File #: 21592    Version: 0 Name: Co Counselor Legal Services
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/21/2024 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 3/25/2024 Final action: 4/1/2024
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 $92,000.00, for services to be performed in 2024.
Sponsors: Megan L. Marshall
Indexes: ADDENDUM, COUNTY COUNSELOR, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 21592bu, 2. 21592adopted.pdf, 3. 21592 Husch Blackwell Legal Services

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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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 $92,000.00, for services to be performed in 2024.

Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 21592, March 25, 2024

INTRODUCED BY Megan L. Marshall, 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 2024, are as follows:

Lawyer/Law Firm Matter Amount

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

Julianne Story
Husch Blackwell Employment Expertise $50,000.00
Kansas City(Jackson County), MO


Total $92,000.00

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, 2024, at an aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $92,000.00; 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.


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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