IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $20,200.00, for services to be performed in 2020.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20390, March 30, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms to provide legal services to the County in ongoing and recurring matters; and,
WHEREAS, the law firms for which agreements 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 $ 9,200.00
Washington, DC Corridor Administrative
Proceeding
Encompass Resolutions Human Resources $ 7,000.00
Kansas City, MO Investigation
Lathrop GPM Dissolution of Non-for-Profit $ 4,000.00
Kansas City, MO Corporation and Related Tax
Matters
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Total $ 20,200.00
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 and Addendums to the Legal Services Agreements with the law firms identified in this Resolution, for a term ending December 31, 2020, at an aggregate to cost to the County not exceed $20,200.00; 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 Agreements and Addendums.
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. 20390 of March 30, 2020, was duly passed on April 6, 2020 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 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: $20,200.00
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Date Chief Administrative Officer