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File #: 22192    Version: 0 Name: legal services contract for the County Counselor
Type: Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/13/2026 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 3/2/2026 Final action:
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a twelve-month contract, with one twelve-month option to extend, for legal services to Seyferth, Blumenthal, and Harris, LLC., of Kansas City, MO, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00 as a sole source purchase.
Sponsors: Donna Peyton
Attachments: 1. 22192 Signed, 2. RLA, 3. Fiscal Note 26-084 County Counselor, 4. Sole Source memo - Seyferth, 5. Seyferth

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a twelve-month contract, with one twelve-month option to extend, for legal services to Seyferth, Blumenthal, and Harris, LLC., of Kansas City, MO, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00 as a sole source purchase.

 

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RESOLUTION NO. 22192, March 2, 2026

 

INTRODUCED BY Donna Peyton, County Legislator

 

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 WHEREAS, the County Counselor has a need for outside counsel to provide specialized legal services to represent Jackson County for labor and union services; and,

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1054.6 of the Jackson County Code, the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a contract for the furnishing of legal services for use by the County Counselor’s Office to Seyferth, Blumenthal, and Harris, LLC., of Kansas City, MO (Jackson County); 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 one twelve-month option to extend, to Seyferth, Blumenthal, and Harris, LLC., of Kansas City, MO, at a cost to the County not to exceed $100,000.00; and,

 

 

 

 

 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim 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 are contained in the then-current 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. 22192 of March 2, 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:                                          $100,000.00

 

 

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Date                     County Administration