File #: 20871    Version: 0 Name: Legal Services Agreements County Counselor
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/9/2022 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 2/14/2022 Final action: 2/22/2022
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute a Legal Services Agreement and Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain lawyers and law firms at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $56,700.00, for services to be performed in 2022.
Sponsors: Tony Miller
Indexes: ADDENDUM, COUNTY COUNSELOR, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 20871bu.pdf, 2. 20871adopt.pdf, 3. 20871 William G. Snyder.pdf, 4. 20871 Ronald Jurgeson Merit System.pdf, 5. 20871 Encompass Resolution.pdf
Related files: 20855, 20932
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 lawyers and law firms at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $56,700.00, for services to be performed in 2022.


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RESOLUTION NO. 20871, February 14, 2022

INTRODUCED BY Tony Miller, 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 lawyers and law firms to provide legal services to the County in certain new and ongoing matters; and,

WHEREAS, the Lawyers and law firm for which Agreements and Addendums are recommended, the services to be provided, and not to exceed amounts for services to be performed in 2022, are as follows:

Lawyer/Law Firm Matter Amount
Ronald L. Jurgeson Merit System Commission $7,200.00
Lee's Summit, MO Representation

William G. Snyder Assessment, Collection, and
Independence, MO Recorder of Deeds Issues $42,000.00

Encompass Resolution HR Investigation $ 7,500.00
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO

Husch Blackwell Employment Discrimination Matter Time extension
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO only
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Total $56,700.00

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 existing Legal Services Agreements with the lawyers and/or law firms identified in this Resolution, for a term ending December 31, 2022, at an aggregate cost to the County not exceed $56,700.00; 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 Agreement and Addendums.


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