File #: 20932    Version: 0 Name: Legal Services Addendum
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/20/2022 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 4/25/2022 Final action: 5/2/2022
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $95,525.00, for services to be performed in 2022.
Sponsors: Charlie Franklin
Indexes: ADDENDUM, COUNTY COUNSELOR, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 20932bu.pdf, 2. 20932adopted.pdf, 3. 20932 Husch Blackwell.pdf, 4. 20932 Encompass Resolution.pdf
Related files: 20871
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $95,525.00, for services to be performed in 2022.


Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20932, April 25, 2022

INTRODUCED BY Charlie Franklin, County Legislator

Body
WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute Addendums to existing Legal Services Agreements with certain law firms to provide legal services to the County in certain ongoing matters; and,

WHEREAS, the law firms for which 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
Encompass Resolution, LLC HR Investigation $10,525.00
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO

Husch Blackwell LLP Employment Discrimination Matters $85,000.00
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO __________
Total $95,525.00

now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Counselor be and hereby is authorized to execute Addendums to the existing Legal Services Agreements with the law firms identified in this Resolution, for a term ending December 31, 2022, at an aggregate cost to the County not exceed $95,525.00; 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 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:



_______________________________ ______________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor


Certificate of Passage

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 20932 of April 25, 2022, was duly passe...

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