File #: 21402    Version: 0 Name: anti-discrimination agreement
Type: Resolution Status: Defeated
File created: 9/21/2023 In control: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee
On agenda: 9/25/2023 Final action: 10/16/2023
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute an Addendum to the existing Legal Services Agreement with Husch Blackwell, LLP of Kansas City, MO, for county-wide anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $20,000.00.
Sponsors: Megan L. Marshall
Indexes: ADDENDUM, COUNTY COUNSELOR, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 21402bu UNSIGNED Husch Blackwell Addendum and Proposal.pdf, 2. 21402bu.pdf, 3. 21402defeated.pdf
Related files: 21145

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute an Addendum to the existing Legal Services Agreement with Husch Blackwell, LLP of Kansas City, MO, for county-wide anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training at an actual cost to the County in the amount of $20,000.00.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 21402, September 25, 2023

 

INTRODUCED BY Megan L. Marshall, County Legislator

 

 

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 WHEREAS, Jackson County has a need for county-wide anti-discrimination and anti-harassment training for all County associates and managers; and,

 

WHEREAS, the County Counselor recommends that he be authorized to execute an Addendum to an existing Legal Services Agreement with Husch Blackwell, LLP, to provide such training; and,

 

WHEREAS, the law firm for which the Addendum is recommended, the services to be provided, and the not to exceed amounts for services to be performed in 2023 are as follows:

Law Firm                                                                                    Matter                                                                                                                              Amount
Husch Blackwell, LLP
                                          County Anti-Discrimination Training                     $20,000

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Counselor be and hereby is authorized to execute the attached Addendum to the Agreement with Husch Blackwell; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment, on the Addendum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

______________________________                                           

County Counselor

 

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21402 of September 25, 2023, was defeated on October 16, 2023 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

                     Yeas ______4_________                                                               Nays ______5________

 

 

                     Abstaining ____0_______                                                               Absent ______0______

 

 

 

 

 

________________________                     _______________________________

Date                     Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of the 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:                     060                     1101                     56756

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                                               Self Insurance Fund

                                                                                                         County Counselors

                                                                                                         Training Expense

NOT TO EXCEED:                                                               $20,000.00                     

 

 

________________________                     _______________________________

Date                     Chief Administrative Officer