IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute addenda to the Legal Services Agreements with certain lawyers and law firms, at an increased aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $671,725.00, for services to be performed in 2020.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20351, January 21, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute addenda to the Legal Services Agreements with certain lawyers and law firms to continue to provide legal services to the County in complex litigation and other matters for which they were retained in 2019; and,
WHEREAS, the lawyers and law firms for whom contracts are recommended, the services to be provided, and not to exceed amounts for services to be performed in 2020 are as follows:
Lawyer/Law Firm Matter Amount
Hogan Lovells Rock Island Rail $ 70,000
Washington, DC Corridor Administrative
Proceeding
Husch Blackwell State Law Real Property Takings 217,600
Kansas City, MO Claim, Employment Discrimination
Cases, and General HR Advice
Encompass Resolutions Trial Preparation and 3,225
Kansas City, MO Testimony
William G. Snyder Collection and Assessment 36,000
Independence, MO Matters
Ronald L. Jurgeson Board of Equalization 30,000
Lee’s Summit, MO
Seyferth, Blumenthal Employment Cases 314,900
& Harris _________
Kansas City, MO
Total $671,725
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 terms ending December 31, 2020, at an aggregate cost to the County not exceed $671,725.00; 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. 20351 of January 21, 2020, was duly passed on January 27, 2020 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________9_________ Nays _____0________
Abstaining _____0______ Absent ____0________
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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: $605,725.00
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 045 1902 56020
ACCOUNT TITLE: General Fund
Assessment Fund
Assessment
NOT TO EXCEED: $66,000.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer