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File #: 22231    Version: 1 Name: Legal Services Agreement Dysart Taylor
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/1/2026 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 4/6/2026 Final action: 4/13/2026
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement with the Dysart Taylor Law Firm of Kansas City, MO, for employment investigation in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, as a sole source purchase.
Sponsors: Manuel Abarca IV
Code sections: 1030.1 - Jackson County Code, 1984
Attachments: 1. RLA, 2. Fiscal Note 26-187 County Counselor Dysart Taylor, 3. 22231 Sole Source Letter, 4. 22231 (26-187) 2026 Legal Services Agreement Dysart Taylor

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement with the Dysart Taylor Law Firm of Kansas City, MO, for employment investigation in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, as a sole source purchase.

 

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RESOLUTION NO. 22231, April 6, 2026

 

INTRODUCED BY Manuel Abarca IV, County Legislator

 

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 WHEREAS, there is a need for legal services from the Dysart Taylor Law Firm as this law firm has experience handling legal services for the County previously; and,

 

WHEREAS, legal representation is needed to handle legal proceedings and matters regarding employment investigation; and, 

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1030.1 of the Jackson County Code, 1984, the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing and the County Counselor recommend the award of a contract for legal services for use by Jackson County to the Dysart Taylor Law Firm of Kansas City, MO, as a sole source purchase; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Chairman of the Jackson County Legislature be and hereby is authorized to execute a legal services agreement with the Dysart Taylor Law Firm of Kansas City, MO, for employment investigation at a cost to the County not to exceed $75,000.00; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing and the County Counselor, and that the Interim Director be and hereby is authorized to execute for the County any documents necessary for the accomplishment of the award; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment on the contract.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 22231 of April 6, 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:                                          $75,000.00

 

 

 

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Date                     Phil LeVota, County Executive