IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a twelve-month Legal Services Agreement, with two twelve-month options to extend, with the Hardwick Law Firm, LLC of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Request for Qualifications No. 23-056, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 21388, August 28, 2023
INTRODUCED BY DaRon McGee, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County Counselor’s Office has a need for outside counsel to provide specialized legal services related to its contractual relationships with the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs and the teams’ lease agreement for the Truman Sports Complex; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing issued the Request for Qualifications No. 23-056 seeking responses from qualified firms and a total of five responses were received and evaluated; and,
WHEREAS, the responses were evaluated based on relevant experience and expertise of the firms in this specialized area of law; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1054.6 of the Jackson County Code, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a twelve-month Legal Services Agreement, with two twelve-month options to extend, for the furnishing of specialized legal services for use by the County Counselor’s Office to the Hardwick Law Firm, LLC of Kansas City, MO, as the best qualified response; 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 twelve-month Legal Services Agreement with two twelve-month options to extend with the Hardwick Law Firm, LLC, at a cost to the County not exceed $100,000.00; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the Agreement, to the extent that sufficient appropriations to the using spending agency are contained in the then current Jackson County budget.
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. 21388 of August 28, 2023, was duly passed on September 11, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays _____1________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent ____0________
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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 Counselor
Legal Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $100,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer