IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute Legal Services Agreements with certain lawyers and law firms, at an aggregate cost to the County not exceed $368,700.00, for services to be performed in 2019.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20153, April 29, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute Legal Services Agreements with certain lawyers and law firms to provide legal services to the County that, due to their complex nature and to the County Counselor’s Office’s current staffing situation, are beyond the present capabilities of the office; and,
WHEREAS, the lawyers and law firms for whom contracts are recommended, the services to provided, and not to exceed amounts for services to be performed in 2019 are as follows:
Lawyer/Law Firm Matter Amount
Hogan Lovells Rock Island Rail $112,150
Washington, DC Corridor Administrative
Proceeding
Husch Blackwell Employment Discrimination $160,000
Kansas City, MO Cases
Encompass Resolutions Human Resources $5,000
Kansas City, MO Investigation
William G. Snyder Collections and Assessment $10,000
Independence, MO Matters (increase to existing
$10,000 contract)
Lathrop Gage Dissolution of Non-for-Profit $4,000
Kansas City, MO Corporation
Seyferth, Blumenthal Employment Discrimination Case $77,550
& Harris _________
Kansas City, MO
Total $368,700
now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute Legal Services Agreements with the law firms and lawyers identified in this Resolution, for a term ending December 31, 2019, at an aggregate to cost to the County not exceed $368,700.00; 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 payments on the contracts.
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. 20153 of April 29, 2019, was duly passed on May 6, 2019 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9_________ Nays _____0________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____0_______
__________________________ ______________________________
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: $358,700.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 045 1902 56020
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Assessment Fund
Assessment
NOT TO EXCEED: $10,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer