IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement with certain lawyers and law firms at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $65,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 22052, October 6, 2025
INTRODUCED BY DaRon McGee, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute a Legal Services Agreement with certain law firms to provide legal services to the County in certain new and ongoing matters; and,
WHEREAS, the lawyers and law firms for which Legal Services Agreements are recommended and the services to be provided, and not to exceed amounts for services to be performed are as follows:
|
Lawyer/Law Firm |
Matter |
Amount |
|
Julianne Story Husch Blackwell, LLP Kansas City, MO (Jackson County) |
Employment Matters |
$65,000.00 |
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 with the lawyers and/or law firms identified in this Resolution, for a term ending March 31, 2026, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $65,000.00; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments, including final payments, on the Agreements.Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22052 of October 6, 2025, was duly passed on October 6, 2025 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays ____0_______
Abstaining _____1______ 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 Counselor
Legal Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $65,000.00
Date Chief Administrative Officer