                     

 

 

Certificate of Passage

 

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20480 of August 24, 2020, was duly passed on August 31, 2020 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

Yeas _______9__________                                          Nays ______0_______

 

 

Abstaining ____0_______                                          Absent _____0_______

 

 

 

__________________________                     ______________________________

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:                                          $8,224.00

 

 

 

______________________                                                               ________________________________

Date                      Chief Administrative Officer