File #: 20138    Version: 0 Name: Legal Srvs Seyferth, Blumenthal & Harris
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/4/2019 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 4/8/2019 Final action: 4/15/2019
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute Legal Services Agreements with Seyferth, Blumenthal & Harris LLC of Kansas City, MO, at an aggregate cost to the County in 2019 not to exceed $127,000.00.
Sponsors: Theresa Cass Galvin
Indexes: COUNTY COUNSELOR, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 20138bu.pdf, 2. 20138adopt.pdf, 3. 20138 Legal Svs Seyferth - Miller.pdf, 4. 20138 Legal Svs Seyferth - Jacoby.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI



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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute Legal Services Agreements with Seyferth, Blumenthal & Harris LLC of Kansas City, MO, at an aggregate cost to the County in 2019 not to exceed $127,000.00.


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RESOLUTION NO. 20138, April 8, 2019

INTRODUCED BY Theresa Galvin, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, the Interim County Counselor recommends Legal Services Agreements with Seyferth, Blumenthal & Harris LLC of Kansas City, MO, to provide legal representation to the County and county employees in two pending employment related lawsuits; and,

WHEREAS, the Office of the County Counselor recommends the retention of private defense counsel in these matters; and,

WHEREAS, this representation is authorized by chapter 16 of the County Code; now therefore,


BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Interim County Counselor be and hereby is authorized to execute Legal Services Agreements with Seyferth, Blumenthal & Harris LLC of Kansas City, MO, for a term ending December 31, 2019, at a cost to the County in 2019 not exceed $ 127,000.00.


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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Interim County Counselor


Certificate of Passage

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20138 of April 8, 2019, was duly passed on April 15, 2019 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:


Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0_______


Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____1_______




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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 unenc...

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