IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement with Colette Holt & Associates of San Antonio, TX, for research and review of the County’s ordinances governing minority and women-owned business enterprise participation in County contracts and purchasing policies, at a cost to the County not to exceed $50,000.00.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20635, March 8, 2021
INTRODUCED BY Ronald E. Finley, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, it is appropriate that a nationally-recognized expert be retained to review the County’s minority and women-owned business enterprise (MBE/WBE) contracting and purchasing ordinances and review County MBE/WBE solicitation practices, and assist with the development of a customer survey regarding purchasing practices, and;
WHEREAS, Colette Holt & Associates of San Antonio, TX, is a firm nationally recognized as experts in this area of law and is determined to be an appropriate legal advisor to the County for these services, at a cost to the County not to exceed $50,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, Ms. Holt drafted the County’s current MBE/WBE contracting ordinance in 2017 and conducted the City of Kansas City’s recent contracting diversity study, which the County relied upon in the adoption of its ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Counselor be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Legal Services Agreement with Colette Holt and Associates of San Antonio, TX, at a cost to the County not to exceed $50,000.00; 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 payment on the Agreement.
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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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20635 of March 8, 2021, was duly passed on ______________________, 2021 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 Counselor
Legal Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $50,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer