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File #: 22160    Version: 0 Name: Legal Services Agreement - Bergman Grid Counsel
Type: Resolution Status: Pre Meeting
File created: 1/22/2026 In control: Finance & Audit Committee
On agenda: 2/2/2026 Final action:
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 $50,000.00.
Sponsors: DaRon McGee
Attachments: 1. 22160 Signed, 2. RLA, 3. Jackson County Engagement Letter ab 12.13.25, 4. 2026 Legal Services - Grid Counsel, 5. RLA 26-041

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 $50,000.00.

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 22160, February 2, 2026

 

INTRODUCED BY DaRon McGee, County Legislator

Body

 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

Allison Bergman   Grid Counsel Kansas City, MO  (Jackson County) 

Economic Development

$50,000.00

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 at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $50,000.00; 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 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:

                     

 

______________________________                                            

County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 22160 of February 2, 2026, was duly passed on _____________________________, 2026 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

                     Yeas _________________                     Nays ___________

 

 

                     Abstaining ___________                                          Absent ____________

 

 

 

 

 

______________________                                          _____________________________________

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                     

 

 

Date                                                                                                                                                   County Administration